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The actor behind Johnny Cage in the original Mortal Kombat movie reveals that he ad-libbed multiple lines
Actor Linden Ashby played the part of Johnny Cage back in the original Mortal Kombat movie, and he definitely has some of the best lines in the film. Turns out many of them were plucked from thin air! In an interview with Comicbook.com, Ashby talks about ad-libbing multiple lines during shooting.
“It's funny, a few years ago I went and saw a screened version of it at Man's Chinese. The movie, it doesn't hold up effects wise, but it's great. It's a fun movie and it's got heart and it's got this really unique mix of heart and fun and adventure and it just fucking works.
When we see Goro's shadow or whatever, and I think I'm with Sonya and Liu Kang. I can't remember exactly. I'm like, ‘Okay, you go down there and you,’ and it's all that kind of stuff was just all made up. I don't think '$500 sunglasses' was in there.
'Thank God I didn't ask him to park the car,' all those dumb little things. They were just sort of throwaway moments...and it was, I dunno, it was fun. It was definitely fun.”