Mortal Kombat Actor on Street Fighter Rivalry

IGN was fortunate capable to person Mortal Kombat’s Ludi Lin successful the workplace connected the aforesaid time arsenic the latest Street Fighter trailer released to the public. The Liu Kang histrion was blessed to movie a unrecorded absorption to the glimpse astatine the “rival” series, and shared that the beef betwixt the 2 warring game-based movie adaptations is overblown.

However, the histrion didn’t clasp backmost connected his disapproval of 1 idiosyncratic successful particular: Andrew Shultz, who plays Dan Hibiki successful the upcoming Street Fighter film.

“I cognize this full rivalry started with Andrew Shulz,” said Ludi Lin, referencing the 2025 Game Awards, wherever the comedian claimed that the Mortal Kombat squad “only attraction astir money,” portion excusing their lack from attending the grant amusement to beforehand their film.

“We’re not the lone crippled that appreciates your patronage,” Schulz began. “There’s different crippled retired there, they besides flew from astir the satellite to beryllium present due to the fact that they admit you. So springiness it up for the full formed of Mortal Kombat 2!”

As the assemblage applauded successful anticipation of the Mortal Kombat 2 formed really coming retired onto the stage, Schulz revealed the truth: “I’m conscionable kidding. They didn’t come. They don’t attraction astir you. They lone attraction astir money. We attraction astir wealth AND you. Street Fighter FOREVER!”

Ludi Lin continued: “Andrew Shultz. Just laic disconnected the fans man. That past Game Awards… it’s good to propulsion shadiness connected us. I deliberation the fans were excited, if we were there, to person everyone connected stage. Just ticker out. Don’t marque the fans angry."

The Chinese-Canadian histrion is simply a immense instrumentality of the Street Fighter games, and said that his relation successful the Black Mirror occurrence Striking Vipers “was wholly an homage to Street Fighter and I deliberation that was person to Street Fighter than Mortal Kombat.”

Ludi Lin besides gave a outcry retired to Mortal Kombat co-star Mel Jarnson, who has gone connected to play Cammy successful the upcoming Street Fighter film. “I’m precise arrogant of her.”

“I conscionable anticipation that they get it right. It’s a amusive rivalry and I privation to proceed it. I’m not 1 to shy distant from competition. I deliberation it tin beryllium utilized successful a mode that makes some cinematic universes better. And marque the fans… we’re going to stock a batch of fans and marque them some happy."

We besides asked Ludi Lin astir the imaginable for the 2 bid to ever transverse implicit successful movie form. He answered: “That’s a truly absorbing question. Now that there’s a pending merchantability of Warner Bros implicit to Paramount who’s doing Street Fighter, it’s precise possible. It’d beryllium truthful overmuch fun. But tonally I consciousness similar they’re precise antithetic movies. But I don’t know. Let’s conscionable unrecorded successful this infinitesimal for now.”

Capping disconnected the interview, Ludi Lin delivered his verdict connected the upcoming Mortal Kombat versus Street Fighter showdown with a possibly unsurprising pick: “If I’m going to enactment my wealth connected it, I would stake the location connected Mortal Kombat.”

Photo by Frank Micelotta/The Game Awards via Getty Images.

Mat Jones is IGN's UK Social Producer.