More Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li casting news (Van Damme not included)

March 19th, 2008 Chris "Kramez" Kramer

Kristin Kreuk — hotchie motchie! Michael Clarke Duncan Taboo of Black Eyed Peas Neal McDonough Chris Klein

News from Hollyweird: several more actors have been cast for the 2009 movie Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li that Capcom is producing with Hyde Park for Fox. Filming has also begun, so pop the champagne!

Smallville mega-hottie Kristin Kreuk will be playing Chunster, and will be the main character in the movie. Who knew Kreuk was of Chinese descent? Plus Dutch and Canadian. She’s a veritable smörgåsbord of hotness. Umlaut!

Michael Clarke Duncan from The Green Mile and Sin City will be Balrog. Look at those guns!

Taboo out of Black Eyed Peas will be Vega. Hopefully, backflips are a big part his on-stage dance moves.

Neal McDonough will be donning the peaked cap and flappy cape of Bison, everyone’s favorite crime lord/would-be dictator. McDonough has been in a ton of movies and TV shows you’ve seen, including Band of Brothers and Minority Report.

Chris Klein’s role as Charlie Nash was announced a few weeks back. His on screen name is cool, as it actually incorporates the two different names this character is known by. For some reason that even I can’t remember (and I’m old and know lots of odd Capcom secrets and weirdnesses), the character of “Nash” in Japan became “Charlie” in the US. Justin Marks, the screen writer cleverly slammed both names together — an idea borrowed from the comics, evidently — which should make people happy regardless of country of origin.





Yo, Wayne! Lost Planet superstar signed to GI Joe movie

December 19th, 2007 Chris "Kramez" Kramer

Byun-hung LeeByun-hung Lee, the Korean-born Japanese TV superstar who gave his face to Lost Planet’s Wayne, is extending his reach to US audiences. Not satisfied just playing a mecha-piloting snow pirate, he’s now stepping into the split-toed tabi of Stormshadow in the GI Joe movie! Sure, dangerous guns, crazy vehicles, comical speech impediments and shiny steel masks are cool, but nothing can trump the bad/good ninja dressed in blinding white in the Joe oeuvre. Much like poor crazy Moon Knight, dressing yourself in white is a bold choice for a silent assassin; those types normally favor a more slimming black look. It would be like Jeff Gordon racing with his helmet turned backwards over his face or Tiger playing golf with a Whiffle Ball bat (note: both of these changes would possibly make me interested in either of their respective sports).

Let’s hope all of our treasured, precious 80’s childhood memories are handled as well as Transformers (oil watersports scene aside). Remember kids: Knowing is half the battle! Stay in school! Etc.