31 Aug 2020

Augusta Xu-Holland from 'The Eight Hundred'

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 31 August 2020

In the middle of an epic war movie based on a true story that is legend in China, there's a New Zealand actress making a name for herself.

Augusta Xu-Holland is one of the characters in the blockbuster film The Eight Hundred, which is about a stand off between Chinese and Japanese soldiers in Shanghai in 1937.

The Auckland-born actress shares her insights into the thriving Chinese film industry, and the movie taking on Hollywood.