Anna May Wong (L) will be played by Xin Zhilei (R) in upcoming biopic. Photo credit: Fundamental Films

By Liz Shackleton

EXCLUSIVE: Shanghai and Los Angeles-based Fundamental Films has announced that Xin Zhilei, Best Actress award winner at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, will play Hollywood’s first Chinese star, Anna May Wong, in an upcoming biopic.

Mark Gao’s Fundamental Films is financing and producing the film, Sunset Boulevard – The Anna May Wong Story, about the extraordinary life of the groundbreaking actress who battled against stereotypical attitudes towards Asian women in Hollywood throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

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