‘Mortal Kombat’ starring Mehcad Brooks as Jax hits theaters and will be streaming on HBO Max on April 23. The 40-year-old actor who has faced off alien invaders, super villains and stood toe to toe with Lex Luthor, talked about his fights with martial arts legend Joe Taslim (“Fast & Furious 6”) in the upcoming ‘Mortal Kombat’ reboot. During an interview on SiriusXM’s The Clay Cane Show he discussed diversity in Hollywood and says he would “be blessed, honored and humbled” to play DMX in a future biopic. ‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Mehcad Brooks Would Be Humbled To Play DMX
Mehcad Brooks tells Clay Cane: “So everybody talks about like, DMX is not the greatest rapper alive. I understand that. Everybody talks about Tupac. Everybody talks about Biggie. Everybody talks about Jay Z, Andre 3000, Eminem, Kendrick. Got it. But DMX spoke to me in a way that no other rapper did. DMX was our heavy metal. He was our heavy metal. And I liked Metallica, I liked Mötley Crüe, I liked that kind of stuff. I grew up with a varied taste in music, and so when I heard DMX, I was like, this is our rockstar. This is our heavy metal rockstar. So I grew up just like this [shows fingers crossed] with DMX in my ears the whole time. Listen, I would be blessed, I would honor his memory in such a way, and I would be honored and humbled, from your lips to God’s ears.. We’ll see.”
First appearing in the Mortal Kombat: Special Forces game in 2000, Jax is a Special Force soldier who attempts to stop Kano and the Black Dragon crime organization from stealing an artifact capable of opening portals to other realms. ‘Mortal Kombat’ Star Mehcad Brooks Would Be Humbled To Play DMX
A new fan favorite of the Mortal Kombat video game franchise, Jax takes centre stage in the new film, diverting his attention to newcomer Cole Young (Lewis Tan), and goes head to head with the brutal Sub-Zero played by Joe Taslim.
For those unfamiliar with The Raid, the Indonesian action-thriller has Taslim play the role of a sergeant who leads his unit into a raid of an apartment building filled with criminals.
In it, the martial artist and Judo champion displays hand-to-hand combat skills that would make John Wick quiver, and having seen the movie ourselves, we wouldn’t want to go up against Taslim either.
Unfortunately for Brooks, he, or rather, Jax, has no choice as that fight leads into the eventual creation of the character’s final form.
Throughout the 20 year history of Jax, the unfortunate character has lost his arms in multiple ways.
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