Licence to Kill. Trevor Goddard as Kano: An underworld crime boss who joins forces with Shang Tsung. Goddard portrayed the character as Cockney English, but due to his accent being misinterpreted, later games would change Kano from being an expatriate American to Australian. Chris Casamassa as Scorpion: An undead warrior under Shang Tsung's control. Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon voiced the character. François Petit as Sub-Zero: A cryomancer warrior under Shang Tsung's control. Keith Cooke as Reptile: A creature who serves Shang Tsung. Cooke portrayed the character's human form, while his lizard form was computer generated. Reptile's vocal effects were provided by Frank Welker. Sandy Helberg as the director of Cage's latest film. This part was originally intended as a cameo by Steven Spielberg, but scheduling conflicts forced him to back out. Kenneth Edwards as Art Lean: A martial artist and friend of Johnny Cage who competes in the tournament. Steven Ho as Chan: Liu Kang's murdered younger brother. Peter Jason as Master Boyd: Johnny Cage's sensei. Goro: The reigning Mortal Kombat champion, is physically portrayed by Tom Woodruff, Jr. and voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson, both of whom were uncredited. Gregory McKinney appears as Jaxx. Frank Welker, who also provided vocal effects for Goro and Reptile, makes an uncredited appearance as the voice of the Outworld Emperor. Production While Mortal Kombat II was in the playtest phase and the original Mortal Kombat had still only been released in arcades, not for home consoles, movie producer Lawrence Kasanoff visited some friends at the game's publisher, Midway Games, and played a Mortal Kombat unit that was in their offices. He saw cinematic possibilities in the concept and expressed interest in making a film based on the game, but Midway head Neil D. Nicastro disagreed that the game could be a successful film, particularly given the failure of past movie adaptations of video games. After months of negotiations, Kasanoff finally acquired a limited option on the Mortal Kombat film rights. Though a number of top directors submitted pitches for the film, the producers chose unknown director Paul W. S. Anderson after they saw a screening of his debut film, Shopping, which they felt showed he could take an innovative approach to the material. Anderson had no experience with visual effects but was enthusiastic about making a Mortal Kombat film, so he read every book he could find on visual effects and, in