How Mortal Kombat 2 Reworks Kitana's Story | Adeline Rudolph Interview

Adeline Rudolph just made quite the leap as far as video game adaptations go. While things didn’t pan out well for Netflix’s Resident Evil series, which was canceled after just one season in 2022, Mortal Kombat II is cruising at the box office.

In 2021, director Simon McQuoid kicked off a new iteration of Mortal Kombat feature films with a movie focused on Cole Young (Lewis Tan) that also included a slew of other fan-favorite characters like Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee), Kano (Josh Lawson), Jax (Mehcad Brooks), Liu Kang (Ludi Lin), Kung Lao (Max Huang), and many more. Rudolph didn’t just join that ensemble via 2026’s Mortal Kombat II. She headlines the film opposite Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage. While Johnny Cage’s evolution is the focal point of the Earth Realm storyline, Kitana’s experience is the heart and soul of the Outworld material and, ultimately, it’s Kitana who brings the two sides together.

In celebration of Mortal Kombat II’s wide release, Rudolph swung by the Collider Ladies Night studio to discuss her journey as an actor thus far, including making her screen debut via The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and lessons learned from Netflix's Resident Evil that she was able to apply to Mortal Kombat II. She also offered up some behind-the-scenes insight into all of Kitana’s biggest moments in the movie, which included the film’s final shot — all the main characters joining forces to bring back fallen champions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.