Ok, I disagree.

Wilson (IMO) overacts, and can not fight for shit. Mortal Kombat is a fight movie, why give the role to someone who needs a million lessons just to get a deacent kick?

And Williams role as Jax was great, common man, the gangster talking on a military man?? sorry, he looked great with those bionic arms. But he is a major in the us military, and he should act like one. Not all that jive talking he did.

I would give him the role if it meant that the gangster talk would be removed from the script. And i don't have a name to play sonya in the next mk. I'll bet there are ten's of woman out there who resamble Sonya and are deasend actors and can fight convincingly

Who would you have for an actor to play jax then? Lynn Red Williams did an awesome job playing Jax, perfect attitude for him.

Ajirikowic Wrote: Who would you have for an actor to play jax then? Lynn Red Williams did an awesome job playing Jax, perfect attitude for him.

Exactly; Even if it was off character, William's protrayal of Jax was awesome, even if it wasn't 100% faithful to the games. Besides, that's the script's fault; His acting ability has nothing to do with that.

Go watch the movie "underworld", take a look at the huge black guy who can transform into a wolf.

Ajirikowic Wrote: Who would you have for an actor to play jax then? Lynn Red Williams did an awesome job playing Jax, perfect attitude for him.

Bridgette Wilson should do it cause she is teh hotness...

Seriously tho, yea she might overact and be weak on the fighting side, but nothing that can't be easily improved upon. Tho I heard she was done with movies....??

Williams' acting was good... he's not really an actor, so I think what he did was great. Yes, the personality was all wrong, but that wasn't his fault. If the script says ''I'ma split, aight?'' there's no way you can say that in mature, military style. it was the script. Don't blame the actor.

Anyway, I'd rather have Hess than Wilson. Why? Because if Paul Anderson directs, I'm sure he can give tips and instruct Sandra Hess properly (the actors don't do all the acting. Directors often play a huge role in their performance). Wilson humiliated herself in the Sonya and Kano fight. It was just ridiculous and embarrasing. Trevor Goddard and the music saved that scene. I'm sure they could give her martial arts training, but I really don't think that's necessary... Hess looks more like the game sonya anyway, and acting isn't really the important thing in a friggin action movie, for god's sake. We already have Linden, Lambert, and probably Williams- why not just have a not perfect Sonya (which, for all we know, could become perfect with Anderson's directing).

Williams' acting was good... he's not really an actor, so I think what he did was great. Yes, the personality was all wrong, but that wasn't his fault. If the script says ''I'ma split, aight?'' there's no way you can say that in mature, military style. it was the script. Don't blame the actor.

Exactly my point, I completely agree.


Anyway, I'd rather have Hess than Wilson. Why? Because if Paul Anderson directs, I'm sure he can give tips and instruct Sandra Hess properly (the actors don't do all the acting. Directors often play a huge role in their performance).

That can be true, but why give Hess another chance? She had her chance to play Sonya, and although she nailed the fighting, her acting left a lot to be desired.

Wilson humiliated herself in the Sonya and Kano fight. It was just ridiculous and embarrasing.

No it wasn't. Disappointing is the word. She only had one small fight scene in MK, so it wasn't that much of a letdown.

Trevor Goddard and the music saved that scene. I'm sure they could give her martial arts training, but I really don't think that's necessary...

Of course it wasn't necessary, it was just one very short fight scene.

Hess looks more like the game sonya anyway,

From MKDA? True, but Bridgette looks nearly identical to her MK4 appearance. Kombatants always change appearance throughout the series, so this argument isn't necessary.

and acting isn't really the important thing in a friggin action movie, for god's sake.

I beg to differ; Look at the X-Men series for example. All action. Acting? Top notch. Think of it; Would bad acting actually help MK3? Of course not.

We already have Linden, Lambert, and probably Williams- why not just have a not perfect Sonya

Well, since everyobody else is perfectly cast, why should the character of Sonya be any different? If Hess is cast, her performance will probably even be that much worse compared to MKA, as she will be performing with actors that will no doubt unshine her.

(which, for all we know, could become perfect with Anderson's directing).

Yeah, but that's just wishful thinking. Better to cast someone that has the talent and the fighting ability, than just hoping for a semi-talented actress to pull off a role (a role which Hess already proved wasn't good at, acting wise).

Midway should be inspired by Lynn Red William for MK7, if however they make the decision to use Jax... For every special move, a joke or a jibe yeaaaah!!

No, the fight was not disapointing. It was downright embarrassing, IMO. And it IS an action movie- let's put some of the characters in more action scenes. I don't want to see a movie where Sonya only gets one more fight scene and the actress embarasses herself. Wilson does look more like the MK4 Sonya, but shit, Hess looks like the MKDA Sonya, the MK1 Sonya, and with a change of hairstyle I'm sure she'd look like the MK3 Sonya. The MK4 Sonya didn't really stick around for long. And obviously they modelled her after Bridgette Wilson after seeing her in MK.
The example of X-Men is very wrong. It's a high budget movie based on a franchise that is far more accessible and popular than MK. If MK3 had a huge budget, as big as X-Men, sure, bring in the great acting. If not, it's not really necessary. MK3 is the sequel of a terrrible movie based on a video game which became popular because of violence. Somehow, good acting just isn't the key word there.
I'm just saying it's not necessary, and if I'm watching an action movie, I prefer fight scenes which aren't embarrassing to acting which is not all that good, but not all that bad either. Besides, it's been years, I'm sure Hess has improved, and I am DAMN sure Paul Anderson would know how to make her smoother. It's not just wishful thinking.
So Bridgette proved that she's not good at playing Sonya acting wise. It's not a drama, it's a martial arts flick. Martial arts is the key word. Action is the key word. Hess did fine, as far as I care. She's a model, the director didn't have any experience and he was probably responsible for her being a bitch character rather than a feminist character. Directors are very important. Action is more important than acting in ACTION movies. Screw Bridgette Wilson.

"Screw Bridgette Wilson."

Hee Hee ;)

Wow, I wish I said it like that!

Zentile Wrote: No, the fight was not disapointing. It was downright embarrassing, IMO. And it IS an action movie- let's put some of the characters in more action scenes. I don't want to see a movie where Sonya only gets one more fight scene and the actress embarasses herself. Wilson does look more like the MK4 Sonya, but shit, Hess looks like the MKDA Sonya, the MK1 Sonya, and with a change of hairstyle I'm sure she'd look like the MK3 Sonya. The MK4 Sonya didn't really stick around for long. And obviously they modelled her after Bridgette Wilson after seeing her in MK. The example of X-Men is very wrong. It's a high budget movie based on a franchise that is far more accessible and popular than MK. If MK3 had a huge budget, as big as X-Men, sure, bring in the great acting. If not, it's not really necessary. MK3 is the sequel of a terrrible movie based on a video game which became popular because of violence. Somehow, good acting just isn't the key word there. I'm just saying it's not necessary, and if I'm watching an action movie, I prefer fight scenes which aren't embarrassing to acting which is not all that good, but not all that bad either. Besides, it's been years, I'm sure Hess has improved, and I am DAMN sure Paul Anderson would know how to make her smoother. It's not just wishful thinking. So Bridgette proved that she's not good at playing Sonya acting wise. It's not a drama, it's a martial arts flick. Martial arts is the key word. Action is the key word. Hess did fine, as far as I care. She's a model, the director didn't have any experience and he was probably responsible for her being a bitch character rather than a feminist character. Directors are very important. Action is more important than acting in ACTION movies. Screw Bridgette Wilson.

Zentile Wrote:
No, the fight was not disapointing. It was downright embarrassing, IMO. And it IS an action movie- let's put some of the characters in more action scenes. I don't want to see a movie where Sonya only gets one more fight scene and the actress embarasses herself.

Well then, that's the fault of the script, not the actress.

Wilson does look more like the MK4 Sonya, but shit, Hess looks like the MKDA Sonya, the MK1 Sonya, and with a change of hairstyle I'm sure she'd look like the MK3 Sonya. The MK4 Sonya didn't really stick around for long. And obviously they modelled her after Bridgette Wilson after seeing her in MK.

Of course they did model Wilson for her MK4 look, which goes to show how much of an impact Wilson had with her performance.

The example of X-Men is very wrong. It's a high budget movie based on a franchise that is far more accessible and popular than MK. If MK3 had a huge budget, as big as X-Men, sure, bring in the great acting. If not, it's not really necessary. MK3 is the sequel of a terrrible movie based on a video game which became popular because of violence. Somehow, good acting just isn't the key word there.

Well, you don't need a high-budget to cast good actors. The Spider-Man films had a very high budget, but most of the cast were not A-list actors; This shows that some of the most talented actors around aren't making the most money. Look at Tobey Maguire; Was he famout before Spider Man?

I'm just saying it's not necessary, and if I'm watching an action movie, I prefer fight scenes which aren't embarrassing to acting which is not all that good, but not all that bad either. Besides, it's been years, I'm sure Hess has improved, and I am DAMN sure Paul Anderson would know how to make her smoother. It's not just wishful thinking.

Yes it is wishful thinking. Hoping someone can act better is wishful thinking, even more so that Sandra Hess. Has she even had an acting role after MKA? If anything, her acting likely got WORSE overtime. And Anderson won't direct, so let's not get into that.

So Bridgette proved that she's not good at playing Sonya acting wise. It's not a drama, it's a martial arts flick. Martial arts is the key word. Action is the key word. Hess did fine, as far as I care. She's a model, the director didn't have any experience and he was probably responsible for her being a bitch character rather than a feminist character. Directors are very important. Action is more important than acting in ACTION movies. Screw Bridgette Wilson.

Wilson brought life to Sonya. All Hess did, if anything, was make the character worse. The Sonya in MKA had absolutely no substance whatsoever. Can you say that about Wilson's performance?

Who is Sandra Hess???? Is she the porn star that played Sonya in MKA???

Anyway.. I like bridgette cause she gave sonya attitude.. and I like it better when sonya is more bark than bite

''Wilson brought life to Sonya. All Hess did, if anything, was make the character worse. The Sonya in MKA had absolutely no substance whatsoever. Can you say that about Wilson's performance?''

The MKA Sonya had no substance, it's true. But Sandra Hess didn't write her own lines, and all she could do was do what the director told her to do. The fact of the matter is, Sonya's lines (just like Jax's) were hard to explore in the ways that we wanted.

It is not wishful thinking what I wrote up there. For all YOU know, Bridgette Wilson started out bitchy but Paul Anderson showed her his image of Sonya and how she should act, and then she gained the attitute. You really don't know how much Anderson helped or how much Johnny Leonetti screwed up. There's no way you can tell, I'm sorry.

And like I said, Hess did fine with me. I didn't walk into the theatre expecting great acting performance, I walked in there expecting some good MK mythology and some great action scenes. IMO, all of Hess' fight scenes in MKA (including the Ermac one) beat the CRAP out of the Kano fight. If Hess messes up 'again', and does as well as she did in MKA, well, I honestly don't care. Sure, it would be much better if her acting was good, but overall, I'd rather have a good action actress who can act decently in my eyes, then a pretty good actress who can nail the dialogue scenes but embarasses herself, and everyone in the theatre with the fight scenes.

LMAO I thought Sonya was such an unpopular character, yet I see a variation of this thread every time I come on here Anyhow, I think that Hess has the potential to do a fine job portraying Sonya. She did a horrible job in MK:A (In my opinion) but she still has potential. As for Wilson... I think she's a great actress and she did the part well. So I say, I don't care as long as she looks presentable, fights well, and has the "Blade" attitude all of Sonya's fans have come to love.

I'd rather having another actress than Hess or Wilson portraying Sonya in MK3 Movie. I don't know who, but them both weren't good Sonyas.

Wilson was excellent acting, but really embarassing fighting. Uh... her leg grab... But anyway, as you guys said, she was really Sonya. And she only had one fighting scene. That's why I like her more than Hess.

Hess was NOT sonya. She couldn't act, but fighting she was great. But a good movie isn't made all of fight scenes, even if you're talking about Mortal Komabat. I wanted to see the characters themselves, who would like to see, for example, a Quan Chi who doesn't look evil? That's the same thing of Sonya: I didn't like to see her as a girl who was supposed to be feminist and independent, but wasn't.

I reckon Cameron Diaz, since she fucked her ankle up in MK1. This is here chance to play sonya and i thinked shed be great.

thetruth4 Wrote: I reckon Cameron Diaz, since she fucked her ankle up in MK1. This is here chance to play sonya and i thinked shed be great.

Wishfull thinking at its best. Do you really think Diaz will play in MK3? She can ask 20 million dollars per film, I dont think MK3 will have the budget for that. I think they will recast Hess.

Sandra Hess was a HORRIBLE Sonya and everybody should be able to realize why that was. I've mentioned a hundred times the facts on why I couldn't stand her in MKA. Yeah they gave her a lot of bad dialogue but she still helped the film makers of MKA ruin the character! She was doing what they said so she helped destroy the character. I bet Hess didn't know shit about how her character really was in the games. She also failed miserably to bring out the appearnce and portrayal Wilson brought into Sonya in the first film! Since she was WAY TOO DIFFERENT from Wilson it felt like I was watching a different character with the same name.
When it comes to comparing Wilson and Hess to Sonya from the games. The way I saw it Bridgette Wilson resembled it WAY MORE! While Hess didn't look like Sonya from any of the games. You might as well think Hess looked like Sonya from MKDA but that doesn't count. In MKDA it looked like they took Wilson's height (5'9) and facial appearance. Wilson still looked more like Sonya from MK1 and MK3 b/c her face resembles it and her hair was long just like the MK3's Sonya!
If MK3 movie is gonna happen I use Bridgette Wilson or write Sonya out! No way I'm gonna see Sonya played by 3 different actresses. Bridgette Wilson would look good at fighting if she gets trained for a while pryor to filming. That's all.

Well, I'm glad you see that unlike some other people who wishfully think Sandra Hess will magically develop some decent acting ability overnight. I completely agree with you.

Reptyle83 Wrote: Sandra Hess was a HORRIBLE Sonya and everybody should be able to realize why that was. I've mentioned a hundred times the facts on why I couldn't stand her in MKA. Yeah they gave her a lot of bad dialogue but she still helped the film makers of MKA ruin the character! She was doing what they said so she helped destroy the character. I bet Hess didn't know shit about how her character really was in the games. She also failed miserably to bring out the appearnce and portrayal Wilson brought into Sonya in the first film! Since she was WAY TOO DIFFERENT from Wilson it felt like I was watching a different character with the same name. When it comes to comparing Wilson and Hess to Sonya from the games. The way I saw it Bridgette Wilson resembled it WAY MORE! While Hess didn't look like Sonya from any of the games. You might as well think Hess looked like Sonya from MKDA but that doesn't count. In MKDA it looked like they took Wilson's height (5'9) and facial appearance. Wilson still looked more like Sonya from MK1 and MK3 b/c her face resembles it and her hair was long just like the MK3's Sonya! If MK3 movie is gonna happen I use Bridgette Wilson or write Sonya out! No way I'm gonna see Sonya played by 3 different actresses. Bridgette Wilson would look good at fighting if she gets trained for a while pryor to filming. That's all.

Well, I'm glad you see that unlike some other people who wishfully think Bridgette Wilson will magically develop some decent fighting ability overnight. I completely agree with you.

Cameron Diaz is ugly and should never ruin the great name of Mortal Kombat

Both Sonya's were great.

*Bridgtte Wilson:

Excellent actress. She played Sonya with the sarcasm and tough attitude we all love. Bad fighting.

*Sandra Hess:

Excellent fighting. Perfectly done. SHE IS VERY GOOD at acting, but her role as Sonya was not as good as Wilson. She was not Sonya.

I would pick any of the 2, with only 1 condition for each:

Wilson: Practice more fighting and show how Brutal Sonya really is!

Hess: Practice the sarcasm and tough attitude of Sonya we all love.

Hess butchered that character. There was NO continuity from MK1 to MK:A, and the way they wrecked Sonya Blade is a perfect example of this. At the end of the first movie she was in a monk robe given to her by Cage, underneath with bare feet and a tiny tiny dress, long hair, etc. In the beginning of MK:A -- yeah, you get the point. Hair short, she's suddenly in shorts a tank and HIKING [..the hell?..] boots, and has a tan. Uhm, no.

I will say this, as a martial artist, physical training is far easier to work on when in good physical condition [which Wilson was/is] than teaching someone attitude, feigning emotion and so on [Hess].

The purpose of those movies is to bing life into the characters, give them depth and a show you more than what the games can. Yes, it's based on a fighting game, but MK1 made me see more into their personality and made me really like Cage and Liu. Before game wise I didn't much because I didn't think there was much to them.

Wilson for Sonya. Just give her six months of training prior to filming like most martial arts/action movies call for.