Mortal Kombat lately celebrated its thirtieth anniversary, which might’ve been the best time to announce NetherRealm’s subsequent mission, however the studio had a distinct plan. Whereas followers eagerly look ahead to an announcement, an unlikely movie star has come ahead and expressed his want to play an iconic character from the MK collection.
It’s none apart from Jean-Claude Van Damme, a Hollywood veteran who has starred in a number of action movies over time. Van-Damme is a talented karateka, and has showcased his martial arts abilities in standard movies like Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart, and Common Soldier. Now, he has expressed his willingness to play Johnny Cage in a Mortal Kombat movie.Noticed by Gamebyte, Van Damme responded to a touch upon Fb that urged Warner Bros. to solid him as Johnny Cage within the subsequent MK movie. “Thanks, guys! I’d undoubtedly like to painting Johnny Cage. Let’s see who’ll win, him or Guile or me” he responded.
For these unaware, Van Damme performed the position of Guile within the 1994 Road Fighter movie. Whereas the movie itself wasn’t an enormous hit, it tells us that Van Damme does have a connection to video video games, so an look in MK isn’t too farfetched. Plus, he has the proper resume contemplating the variety of combating movies he has starred in, and his smug presence in these movies is precisely what somebody taking part in Johnny Cage ought to possess.
That is additionally not the primary time Van Damme has expressed his need to play Johnny Cage as he had uploaded a fan-made video on his official YouTube channel that portrayed him as Cage in Bloodsport. There may be additionally a deepfake video that confirmed how he would’ve appeared whereas taking part in Cage within the 1995 movie.
On the sport aspect of issues, the brand new MK title nonetheless stays a thriller. NetherRealm’s Ed Boon had talked about that the studio’s subsequent recreation gained’t be Mortal Kombat 12, which sparked rumors of the subsequent recreation being from a distinct franchise totally. He additionally expressed his need to make one other Shaolin Monks recreation, which was a beat ’em-up spinoff of Mortal Kombat.
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