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 Robin Shou mini-bio: Robin Shou has made a name for himself in the American movie industry. He is most known for his portrayal of Liu Kang in the blockbuster movie Mortal Kombat.
Shou's first real dramatic role was in Forbidden Nights in 1990, where he played opposite Melissa Gilbert. Though only a TV film, this was his first American debut and surely a catapult for Hollywood. However, Shou went back to Hong Kong and continued making movies there. By this time, he was more choosy about the roles he would play. He wanted other roles besides that of a bodyguard or a stuntman. He began turning down roles and after nine years he was bored and ready to quit acting.
In 1994, Shou returned to Los Angeles to start an import/export business. Then he got the call from his agent, ranting about a perfect role for him in a movie called Mortal Kombat. Robin was uninterested, assuming he would be playing a villain who gets killed in the end. His agent begged him to audition. He did, along with other top contenders; Jason Scott Lee (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story), Russell Wong (The Joy Luck Club), and Dustin Nguyen (21 Jump Street) [citations needed]. Seven auditions later, he was Mortal Kombat's Liu Kang.
The role of Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat was a unique one for Robin. It was rare to find Asians starring as heroes in Hollywood films at the time. This movie was also uncommon at the time in that the hero and villain were both Asian.
Shou also appears in a supporting role in another fighting video game adaptation, DOA: Dead or Alive, based on the Dead or Alive series.
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