So my Mortal Kombat Movie would be a tad different, but basically a similar layout to the first Mortal Kombat live action movie.
Rain as Liu Kang
He looks like him, can act pretty decent, and knows his martial arts. Kick ass in Ninja Assassin, and other than not being Chinese, he would be pretty spot on. For all you canon people, if you want a Chinese Liu Kang, my pick would be either Nicholas Tse or
Robin Shou as Raiden
I find that this would be an awesome tribute to the first Mortal Kombat movies. I’d like him and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shinook to have an opening credits fight scene.
Since we're on the subject...
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Shinnok
It'd be a great tribute, as well as the fight scene between him and Shou. It’s a small role so yeah.
Ryan Reynolds as Johnny Cage
I find he can do smart ass well. He can do drama well. He can do fight scenes well. He can play an actor past his prime, a la The Nines. Just because people f**k his characters up in movies doesn't change the fact he is a phenomenal actor.
Abbie Cornish as Sonya Blade
She's hot. She can act. Watch Sucker Punch, I’m sure you'd agree with me on this choice that she’d play a great Sonya Blade.
Mekhi Phifer as Jax Briggs
I liked him in Torchwood: Miracle Day, so he can play the hard cop. Just bulk him up, he'll be fine as Jax.
Donnie Yen as Kung Lao
It's Donnie [frick]in Yen. Put a hat on him and BOOM! Kung Lao. I want Kung Lao to be an Earthrealm fighter that chose not to fight, and instead fled and has been roaming the Outworld with Kabal ever since.
Jai Courtney as Stryker
I want Stryker to be in a short 5 min scene describing when Kabal, Stryker, Kung Lao, and Night Wolf were chosen as warriors for the Earthrealm. They were didn't want to fight and fled. They were tracked down by one of Shao Kahns extermination squads and Stryker was killed, and Kabal was burned while fending them off for Kung Lao and Night Wolf to escape.
Joseph Fiennes as Kabal
He'd look regular only in the flashback. The rest of the time we see him he would have his respirator on until he takes it off before he dies at the hands of Shang Tsung.
Jason Momoa as Night Wolf
He just looks just like Night Wolf. Dress him like a native american and BOOM, there ya go. I want him to teach Liu Kang Dragon Fire after he barely beats some guards.
Jason Statham as Kano
I know he's not Australian, but he has a heavy accent and can probably pull it off. He will be killed by Sonya, just like always c(:
Daniel Day Kim as Sub-Zero
He can act, I'm sure he will do well, he sides with Liu Kang. There is the Scorpion/Sub Zero rivalry because Scorpion killed his brother, but learns that his brother is still alive as Smoke. He then makes up for his clans past doings to Scorpions clan by saving Scorpion from Shao Kahn.
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Scorpion
He was great in Ip Man, Im sure he would be good as Scorpion. He sides with Liu Kang after being saved from Shao Kahn by Sub Zero after he defies Shao Kahns orders and goes rogue. He also learns from Smoke that it was Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung who really killed his clan and family.
Kevin Ohjitsu as Smoke
I know this isn't canon, but I want Smoke to be Sub Zero's older brother who faked his death at the hands of Scorpion because he felt sorry for Scorpion. He comes in earlier in the movie, fighting an earthrealm warrior and "killing" him, but really just sent him back to earth. He is a close ally to Shang Tsung, but is really a good guy, tipping off Kung Lao's party of movement activities by Shao Kahn.
Gemma Arterton as Kitana
She was good in Prince of Persia. She kinda reminds me of the Kitana from the first movie so I thought it’d be good. She’s really pretty too. She would join the good side after Raiden reveals who her true father was. ;D
Alexa Davalos as Mileena
I honestly didn’t know her and Gemma were in the same movie until just right now. I thought she kinda looked liked Gemma. Mileena would refuse to join the good side after Raiden tells her and Kitana who their real father was, because she always despised Kitana and was jealous of her, this being a perfect opportunity to kill her, but she dies instead.
Kristen Bauer as Sindel
I was searching for a while before I cast her, I almost went with Evangeline Lilly but thought she was too pretty c(: I first noticed Bauer in True Blood and thought that she’d be perfect for Sindel when I was looking for someone. She’d be evil, Shao-Kahn’s wife.
Ken Watanabe as Shang Tsung
A pretty big fan fav for the role, but seeing him in Batman Begins older, as well as Inception just sold it. Im siding with the other fans, he would be amazing in the role (: He gets killed by Raiden before the final fight with Shao-Kahn.
Nathan Jones as Shao Kahn
Its really hard finding someone for Shao Kahn, I mean, you need a huge mofo. I was gonna go with Tom Hardy, being that he is an amazing actor. You could just make him look huge, but I wanted it to be realistic. Shao-Kahn gets defeated by the combined powers of all of them or something, idk. This is coming of the top of my head at the moment.. c(:
Thanks for looking at the cast. I didn’t include minor characters like Baraka, Reptile, Ermak, Noob Saibot or the chick knock offs. But some of them will be in the movie, just not have major roles other than fighters.