Simu Liu Says There Was A Time When His Big Goal Was Just To Get Scouted At Abercrombie
"It's a hilarious and slightly embarrassing life story."
Toronto's Simu Liu has had a lot of jobs over the course of his career — star of the latest Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Kim's Convenience alum, and who could forget his gig as a stock photo model back in the day. But long before those roles came along, he actually had his sights set a bit lower, on a coveted retail job at Abercrombie & Fitch.
Many believe Simu Liu's now-famous tweet back in 2014 manifested his role as Shang-Chi, and he told Narcity that this same tenacity may have paid off in his younger days as well. In a slightly less epic degree, Liu said he kind of manifested a job at Abercrombie & Fitch while he was in college.
Liu recounted really wanting to work for Abercrombie back in his college days, and through the grapevine of a friend, he heard of a way to get his foot in the door.
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"When I was in college, I really wanted to work for Abercrombie, and I remember I would, like, you know, hear stories of like, some of my friends who would go shopping, and they would get scouted to work," he said.
"So I would like go to the mall, and I would like, you know, walk into the store and like, look at some clothes, but I'd always like, look around, I was like, 'Am I, am I getting? Am I getting scouted? Am I getting scouted?'"
Liu never got scouted, but his determination did pay off in the end.
"I never got scouted, but I did eventually just kind of getting fed up of waiting, I just walked in with a resume, and I point-blank asked if I could, you know, if I could interview and ended up getting the chance to work for Abercrombie."
"You know, it's not really a manifestation to the same level as what you just described, but it's a hilarious and slightly embarrassing life story that I've now shared with you."