Celebrity cameos have been a thing in Mortal Kombat for a while. In 2019, we saw Ronda Rousey play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat 11, and we also saw Arnold Schwarzenegger voice the Terminator. Now, in Mortal Kombat 1, we’ll see John Cena as the Peacemaker, J.K. Simmons as the Omni Man, and we’ve got Megan Fox as Nitara.
However, Ed Boon wanted more cameos.Accepting“Rolling Stone”magazine, he revealed that NetherRealm is desperately trying to get John Wick into the game.“We tried to get that in Mortal Kombat – John Wick – and we didn’t get it,”He said.
Boon also wanted to go further, and one of his daydreams was to have every character played by an actor.“One of the things I enjoyed about this game – and this is 10 out of 10 versions – that we didn’t do, is, ‘What if every character in this game was played by an actor? Like we had Keanu… Reeves playing Kensi… it’s like a pipe dream. We’re not even thinking about their salary and all that stuff. If we made a game and had an actor, a famous, recognizable Actors play every character, and Johnny Cage is definitely the one played by Jean-Claude Van Damme.
But at some point, I don’t know if he wanted to do motion capture work, or if he[說], ‘Just scan my face and let someone else do all the work.’ They have to read hundreds of lines of dialogue. Many actors don’t realize how complex video games are. When you sign up for it, you’re not just signing up to go for a day, be in the studio for an hour, and you’re done. It’s like a real acting job.
Do you think a full-name cast of Mortal Kombat would work?
