As ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ gets ready to hit theaters this Friday, Jessica McNamee Sonya is returning to action as Blade, this time by her side Karl UrbanIt’s Johnny Cage. In a chat with ETimes, the actor opened up about getting back into the ring for the epic video game franchise and also reflected on his experience working alongside Urban. While at it, she also shared that their off-screen bond and shared sense of humor helped add depth, chemistry and emotion to their evolving on-screen relationship.Spilling the beans on Sonya getting back into Blade’s boots and into the heat of all the action, Jessica said, “I’m really excited about ‘Mortal Kombat 2.’ I missed it, and it had been four years since I’d done both, so I was really looking forward to getting back into character, and my costume still fit, it was good, and my boots were nice and worn.“In the sequel, Karl Urban joins the team and gets quite the chemistry with McNamee’s Sonya. Asked about their pairing, she admitted: “I love Karl. He’s from New Zealand, so he’s a neighbor. I’m Australian, obviously. So there’s definitely a shared knowledge already because we grew up very similarly in the Southern Hemisphere,” she said.Speaking about their on-screen chemistry, she said: “We have quite a few mutual friends, so it was easy. I’m very lucky. That might have been, you know, we needed really good chemistry and friendship first, I think, to make the chemistry work on screen, and we had that, we had a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun.”He also praised Urban’s collaborative approach while discussing how they worked together to deepen the relationship between the characters. She shared, “Karl was always very encouraging and open to ideas. And, you know, for us, a lot of time was spent trying to find different parts throughout the script where we could maybe connect our story with a little more kind of subtext, knowing that as we move forward in this franchise, we develop, you know, there’s a lot more to the franchise going forward in our relationship.“Considering that Sonya and Johnny are one of the most interesting pairings in the game, McNamee hinted at a possible romance between the two. She shared, “So it was about trying to find subtle places that we could infuse a little bit more with some things like reading between the lines. So it was fun, trying to discover little moments that we could put a little bit more into, giving more weight to their relationship.“Urban reflects on his transformation from the fan-favorite role in “The Boys” to the worldmortal kombatMcNamee admitted he was fascinated by the contrast. “He’s so rough and alpha in ‘The Boys.’ And then it’s kind of like, you know, it goes into ‘Mortal Kombat’ having to be the antithesis of that, pretty safe and on the back foot and without any control. And so it was a lot of fun,” he said.Having followed Urban’s career for years, McNamee said he was eager to see how he would approach the iconic character. “It was fun, obviously, because I saw his work on ‘The Boys.’‘Mortal Kombat’ will release in Indian theaters on May 6.
