'Desperate Housewives' star Kyle McLachlan has joined the big screen adaptation of the bestselling Li Cunxin autobiography 'Mao's Last Dancer'.
Variety says the film tells the story of how ballet dancer Li Cunxin escaped from China towards the end of the Cultural Revolution and went to Australia.
The Bruce Beresford-directed film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Jack Thompson, Aden Young, Amanda Schull and Shungbao Wang.
It is due to begin shooting in China next month.
