Star Wars actor joins new Karate Kid movie and says she "can't wait to 'wax on, wax off!'"
Mar. 7, 2024Ming-Na Wen joins Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio in the next installment of the franchise
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Ming-Na Wen has joined the cast of theupcoming Karate Kid movie,Varietyreports, and the actor had the perfect reaction. “I am excited to join the cast for in the new #KarateKid film!! Can’t wait to “wax on, wax off!” !” shetweetedafter the news broke.
She joins franchise stars Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, who will reprise their roles as mentor figure Mr. Han and original protagonist Daniel LaRusso, and Ben Wang, star ofDisneyPlus series American Born Chinese, who will take on the titular role. We don’t know anything about the plot of the film so far, and that includes details of who Wen could be playing.
Wen is best known for playing Fennec Shand inThe MandalorianandThe Book of Boba Fettand Melinda May in Agents of S.H.I.E.LD., as well as voicing the character in The Bad Batch. Her other voice acting includes Disney’s Mulan and Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai.
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