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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) More at IMDbPro »

• Robin Shou, who plays Gen, is the only actor in the cast who has previously featured in other movies based on a video game: he played Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat (1995) and its sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), as well as having a cameo role in DOA: Dead or Alive (2006).
  
  
• Rick Yune was originally cast as Gen, but he was replaced by Robin Shou, who played Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat (1995) and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997).
  
  
• This film portrays Vega as being of a different race. In the video games, Vega is depicted as being Spanish, while that in this film, Vega is depicted as being Native American to fit with the fact that Taboo is Mexican and Native American. Also, in the video games, Vega wears a mask to protect his beauty; in this film, he wears it to hide his face.
  
  
• "Chun-Li" literally means "Spring-Beauty" in Chinese.
  
  
• Kristin Kreuk left "Smallville" (2001) for this role.
  
  
• Most of the back story setting up the alliance between Chun-Li and Nash can be found in the deleted scenes on the DVD.
  
  
• M. Bison's alternate name for Shadaloo was the Shadow Empire, like in the video games.
  
  
• Crates throughout Bangkok's industrial area were labeled "Toei". That was the Japanese animation group of American action hits-such as "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" (1983). This can also refer to Capcom's rival, Nintendo distributor "Koei".
  
  

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