Published 19:21 IST, July 7th 2020
Lucy Liu opens up about her struggle of getting into Hollywood; Read here
Lucy Liu reveals that she felt like she was the black sheep in Hollywood auditions. This was because she did not look like other woman in the room. Read here
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Lucy Liu in an interview with a daily portal revealed that she used to be called a 'black sheep' during her early days in Hollywood. She also expressed how she used to be treated at auditions. Read here to know more.
Lucy Liu on her joining Hollywood
Lucy Liu revealed that her friends used to call herself a 'black sheep'. The context of this was that she used to have about three or four auditions in a month when her friends used to get 10 auditions daily. She revealed that whenever she was in an audition room she was around women who did not look like her. Lucy said that she would have fewer auditions as the casting directors weren't looking for a role that suited her. She also said that she used to do it as she had nothing to lose.
The Shanghai Noon actor also revealed that after she grabbed the lead role in Alice in Wonderland during her final year at the University of Michigan when she decided the pursue the career in Hollywood. After her college, she came to Los Angles and started to look for work. She then mentioned that she was naive and did not know how to go ahead with her plan. Lucy Liu then said that she did not know anything about the challenges she was going to face.
The Kill Bill: Volume 1 actor said that at the start she was not as good as her friends and felt like she did not belong there. But she used to go to the auditions and give her best. This is what led to her and friends to think that she some kind of black sheep, who did not have anything to lose.
Lucy Liu since then has gone on to become one of the most successful actors and starred in roles like ER and Ally McBeal. She also saw massive success in the 2000s flick Charlie's Angels where she was seen along with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz. Lucy was last seen in a TV series titled Why Women Kill, in which she played the role of a wealthy woman who has a perfect marriage and life until she finds that her husband had cheated on her with another man.
19:21 IST, July 7th 2020