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4. Karl Urban - Mortal Kombat II
2021's Mortal Kombat concluded by teasing the presence of fan favourite character Johnny Cage in the sequel, and fans cheered in jubilation the moment that the great Karl Urban was cast to play the egomaniacal action film star.
Urban's superb work as the wildly unstable Billy Butcher on The Boys alone makes him seem born to play Johnny, and from what we've seen of him in the trailer so far, he's absolutely living up to expectations.
The look, the voice, the overall vibe - it all fits quite perfectly for a middle-aged iteration of Johnny Cage, and if Mortal Kombat II doesn't work it certainly won't be the fault of Urban or the casting team.
Even more encouragingly, the marketing seems to imply that Cage will be taking over protagonist duties from the first film's wildly unpopular lead character Cole Young (Lewis Tan), a non-video game character who was invented for the first film and barely featured in the sequel's first trailer.