Some may disagree but best Shang Tsung was Bruce Locke. Had the crafty cunning wit down to a tee, and made Shang Tsung out to be very intelligent, as expected. He just personified what Shang Tsung should be that bit more.

The original actor who played Shang Tsung has been retweeting some serious MK11 related news, cannot be a coincidence right? RIGHT?

Even in December already responded he wants to do it, which once revealed could've been a hint or he seriously wants the opportunity, but NRS didn't care to ask him:

War Chief‏ @NiteKrow 12 dec. 2018

If Shang Tsung returns in #MK11 (which is something I really want to see) I would love him to be voices by @CHTOfficial!

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa‏ @CHTOfficial

@NiteKrow

DITTO..

How dumb would it be of NRS not to use him if he actually wanted to do it?? Nobody can voice Shang Tsung like that man and to me, he made the MK movie along with Christopher Lambert and the guy who played Liu Kang.

Also a nice hint by Boon: This character will "blow everyone's mind", which rhymes with the notorious catch phrase "Your soul is mine".

Probably not, but one can dream right :)

I wrote that day one when booN said it.

Okay, need a hug?

Seeming more and more likely with all of Cary's tweets happening!! please please let it be true!!

His return was already discussed in another post a few weeks back :)

Uhm you also want attention then?

lol...no need to get salty.

I think they're just calmly informing you that this theory has already been posited, and the topic has already been discussed in another thread, so if you'd genuinely like to see more of people's thoughts on the subject, they're out there for you to seek.

I mean the second post ended in a smiley for crap's sake.

Quit being a baby.

New recent tweet from Cary has me thinking he's 99% Playing Shang again! He's being very cryptic

"While the dates and facts would seem to indicate you're correct, I'm assuming it's because at this point, the scream is very closely associated with the Techno Syndrome theme song, and the Techno Syndrome theme song, at the end of the day, is a creation of the movie."

^ This... um BIG NO. What the stupid fuck did I just read at 4am? "Techno Syndrome" was recorded in 1993 when the first game just came to the consoles and first released as a single before being released on The Mortal Kombat album we all love and know. The movie started development in 1993, most of it wasn't even filmed or written until 1994.

I agree, he seemed more like what I thought Shang would be like based on the games, that's not to mean the guy from the movie isn't cool as well, he's actually fairly iconic in that regard but Locke was awesome as Shang on Conquest.

That reply is just so "sweet" :). Think he would never be "treathend" by himself portraying a character :). You will be next! :D
Really hope he's in.

Okay, I initially did not want Shang Tsung to be in MK11, but if Cary Tagawa is going to play him, I am TOTALLY down for it.

That man made Shang Tsung so cool! I was one of my favorite villains as a kid.

Sure seems like he’s the famous face, why else tease us and not just outright deny it? Or say I wish.

I always thought that Tagawa had the near-perfect voice, posture, gestures, and the overall "aura" as Shang Tsung but not the looks (REALLY long hair, not Tagawa's shoulder-length; goatee, not clean-shaven; snake-themed garb, not the leathercoat...), whereas the other actors had Tsung's actual in-game looks but not the required elements Tagawa had. The ideal Shang Tsung to me would be the one with the, say, MKDA looks and Tagawa's voice, posture, etc. Andrew Kishino did his best in MK 2011, but I simply failed to get attached to his Tsung. I commend the MK 2011's Tsung's design, though I mostly saw it as a rehash of his looks in MK3 and MKvsDC.

What if Cary played Movado? He already looks badass in a leather coats...

Ka-Tra

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That doesn't really add up, since the Johnny Cage fatality has an almost identical reference to the first Mortal Kombat movie: "Who hired this guy?!!"

Maybe those were Shang's thugs in the movie. They could fight, but not act as they weren't used to modern Earthrealm. Shang was testing him with real fighters, not stuntmen.

Ka-Tra

Just watched legacy and if Tagawa cannot pull off that original movie voice and portray him well, then he can be out. Not as hyped about him, such poor portrayal of Tsung in that. Partly writing, but also acting skills.

CALLED IT!! *Happy dance* this is the greatest news!

I doubt Tagawa was bringing his A game to Legacy due to what a half baked shit show that was. It didn't really give him much to work with.

Yesssssssss!!!!!!!!

now give him a decent soul Steal brutality (Soul Steal fatality might be too ‘tame’ for fatality standards these days)

Hoping Kitana looks like Talisa Soto then. Imo she should appear more like a latina and not asian as in the recent games.