Li Bingbing has been cast in Transformers 4.
The popular actress has become the first Chinese recruit for Michael Bay's final outing on the franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
She is expected to be the first in a series of castings from China, the source of financing and the location of the filming of some of Paramount Pictures' upcoming sequels.
Li's first English-language film was 2011's Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. She also appeared last year in Resident Evil: Retribution.
She will join Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer and Sophia Myles on the action movie.
Transformers 4 will arrive in cinemas June 27, 2014.
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