Actor dubbed 'Chinese Hugh Jackman' pleads not guilty to NSW rape

Chinese actor Gao Yunxiang has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman with his producer friend in a Sydney hotel room.

Chinese actor Yunxiang Gao leaves the Downing Centre court in Sydney on Friday. Source: AAP

A Chinese movie star and his producer friend have pleaded not guilty to raping a woman in a luxury Sydney hotel.

Actor Gao Yunxiang and producer Wang Jing on Friday at Sydney's Downing Centre District Court pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a woman multiple times at the Shangri-La Hotel in March 2018.

Gao, a star so popular in Asia his lawyer likened him to Hugh Jackman, appeared before a courtroom packed with Chinese media while Wang appeared via video link.

Chinese actor Yunxiang Gao (centre) leaves the Downing Centre court in Sydney. Source: AAP

Both men pleaded not guilty to all charges, including aggravated sexual assault where the victim was deprived of liberty, through an interpreter.

The woman claims Wang and Gao assaulted her repeatedly in the hotel room after they all left a karaoke bar about 2am on March 27.

The actor, also known as Gavin Gao, was out that night with his co-accused and staff from a TV show they'd just finished filming in Sydney.

A trial date was set down for late October and is expected to take six weeks.