Kristen Kreuk Talks Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

“I think it’s really important, at least in this story, to be earnest with the characters because you want people to relate to them while they go through the movie,” Kreuk said. “I think it’s really important that the fighting is really good, but you want to be able to root for the individual, and that means that the character has got to be relatable, in some way. If they’re really over-the-top, it’s harder to relate to them, in this style of a movie. If it was something else, I think it would be different.”

There are still wild fights, including some trademark Chun-Li moves, but Kreuk saw the film’s hero journey. “She starts off, in the movie, very young and she loses both of her parents. She loses her mom around 20 years old, and becomes very angry and wants to go and get revenge on the guy who took her father, when she was just a young girl. And then, she ends up on this spiritual path, where she seeks out a master, and she learns to let go of her attachments so that she can see a greater good because her attachments are blinding her sight. That way, she can go out and actually fight for something, and understand what it is she’s fighting for.”

The 1994 Street Fighter movie took a fantasy approach to the video game. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li attempts to be more grounded in reality, at least the way star Kristin Kreuk approached it.

Kristen Kreuk Talks Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li

“I think it’s really important, at least in this story, to be earnest with the characters because you want people to relate to them while they go through the movie,” Kreuk said. “I think it’s really important that the fighting is really good, but you want to be able to root for the individual, and that means that the character has got to be relatable, in some way. If they’re really over-the-top, it’s harder to relate to them, in this style of a movie. If it was something else, I think it would be different.”

There are still wild fights, including some trademark Chun-Li moves, but Kreuk saw the film’s hero journey. “She starts off, in the movie, very young and she loses both of her parents. She loses her mom around 20 years old, and becomes very angry and wants to go and get revenge on the guy who took her father, when she was just a young girl. And then, she ends up on this spiritual path, where she seeks out a master, and she learns to let go of her attachments so that she can see a greater good because her attachments are blinding her sight. That way, she can go out and actually fight for something, and understand what it is she’s fighting for.”

Kristen Kreuk on Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li – CanMag

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