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©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Round one…fight!
“Street Fighter” is back on the big screen for a new take on the popular fighting game video series that started back in arcades in the 1980s and is still popular today.
Paramount and Legendary’s live-action movie takes place in the ’90s and follows a worldwide fighting tournament that brings together challengers from around the world. The roster includes Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) and his childhood friend and training partner Ryu (Andrew Koji), who have appeared in every “Street Fighter” video game. There’s a colorful cast of fellow characters like Chun-Li (Callina Liang), M. Bison (David Dastmalchian), Cammy (Mel Jarnson), Vega (Orville Peck) and more. The cast also has several real-life martial arts fighters, WWE stars and wrestlers, like Roman Reigns as Akuma, Cody Rhodes as Guile and Oliver Richters as Zangief.
Kitao Sakurai, who’s helmed episodes of “Beef,” “Dave” and the “Eric Andre Show,” directs the movie, which previously had Danny and Michael Philippou (“Talk to Me,” “Bring Her Back) attached. It’s actually the third “Street Fighter” movie, following 1994’s self-titled film and the 2009 release “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.” The 1994 “Street Fighter” had a cast with Jean-Claude Van Damme as Guile, Ming-Na Wen as Chun-Li, Damian Chapa as Ken, Byron Mann as Ryu and Kylie Minogue as Cammy. “The Legend of Chun-Li” was a notorious flop and included Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li, Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog and Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as Vega.
See the full cast of the new “Street Fighter” movie and how they compare to their video game counterparts below.
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Ken (Noah Centineo)
Image Credit: ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Alongside Ryu, Ken has appeared in every single main “Street Fighter” video game. In the movie, he’s a loudmouth, washed-up celebrity who’s trying to claw his back way to fighting stardom after his childhood friend and training partner Ryu has become the world champion. Ken is known for his fireball hadoken fireball move, his Dragon Punch flying uppercut (aka the shoryuken) and his tornado kick attack. Noah Centineo plays Ken after starring in movies like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” “Black Adam” and “Warfare.”
