Kim’s Convenience viewers, crew and cast alike were stunned when they learned that the fifth season of the show would be the last despite being ordered for a sixth season.
This means that the show didn’t really have a definitive conclusion However, that hasn’t stopped actor Simu Liu from contemplating what would he like his character Jung to accomplish for the sixth season of the show.
When asked by a fan via the social media platform Twitter about his dreams in Jung, Liu said: “Definitely an undergraduate or post-secondary education, perhaps a the community college, and securing an excellent job within the local community? Finding a lovely girl who has challenged him in all appropriate ways? Perhaps getting along with Appa?
“There’s many things he didn’t accomplish.”
Liu earlier said that he was “increasingly dissatisfied” in the Jung’s plots and added: “I think this is an inevitable aspect of the process of creating an tv show. Everyone is bound to have their own opinions about where each character should go and the stories that should be told.
“But it was my impression that the actors in the lead roles were the guardians of the character and would gain more insight and creativity as the show progressed.
“This wasn’t the case with Our show. It was difficult because our producers were predominantly white, and we were an ensemble consisting of Asian Canadians who had a wealth of life experiences to draw on and offer writers.”
In the wake of the Kim’s Convenience’s decision to cancel the show, Liu wrote on Facebook that the creator Ins Choi has left “without even a thank you note for the actors”, and that there was “no protege or padawan learner or Korean talent who could have succeeded the creator” in the wake of his departure.
“I was trying so hard to be the person who stood up for themselvesand stepped up],” he said. “I sent him scripts I was writing as well as early drafts of short films I’d made… I was not the only one who tried.
“Many of us on the group were screenwriters who had ideas and thoughts that only got more refined as time went by. However, those doors not opened our way in any way meaningfully.”
In the same blog post, Liu also identified a absence of “East Asian representation and representation of women” in the creative team.
After the main series was ended, a spin-off focused on the show’s sole white main persona, Shannon, was then ordered, which caused a lot of backlash.
Liu declared that Liu is “proud” about his fellow co-star Nicole Power and wanted the show to go on however, he could not in good conscience take on the role he played in the past..
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