Akira Yuki
He might be my pick for Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat but he is also my pick for Akira , Ludi Lin is an actor who like Akira tall and strong , he will be Zack on the new powers rangers which would give him a leading performance along with action creds , he isn't Japanese but he can speak it and could pass off as a Japanese , Ludi Lin has done comedy and lighthearted parts as well as serious ones which would make him a great ^pick , Ludi Lin doesn't practice Baquian but practices :
MUAY thai
brazilian Jiu jutsu
Boxing
Pai Chan
Celina Jade is a chinese American actress who is known by her role as Shado in Arrow , she was awesome in that rrole playing Kind and selfless girl like Pai Chan and she had played a bit immature and lovely , Celina Jade is of course of chinese decent like Pai and she knows chinese so she won't have a problem playing her and she is of course a dancer like Pai and her fighting skills are impressive she herself expressed interest in doing her own stunts she is the daughter of Roy Horan a Kung Fu legend , she practices ( her fighting stats are great ) :
Tae Kwon Do
Eagle Chaw kung fu ( under her father )
Mixed Martial arts
My 2nd Choice :
My 2nd choice for this character is of course Arden Cho who is the star of teen wolf , she played Kira she is known by playing lovelabe and sweet characters as well as heroic and is known by doing her own stunts and her leading presence , she is of Chinese decent and her fighting abilities are great , she is even a dancer like multipe dances like : ( BALLET, BALLROOM, BREAK, CLUB/FREESTYLE, HIP HOP, JAZZ, MODERN, SWING, TAP ) and she is skilled in alot of martial arts she had even earned a black belt in some :
Aikido
Hapkido
Kung fu
Karate ( black belt)
Tae Kwon do ( black belt )
Judo
Jiu Jutsu ( 2nd dan )
Kick Boxing
Sarah Bryant
Laura vanverdoot is of course the star of smallville and V playing Supergirl on the first which shown her ability on taking action and she is very lovely and beautiful like i have imagined Sarah with a youthful face and icy eyes with a badass look , she is a good actress and has even expressed interest in doing her own stunts and she had taken on Comic book movie so why not in a video game movie and her fighting skills are great Sarah practices a hybrid of tae kwon do , Savate , jeet kune do and karate and Laura practices :
Karate ( 2nd dan )
Jacky Bryant
Dean is of course the star of many teen shows but he had appeared on The MMa movie Never back down 2 with martial arts legend Micheal Jai White , he has everything what is needed for Jacky the charm , the lovelable side , the saractic side as well as serious side as it was seen in Never Back Down 2 and Neighbors not to mention his ability to deliver action and stunts , he is also strong and mascular like the character i know he isn't blond or American like the character but it doesn't matter as long as he can act and fight and i know he's 2 years younger than my pick for Sarah but he looks older than her , he is the son of a martial artist and has been studying the martial arts since age 5 he doesn't practice Jeet kune do like Jacky but practices :
Shotokan Karate ( black belt )
My 2nd Choice
Steven R. Mcqueen is of course the star of vampire diaries but he has done a great job playing in Chicago fire as a good and enthusiatic guy as well as sarastic and emontional , he is the son of martial artist Chad Mcqueen and the grandson of stuntman Steve Mcqueen so he knows his ways around action and stunts , he even expressed to do his own fighting scenes not to mention his skills and hobbies in car driving , he is an expert in car racing like Jacky and is an avid car racer , i know he doesn't look good with Blond hair since he's quarter filipino but it doesn't matter since he can act and fight , he has of course the charm and the body he doesn't practice Jeet Kune do like Jacky but he has great fighting stats :
Kickboxing
Sambo
Brazilian Jiu jutsu ( blue belt )
Boxing
Mixed martial arts
Other martial arts ( i couldn't find what are the other ones )
Kage Maru
Shin Kodayama is a Japanese skilled Martial artist and actor , he has done action work before and i do think he would be a good fit here , he knows his way around ninja and assassin roles , he is japanese by blood so he has a knowladge of Ninja's stories and he had been on English movies , he knows his way in English and Japanese he just needs a bit to bulk up , he is of course a skilled martial artist he doesn't practices Ju Jutsu but practices ( he is the skilled in my picks ) :
Karate ( 3rd dan )
Tae Kwon do ( 2nd dan )
Mu Sul ( 1st dan )
Kyudo
Kendo
Iaido
Yabusame
Shaolin Kung Fu ( a champion in it )
Aikido
Wolf Hawkied
I know People would like to use a real wresler for this character but i wanted an actor who has great fighting skills to play this character , Corey is like Wolf Canadian and has awesome fighting skills that would easily make him to be play a wresler , he is tall standing at 6'1 and mascular he just needs some workout to fit more the body of the character and like i said he isn't a wresler but he practices alot of martial arts :
Karate
Tae Kwon do
Wushu
Bagua
Boxing
and he is not stranger of playing good guys with gentle personnality
My 2nd choice
Kellan Lutz is a good actor even if he was on Twilight , he has appeared in The EXpandables with action/martial arts stars , he is not a wrestler of course but he has the body and the height of one as well as the badass and rude look while he isn't Canadian , he is of German and English decent which would be perfect to see him as a Canadian , he has done characters like Wolf before and has the same attitude like him so i do think he would be perfect he is skilled in martial arts such as :
Muay Thai
Brazilian Jiu Jutsu
Boxing
Mixed martial arts
Dural
Kelly Hu is an actress and martial artist , she would do great here as the main villian because she isn't stranger of playing villians and she has played in comic book roles like China White in Arrow and she is good with action, stunts and weapons , actually Dural was kinda hard to cast because she practices all the fighting styles of the character and Kelly practices :
Karate ( 1st dan )
Boxing
Kickboxing
My 2nd Choice
Boni Yanagisawa is a Japanese actress/martial artist/stuntwoman who is of American decent , she knows her way around action and martial arts , she is even a skilled martial artist and practices almost the styles that my picks for the other characters practice , she is taller enough and could easily pass off as a robot without mercy or emontions , she fits the same age range like the character her fighting skills include :
Shotokan & Shorin-Ryu Karate ( black belt )
Aikido
Kenpo
Kickboxing
Kobudo
Boxing
Siba/Shiba
Viduyt Jawal is an Indian actor and martial artist , he isn't middle eastren but can speak arabic and has the look of someone hailig from arabian countries , he is tall and big and ripped as well as a skilled stuntman and knows his way around action like it was shown on Commando so a movie like this will test his abilities , Siba is a karateka and Silat practioner but Vidyut is skilled in
Kalapriyattu
Kolthari
Angathari
Brazilian Jiu Jutsu
Kung Fu
My 2nd Choice
Jawad El Berni is a martial artist and actor who fits more the race of siba , Jawad is of Algerian Decent , he is a good actor who can easily matches up Siba's accent , he is an action star as well as a weapons professional such as : Pistol, rifle, swords, knifes, nunchakus, tonfas, bo staff and many more means that he could handle every aspect of the character , he is a karateka like Siba and he has practiced since age 5 :
Muay Thai
Jeet Kune Do
Wing Chun
Kick Boxing
Judo
Yoseikan Budo
Capoeira
Krav Maga
Savate
Aoi Umenokoji
Rina Taekda is a Japanese actress and Karateka known from her work in Karate Girl and High Kick Girl , Her acting and fighting abilities are great and her role In Karate Girl is the reason why i see her as Aoi , she is perfect as well as confident , badass and always looking more to train , she is at the same height and younger enough to play Aoi of course she doesn't practice Ju Jutsu but she has
A black belt in Shiro ryu Karate
Vanessa Lewis
i am gonna do 2 choices because they changed the race of the character
Clive Standen is the star of Vikings a real action star and he performs many of his own stunts , Clive is English not Italian and i know his character from Vikings is different from Brad but in real life Clive is more cocky , lovelable and funny just watch him on interviews and he is charismatic and witty , he is also strong and tall and he is even skilled in :
Muay thai ( like teh character he is a champion )
Boxing
other martial arts ( i couldn't find what are the others ones )
Eileen
Natasha Liu Borddizo is my pick for Cassandra cain in the DCEu but she is also my pick for Eileen after watching her interviews she might not look innocent but she is very lovelable and able to play Eileen really well i wanted her the youngest of my picks because Eileen is the youngest of the fighters , Natasha is also the smallest of my picks and she only needs hair cut her fighting skills are great which include
Tae Kwon do ( black belt)
kendo
Karate
kenpo
Goh
Mike Moh is an actor/martial artist of Korean and Chinese decent , he is playing Ryu so he isn't stranger of playing characters in video games , his character evil ryu and ryu have some similarities with Goh so i do think he would be perfect here , he is also at the same height and body like the character , he isn't a judoka but he is a 4th dan in tae kwon do and practices Boxing and Muay Thai
El Blaze
I know alot of people would want Rey Mesteryo and i agree but i wanted something outside of the box so i went with Alex Meraz he is of course somehow Mexican decent and has the perfect height and body and he has the same personnality like El Blaze and can speak Spanish very well so i'd think he would do well , he is also skilled in martial arts such as :
Shotokan Karate ( black belt )
Caopeira
Mixed martial arts
Jean Kujo
Actually Jean Kujo is similar to Charlie from Street Fighter so i am using the actor who had played Charlie in that Video game and Alan Moussi is Canadian but he is fluent in French and could easily play that French character and his character Charlie like i said is similar to Jean so he could play the character and Alan doesn't practice Karate but practices :
Kickboxing
Brazilian Jiu Jutsu ( red belt )
Boxing
Lau Chan
I know he is a bit younger than Lau Chan but he is a great fit there , his role in the IP Man was one of the reasons that i'd think he would fit well Lau Chan , he is a great actor and a martial arts legend he fits the age range requirement when Lau was first introduced in his mid 50s and i think he can play the serious and fatherly side of lau chan as well as soft side and Donnie Yen is a great martial artist and his fighting skills include :
Tae kwon do ( 6th dan)
judo ( 1st dan )
Wushu
Brazilian Jiu Jutsu ( purple belt )
Wing Chun
Tai Chi
Muay Thai
KickBoxing
Boxing
Shun Di
James Lew is another martial arts legend in my fancast , he had been the trainer of many celebrities and i do think he would fit well , he can still do stunts even if he is in his 60s so i do think he would be a good fit here due to his heritage , look as well as the upbeat performances , he shares many similarities with Lau Chan not to mention that he is a teacher of martial arts like Shun Di and has played rivals also his martial arts skills include :
Tae Kwon do
Tang soo do
Hapkido
Southren Shaolin
Muay Thai
Escrima
Bak Mei
White Lotus & Southern Dragon Kung Fu
FU jow Pai
Shen Quan
Choy Lay Fut
Bai he Quan
Bae Quan
Lei Fei
To finish my casting i would finish it with martial arts legend Jet Li who is known by playing in many genres of action and martial arts , he is a big name that i want in this movie to make it sucess , Jet li is not stranger of playing characters like Lei Fei he is even chinese like him and is fluent in English and Cantonese and he has even shaved his hair for many roles and had played a villian like in Lethal Weapon 4 and i can see him in the role well against James Lew and Donnie Yen and his martial arts skills are all from the east :
Wushu
Bagua zhang
Tai Chi
Xing Yi Quan
Zui Quan
Tang Lang Quan
Ying Zhao Quan
Anyway this is just a fancast my dream cast for a virtua fighter movie