WWE star Mike ‘The Miz’ Mizanin has revealed that he’s “heartbroken” not to be playing Johnny Cage in the upcomingMortal Kombat 2film. Instead,The Boysstar Karl Urban has been cast in the role.
Speaking of Mortal Kombat, the next game instalment -Mortal Kombat 1- is set to launch on 14 September.
Urban was brought onboard as Johnny Cage back in May - and it’s perfect casting. For a long time though, WWE star The Miz was a popular choice for the character amongst fans. The wrestling star soon spotted the fan castings and became quite keen to nab the role. Unfortunately, it didn’t go his way. “I’ll be honest, I really wanted to be Johnny Cage," he told ComicBook inan interview. “I’ve always loved the character Johnny Cage, and when it wasn’t in there [the previous film], I was like, ‘Oh, wow man, I can’t believe they didn’t put Johnny Cage in.’ And then at the end, you’re like, ‘Oh man, he’s coming in part two.’”
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“I remember calling my agent and going, ‘Dude, I want this. I don’t know what I have to do. Call whoever you have to call. I want this bad. I went out on every interview, and every time someone asked me about this question, I would say, ‘I want to be Johnny Cage. I want to be Johnny Cage.’ I never got an audition, which is fine. I mean, maybe they just didn’t see me as the character. I heard Karl Urban got it, and I was like, ‘Wow.’ And people were like, ‘Are you mad? Are you angry?’ And it’s like, I never get mad or angry when someone else gets a part that I want.”
“Am I heartbroken that I’m not going to be Johnny Cage? Yes, of course,” he added. “But that’s the story of life. You literally take your bumps and bruises. I mean, this is Hollywood. This is acting, there’s one part. There’s millions of people that want that part. There’s one, and I didn’t get it.”
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