Lucy Liu shares she ‘didn’t have a plan’ when she decided to become a single mom

Lucy Liu has opened up about choosing to become a single mom in her 40s.

The 54-year-old actress has been promoting her latest project, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, in which she co-stars as a daughter of the god Atlas, alongside her ‘sisters’ Helen Mirren, 77, and Rachel Zegler, 21. The film opens Friday, March 17 .

In an interview with The cut The action star revealed that when she decided to have her son Rockwell, who was born in 2015 via surrogacy, she just went for it.

“I didn’t have a plan,” he told the outlet.

‘I just thought, I didn’t want to talk about the next project. I felt like I was reading the same script. I got tired of it. I didn’t want the same dialogue. I heard myself say the same things many, many times and just thought, “Well, this can’t be next.” It wasn’t enough,’ she said.

Lucy, who is fluent in Mandarin Chinese as well as Italian and Spanish, admitted that she did not reflect on the decision or do any research on it.

‘I just pulled the trigger. I can think of something easily; if I think too much, I won’t.’

‘It’s better for me to feel something and just go for it. Lots of people read books on parenting. I didn’t do any of that. I was like, “When the kid is here, I’m going to figure it out.”

The actress was sure that she wanted to raise her son in her native New York.

‘I definitely wanted to raise a child in New York. People will say, ‘It’s not convenient, you don’t even have a car,’ but that’s how they’re going to see all the things,’ she said.

‘You are going to show them what is safe and what is not, and they will understand it through experience. It’s hard to develop common sense when you’re in a car all the time. They will smell the smells.

The Critics Choice Television Awards winner said she takes the subway to maneuver the Big Apple, but approaches the experience more cautiously after the rise in anti-Asian crime during the pandemic.

‘There is a very different level of caution that one must now have. That’s real, and if you don’t acknowledge that, you’re being ridiculous,” she said.

Goddess: The actress, 54, stars in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, in which she co-stars as a daughter of the god Atlas, alongside her ‘sisters’ Helen Mirren, 77, and Rachel Zegler, 21. The film opens Friday, March 17 .

New York: Lucy said she was sure she wanted to raise her seven-year-old son, Rockwell, in her hometown. ‘She definitely wanted to raise a child in New York. People will say, ‘It’s not convenient, you don’t even have a car,’ but this way, they’re going to see all the things,’ she said.

“I take my son on the subway all the time,” the Strange World star admitted.

‘If I don’t feel comfortable, I’ll leave. I don’t need to sit somewhere to be polite. I’m a person of action in that sense. I have to trust my instincts. The simple fact of being aware helps me, but I don’t want to live in fear. I’m not going to take risks in my life. I’m just not stupid about it.

Lucy has spread her artistic wings as a painter and now has an exhibition, ‘Lucy Liu: What Was’, at the New York Studio School.

Art: Lucy wrote on social media that sharing her current art show at the New York Studio School, ‘Lucy Liu: what was’, with her son was ‘the highlight of my year! I love how children see everything from all perspectives. It has opened up my world a lot

The show marks his 30th anniversary as an artist since his first solo show in New York in 1993. The pieces will be on view through April 16.

The artist shared a video on Instagram writing: ‘Sharing this art show with my son has been a highlight of my year!’

“I love how kids see everything from all perspectives,” she continued. “He has opened up my world so much. Grateful to be a mom and to be reminded of what it’s like to be a kid again.”