In the aforementioned letter, Liu wrote about his childhood, career, and relationship with his parents.
Liu was born in Harbin, China, in 1989. Shortly after he was born, his parents moved to Canada to pursue graduate studies at Queen’s University, leaving him in the care of his grandparents.
Liu spent the first five years of his life with his grandparents and then moved to Canada to be with his parents.
Unfortunately, Liu’s life after moving to Canada was far from ideal. The Shang-Chi actor noted there was a rift between him and his parents because he adopted the values and norms, and culture of the western world.
“We often fought. If I tripped on my laces, I was clumsy. If I scored below an A, I was stupid. If I wanted to hang out with my friends, I was wasting my time,” he wrote.
“I grew to resent the pressure you put on me, resolving to make your lives as difficult as you were making mine.”
Liu shared he ran away from home in 2005, staying at a different friend’s house every day for a week. Though he and his parents had a very different view of the life he should lead, he walked the path they had laid out for him.
Simu Liu strikes a pose with his parents. (Source: Instagram)
He got into a prestigious business school and landed a stable nine-to-five job at a top accounting firm after his graduation.
Unfortunately, the job wasn’t a good fit for him, and he was laid off after eight months in the workplace.
