Poppy Liu is seemingly entering a new phase as an actress.
In her latest film, the Boots Riley-directed I Love Boosters, the actress stars alongside names such as Keke Palmer, Demi Moore, Taylour Paige, Eiza Gonzalez, Naomi Ackie and Lakeith Stanfield. “This level of visibility or mainstream-ness feels really new, and like I’m in real time still wrapping my head around that,” Liu tells The Hollywood Reporter on a recent Zoom.
On one hand, she’s closing a chapter — Hacks, where she first found mainstream Hollywood success, has ended. On another hand, she’s preparing to dive headfirst into a slew of projects.
Liu stars alongside Stephanie Hsu and Andrew Liu in a new Netflix adult animated comedy, Dang! She’s working on a new feature that she describes as an “erotic horror” about a character she plays that has “a sexual awakening” in the form of a ghost from the Chinese Exclusion Act period.
Then there’s the Chinese American western she’s been trying to find the shape of. ”That’s been a dream project and a thing that’s been on my mind for a long time,” she says.
