From the Magazine Digital Covers Fall in Love with These Swoonworthy Pics of Simu Liu The newest Marvel hero put in work to star in Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings — and it shows By Diane J. Cho Diane J. Cho Diane J. Cho is the former features editor of PEOPLE, covering news, features, human interest and more. She left PEOPLE in 2022 People Editorial Guidelines Updated on May 11, 2022 01:37PM EDT 01 of 17 Love/Hate Relationship Training early in the morning can feel like a drag, but seeing results? Priceless. 02 of 17 Tatted Up Simu Liu/Instagram "dont worry mama they're not real," Liu captioned this shirtless Instagram photo, referring to his temporary tattoos. 03 of 17 Blonde Ambition Simu Liu/Instagram Mom may not approve of the new hair, but we do. The star captioned this steamy selfie, "sorry ma pls don't kill me." 04 of 17 Sexiest Advocate for Animal Rescue Peggy Sirota We love a star who loves animals! In PEOPLE's 2021 Sexiest Man Alive issue, Liu recreated a favorite photo from his childhood featuring a duckling the actor "hatched" with his dad at 10 years old. For this shoot, the Shang-Chi star enlisted a gorgeous duck name Fred to recreate the perfect shot. 05 of 17 Main Character Energy Jesse Grant/Getty The star of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings looked irresistibly dapper on the red carpet at the film's world premiere in L.A. on Aug. 16. 06 of 17 Funny & Athletic Simu has got it all — good looks, athleticism and a strong pun game. 07 of 17 Ab-solutely in It to Win It If table tennis and Super Smash Brothers are all it takes to get these abs ... well, we're skeptical, but we'll try it. 08 of 17 Beach Babes We'd be making puppy eyes at him too. 09 of 17 Born Ready Bulking up for Shang-Chi didn't look easy — but Simu rose to the challenge. 10 of 17 Pick Your Jaw Off the Floor Yes, we're talking to you. 11 of 17 Mama's Boy Meet the woman who gave us Simu. Thank you mama Liu. 12 of 17 Courtside Cutie Hoops, there he is. 13 of 17 Santorini Sweetie The most picturesque view. 14 of 17 Shirts, Where? This is what heaven probably looks like. 15 of 17 Do It for the 'Gram Boba-printed swim shorts are about to sell out everywhere. 16 of 17 Ball Is Life Arms. That's the caption. 17 of 17 On Top of the World Loving this view. Close