Actor Simu Liu made an look Sunday on the most recent episode of “The Simpsons” as Lisa Simpson’s future “visionary tech big” husband.
Liu, recognized for his main position in Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” performs Hubert Wong, a profitable entrepreneur that seems to be an amalgamation of well-known tech billionaires together with former Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
For his proposal to Lisa on the moon, Hubert spent $20 million to develop an area go well with that enables kissing, an obvious nod to the latest house expeditions by billionaires like Musk and Jeff Bezos. Hubert ultimately goes on to grow to be the creator of the ePhone.
The Season 34 episode, which takes place after Lisa graduates from school, follows the romantic relationship between her and child-bully Nelson Muntz after assembly for the primary time for the reason that fourth grade. The episode contains a number of time jumps, starting with with Nelson and Lisa reuniting earlier than her school commencement.
5 years after that, Lisa and Hubert are on a prepare celebrating his choice as TIME’s “Particular person of the Yr,” when she runs into Nelson. Hubert tells Nelson, who was his elementary college bully, that he gained the prize Nelson’s coronary heart desired most of all — Lisa. The time jumps that comply with embrace Hubert and Lisa’s separation, their reconciliation and Nelson and Lisa’s reunification as soon as once more.
Liu went to Instagram to share his pleasure for the latest episode.
“Messed round and married Lisa Simpson?!?! How fortunate can a man probably get? Oh yeah and the TIME factor will not be too shabby both. Sorry Milhouse, sucks to suck,” he wrote.
“The Simpsons” also welcomed Simu and his character to the present’s universe on Twitter after the episode aired.
