The CW's Kung Fu reboot finds its lead: Olivia Liang

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Liang joins previously cast Tzi Ma and Kheng Hua Tan, who play her parents, in the gender-swapped reboot of the classic Kung Fu series from Christina M. Kim. Liang plays Nicky Chen, a young Chinese-American woman who, after experiencing a quarter-life crisis, goes on a life-changing journey to a monastery in China, per Deadline. "But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice — all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her."