Lusi plays DC Hana Li<\/a>, a British police officer who is assigned to escort Dr Matthew Nolan (Richard Armitage)<\/a> back to Beijing on the next North China Air flight after he is accused of murder there. However, when incidents start occurring on board the flight, Hana finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy.<\/p>\n Lusi spoke exclusively with RadioTimes.com<\/a> about her character, and explained why Hana\u2019s past resonated with her.<\/p>\n She said: \u201cHana\u2019s mother died in Hong Kong and the circumstances of her death are not known to Hana. It\u2019s something that\u2019s not discussed within their family. So she feels like there\u2019s a huge part of her that she doesn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cLosing your mother is one of the most traumatic events that could happen to anyone, regardless of how old they are. But also, to not actually understand it at all, especially as a child, and then just find yourself in a different country where you don\u2019t know anyone and you don\u2019t speak the language.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd for me, I can really resonate with that, because Hana emigrated when she was five from Hong Kong, and I emigrated at exactly the same age from China \u2013 from Shanghai.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, just to kind of wake up one day and be in this country, which is predominantly white and have to learn the language very quickly and just get thrown into school\u2026 I think that\u2019s just made her extremely, extremely confused woman looking for some sense of belonging in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Lusi continued: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of correlation between Hana\u2019s dad and my dad\u2026 something about Chinese men, especially of that generation, there\u2019s a real sense of stoicism. And a real sense of \u2018we don\u2019t talk about emotions\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is quite an Asian thing to not really discuss emotions. So she\u2019s grown up in this family where really her dad is her only biological link to this world, and he doesn\u2019t speak to her about it. And then you\u2019ve got this annoying little sister who wants to talk about every other thing.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so, for her, I do think culture really plays a big part in it. Having grown up in a family where my father and I don\u2019t discuss emotions \u2013 we discuss everything else: grades, politics, finances, everything \u2013 but not emotions, I think that will resonate with a lot of Asians.\u201d<\/p> As well as Lusi and Armitage, the series also stars Lesley Sharp as MI5 director Madeleine Delaney, who is leading the tense operation back in Britain, but has to tread carefully as a Chinese-British nuclear deal could be at risk.<\/p>\n\n
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