Legacies season 2 star Olivia Liang's new show is officially going ahead.
The actress, who played Alyssa Chang in The CW series, will be fronting a female-led reboot of the 1970s show Kung Fu.
Now officially green-lit by The CW for the 2020-21 season, the reimagined Kung Fu follows a Chinese-American woman called Nicky Chen, who – after taking a life-changing trip to a Chinese monastery – returns to her hometown with newfound martial arts skills.
Nicky uses her new skills to defend her community, all the while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.
The cast of Kung Fu also includes Tzi Ma (Mulan, The Farewell) and Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians) as Nicky's parents.
Following the initial announcement of the series back in February, Chang took to Instagram to share her excitement about the role.
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"I won't write a long and sappy caption because if i get started then it will likely end up becoming a full length novel," she wrote.
"All I'll say is thanks: thank you God, for this sweet gift I do not feel deserving of. Thank you friends and family, who saw me through three jobs and struggling to make rent for years but who encouraged me to keep going.
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"Thank you to everyone who's making this project come alive. Thank you to those same people for trusting me to tell this story alongside these fkn talented actors. Thank you to the BEST team. Thank you thank you thank you."
She added: "It's an absolute honour to be Nicky, to tell an Asian-American story, and to be part of the furthering of representation.
"But, above all, it's an absolute honour to join the LOST DAUGHTERS OF TZI MA CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Legacies airs on The CW in the US.
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