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On set in China: Irish actor amazed by epic scale

CGTN

 , Updated 18:15, 16-Nov-2025
00:37

What is it like for a foreign actor to perform in a Chinese film? Irish actor Tom Fenton shared his experience of acting in the Chinese film "Dongji Rescue," which was released earlier this year. Having lived in China for eight years, Fenton said he was amazed by the sheer scale of such massive film projects, saying it's "really cool to be part of that kind of thing."

"Dongji Rescue" tells the story of how, in 1942, Chinese fishermen risked their lives to save 384 of more than 1,800 British prisoners of war who were aboard the Japanese troop ship Lisbon Maru when it was torpedoed off the coast of Dongji Island in Zhejiang Province.

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