Why did you need to invent Cole Young, the new hero played by Lewis Tan?
The idea of a new protagonist predated my involvement in the project. So that was in the draft that came before me. And it was something that the studio wanted to put in the movie. And when I came in, I said, “OK let me work with this.” And the way it was originally written, nothing connected to the mythology. Bringing in a new character does two things: It gives the audience kind of a fresh set of eyes, allows them to walk into the world. It’s the easiest delivery system for all of that intense mythology. If you were to start with a Mortal Kombat character, they come in with their preset backstory and preset point of view. The problem with doing that is, in order to make that character work as a surrogate for the audience, we’d have to change parts of the character. I didn’t want to do that. I’d rather wait and introduce them correctly than try to jam them into the story and force them to be in a role that they really shouldn’t be in. So part of it was giving the audience a way in, and it was also allowing us to bring something new to the table. We felt there was precedent in Mortal Kombat, because every game, they bring in about seven or eight new characters. So my job then was to say, “We have this new protagonist. I’m going to make sure that he fits organically into the mythology, that he ties organically into it.”
the biggest issue for me wasnt cole or no tournament, the editing was awful. I was fine with Cole because its our intro to the world. I think his powers coulda been a hell of alot better, and I hope hes first to die in the sequel to inspire scorpion to come back. But if its basically the set up to a universe its fine. 7/10 
i definitely peeped when watching, i didnt believe it at first i thought it was a random extra at first in that scene
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. What makes Kano think this trailer trash Sonya got millions much less 10 dollars to her name. Plus Kano had to front the plane just to get there
nikka this IT??? These weak ass nikkas???
Knowing Cole probably hasn't won a meaningful fight since the Obama administration. Teleporting him right back to his family knowing Shang Tsung got all these outworld goons plus a ninja assassin with Superpowers on his ass wanting to kill him all because of a birthmark
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