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Mortal Kombat 2 director Simon McQuoid has cast actors in the roles of Shao Kahn, Quan Chi, Queen Sindel, and Jerrod
Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid is returning to the helm for the sequel that we’ll refer to as Mortal Kombat 2 until someone tells us otherwise. McQuoid’s cast has been steadily growing over the past month and a quarter. The Boys star Karl Urban has been cast to play Johnny Cage; Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) is set to play Princess Kitana; and Tati Gabrielle (You) is taking on the role of Jade, the friend and bodyguard of Princess Kitana. Deadline reports four new actors have been cast in the roles of Outworld Emperor Shao Kahn and his wife Queen Sindel. Also, Netherrealm Demon Quan Chi has joined the cast. Jerrod was the King of Edenia, married to Sindel until Edenia lost the Mortal Kom Martyn Ford, a bodybuilder/actor who has appeared in F9: The Fast Saga
, will play Shao Kahn. Queen Sindel will be played by Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka). Desmond Chiam (Joy Ride) will play Jerrod. And Jerrod will be played by Desmond Chiam (Joy Ride).Cast members returning from the previous Mortal Kombat
movie are Lewis Tan as MMA fighter Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Tadanobu Asano as Lord Raiden, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang, Chin Han as Shang Tsung, Joe Taslim as Bi-Han and Sub-Zero, Hiroyuki Sanada as Hanzo Hasashi and Scorpion, and Max Huang as Kung Lao.The screenplay for Mortal Kombat 2
has been written by Jeremy Slater, who was the lead writer on the Marvel / Disney+ series Moon Knight. Slater stated that the project was “really enjoyable so far” last year. … I’m working really closely with the director and the studios, and the game guys, and I think–I can’t say anything about the actual story, but I think they definitely learned some lessons the last time around in terms of, ‘Here’s the stuff fans responded to, and here’s what people liked out of the movie, and here’s the stuff that didn’t work out as well as we hoped.’ … (The sequel is) the chance to take everything that worked in the first one and do it even better and give the audience even more, and make something that is just incredibly satisfying, and really exciting, and unpredictable.“Tan has promised that the sequel will be “absolutely insane” and “way bigger” than its predecessor.Are you looking forward to
Mortal Kombat 2
? What do you think about the cast? Please leave a comment.
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