Bai Ling can safely say that her ethnicity hasn’t stood in the way of getting hired in Hollywood.

Interviewed on Mr. Media, the Chinese stunner discusses landing a leading role in the recently-wrapped feature Love Ranch, co-starring Joe Pesci, Gina Gershon and Helen Mirren, and directed by Helen’s Oscar-winning hubby, Taylor Hackford.

Bai: Hello to Western coquettes.

“I got cast for Love Ranch, for which they originally wanted someone with big boobs, blonde hair, 20 years old—and totally a white girl,” she tells host Bob Andelman.

“But I got it. And I’m pretty happy to play a white woman’s part,” adds Bai, whose latest flick, A Beautiful Life, co-stars Debi Mazar and Dana Delany, and opens Oct. 2.

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