Legendary’s "Street Fighter" Adds Callina Liang As Chun-Li

Callina Liang, star of the critically acclaimed supernatural thriller "Presence", has been tapped to play the female lead role of Chun-Li in Legendary‘s live-action Street Fighter movie, based on the video games from Capcom.

One of the most iconic characters in the franchise, Chun-Li, is a skilled martial artist and Interpol officer who first appeared in Street Fighter II in 1991. 

Liang joins a cast that includes the previously announced Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo, Jason Momoa, Roman Reigns, and Orville Peck. Bad Trip‘s Kitao Sakurai is the flick’s director.

While the film’s plot remains under wraps, Street Fighter, launched in 1987,  is a series of fighting games revolving around intense one-on-one battles between martial artists. 

The games are often centered around a global fighting tournament organized by M. Bison, the leader of the evil organization Shadaloo. 

Street Fighter has sold over 55 million units worldwide since its launch, making it one of the most well-known and highest-grossing video game franchises of all time.

Liang stars opposite Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, and more in Steven Soderbergh’s critically acclaimed "Presence", which was released in January via Neon, around a year after its world premiere at Sundance. 

She has also been seen in the J.C. Lee thriller "Bad Genius" and Apple TV+’s "Foundation".