Jean-Claude Van Damme will fulfill his dream of becoming a playable character in Mortal Kombat.

Jean-Claude Van Damme He’s not just an action icon. In the 1990s, he played a key role in inspiring Ed Boon and John Tobias to create Mortal Kombat, a popular fighting game franchise. Later it became known that Johnny Cageone of his playable characters was inspired by the main character blood contact (bloody sport).

Apparently Van Damme knew this information. In fact, he was always ready not only to play Johnny Cage in a movie live action from Mortal Kombat, but also to “loan” your image to the action movie of the video game. After almost three decades, he will finally be able to realize this dream.

This week, Warner Bros. announced Games Mortal Kombat 1, a reboot of his video game saga. The title will see the light of day this September, and one of its main novelties is the participation of an actor.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, how could it be otherwise Johnny Cage will be Mortal Kombat 1. Of course it will be available as additional aspect belonging to the season pass, Kombat Pack. Therefore, you will have to open the wallet again to play with it.

The rest of the attempts Mortal Kombat with Van Damme

Van Damme’s presence Mortal Kombat 1 already guaranteed. However, they had to make several attempts. In February 2022 in an interview Games InformantEd Boon noted that His goal from the very beginning was for Van Damme to become a model of the first Mortal Kombat (1992). The problem is that when it comes to negotiating with reps, no deal is guaranteed.

“We made a demo and sent it to Jean-Claude Van Damme. On the cassette we sent him, we put together demos and various diagrams of what we could do if he agreed to the deal. Jean-Claude’s reps contacted our licensing rep and said, “Sorry, he’s already signed an agreement to release the game with SEGA.” Which is very strange because we have never seen this game. I’m still waiting for this game to come out after 25 years…”

Later, in October 2022, Boon told Polygon What they tried to skin van damme johnny cage Mortal Kombat 9. Although the idea was given to the actor, it was not possible to realize it.

“He must [Van Damme] It would be Johnny Cage. We filmed footage from Bloodsport and talked about the digitized graphics and how Van Damme will look in the game. At some point it happened. But then we asked him maybe a couple of times during Mortal Kombat 9if he wanted to be the skin of the game. For some reason, it just didn’t materialize.”

Fortunately, this will change from Mortal Kombat 1. It’s likely that negotiations between Warner and Van Damme were quick and easy because in 2022 the actor expressed his desire to play Johnny Cage in the film’s sequel. Mortal Kombat, a movie that was released in 2021. Does your appearance in a new video game guarantee you a role in the next movie? Let’s see…