In Daughter of Shanghai, Wong played the Asian-American female lead in a role that was rewritten for her as the heroine of the story, actively setting the plot into motion rather than the more passive character originally planned.
Dalam film Daughter of Shanghai, Wong memerankan peran utama perempuan Asia-Amerika yang ditulis ulang untuknya sebagai peran utama dari cerita tersebut, yang secara aktif menyetingkan alur dalam gerakan ketimbang karakter lebih pasif yang awalnya direncanakan.