![]() ![]() Career 2012–2018: Early work and television roles Having become distant from his parents after losing his accounting job and entering acting, after discussing his memories of childhood with his parents, the family was reconciled and became close. ![]() He began to explore other career options and decided to pursue a career as an actor and stuntman. Liu initially worked as an accountant at Deloitte but was laid off in April 2012 after nine months. ![]() He attended University of Toronto Schools for high school and studied business administration at the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario, graduating with honours in 2011. Liu's parents "hothoused him in maths at the age of five and set 'homework' that included reading biographies of scientists and studying algebra". In his memoir, We Were Dreamers, he wrote of the deprivation and trauma his parents had experienced growing up in China's Cultural Revolution, and their subsequent "tiger parenting" style, saying he felt they "wanted to rid life of joy or happiness", and recalling "the weight of what he describes as impossible expectations, 'to be the star child, the studious academic, the obedient son'", being "belittled and physically punished" for perceived failings. His parents later emigrated with him to Canada, where they supplemented their scholarships with dish-washing jobs and eventually became successful aerospace engineers Liu was raised in Mississauga, Ontario. ![]() His father, Zhenning, went to America to study for a PhD whilst his mother worked in Beijing, and Liu was raised until age 5 by his grandparents in Harbin, China, "in a small apartment, without running water for much of the day", in circumstances he recalled as "idyllic and happy". His parents had succeeded, against considerable competition, in entering Beijing University to study engineering. Liu was born in Harbin, China, on 19 April 1989, son of Zhenning and Zheng Liu. 2.2 2019–present: Recent work and Marvel Cinematic Universe.2.1 2012–2018: Early work and television roles. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
December 2022
Categories |