Simu Liu – the Star of Marvel's Shang-Chi – Was a Stock Photo Model
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English - September 07, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★ - 38 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Technology photography photographer culture technology business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Simu Liu, the Chinese-Canadian actor who stars in Marvel's latest blockbuster, revealed that he was once paid $100 to be a stock photo model. Since that single photo shoot in 2014, Liu says he has seen himself on ads hawking everything from software to YMCA memberships. His advice: Think twice before doing a stock photo shoot.
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