The Independent also had this story on a Chinese actress who finally got fed up with the casting couch — and what she did about it.

Chinese actress uses Web to expose the ‘rule’ of sex-for-roles
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing

When the aspiring actress Zhang Yu decided she wanted to blow the whistle on some of China’s top TV and film-makers – those who have demanded sex in return for roles in their soap operas and movies – she chose the internet to make her case.

Zhang says she won all her roles through sleeping with the directors, assistant directors or men in charge of casting. She also made films herself – of the casting couch sessions. Then she rocked the film and TV world by releasing 20 graphic sex videos of her and a host of big names.

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