Mortal Kombat 1’s entire character roster leaked overnight, but NetherRealm Studios has turned the attention back to its own announcement cadence. It’s confirmed that Nitara will return to the series for the first time in almost 20 years – and not only that, she’ll be played by Transformers star, Megan Fox.
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The reveal trailer’s actually pretty awesome, and includes a couple of references to Fox’s famous 2009 movie Jennifer’s Body, because of course it does! This isn’t the first time the developer’s turned to Hollywood to bring some of its brawlers to life: MMA fighter turned wrestler Ronda Rousey starred as Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat 11, of course.
Nitara hasn’t been a playable character since Mortal Kombat: Armageddon on PS2, although she did make a brief cameo in a cut-scene of the previous game. It’s pretty cool to see the Vampire of the Underworld return to the roster, then – and as Fox has admitted to some pretty weird blood drinking rituals with her beau Machine Gun Kelly in real-life, we, er, can’t think of a better actress to play the part!
A true PlayStation veteran, Sammy's covered the world of PS gaming for years, with an enormous Trophy count to prove it. He also likes tennis games way more than you.
Kate beckinsale? I quite enjoyed the underworld movies.
@Northern_munkey Yeah but does Kate Beckinsdale engage in real-life blood drinking rituals? Exactly!
Wow, such emotion and gravitas behind each of her lines. I can see why she beat out Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep for the part.
@get2sammyb no i hope as thats quite disturbing. But she is a better actress
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