MORTAL KOMBAT II: Ed Boon Thought This Johnny Cage Joke Would Bomb, Says He's "Glad I Was Wrong" (opens in new tab)

When you’ve been deep into shaping a franchise as iconic as Mortal Kombat for decades, you’d think you’d have a pretty solid instinct for what works. But even Ed Boon can miss the mark sometimes and he’s totally fine admitting it. As hype builds for Mortal Kombat II, Boon shared a story about a Johnny Cage moment in the sequel that he thought would fall flat… only for it to land as one of the film’s biggest laughs.Boon opened up about reading the script for a fight scene between Johnny Cage a...