Mortal Kombat 2 Podcast! Shao Kahn Deep Dive with Martyn Ford!
The Joe Vulpis Podcast
Joe Vulpis
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Martyn Ford stars in the upcoming Mortal Kombat 2 as the legendary villain Shao Kahn, the ruthless emperor of Outworld known for his immense power, brutal combat skills, and domination of the Mortal Kombat universe. Standing at an imposing 6'8", Ford brings a physically intimidating presence to the iconic character, making Shao Kahn one of the most anticipated villains in the franchise's next chapter.
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| 0:00.0 | They did not want us to add in anything that wasn't there. |
| 0:04.0 | So they were so fixated on the way that each, not just Shaqar, but every single character. |
| 0:14.0 | When we walked into the studios and we were going through rehearsals, there was pictures of your character |
| 0:23.1 | where there was references to how he'd hold the hammer, how he would swing, how he would |
| 0:27.5 | move his footwork. |
| 0:28.7 | Congratulations on the performance, the movie, the reviews, everything that you brought |
| 0:33.5 | to the character was exactly what the fandom wanted on screen. |
| 0:38.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:39.5 | It seems that way. |
| 0:40.3 | It absolutely seems that way. |
| 0:43.0 | I feel that this is one of those movies where you spend your whole life waiting for |
| 0:48.6 | the reviews to come out in an anxious state just praying that the fans like it, you know? |
| 0:54.3 | Because it's such an incredible franchise with such an incredible fan base that you |
| 0:59.4 | almost feel that, well, you do feel a massive sense of responsibility and pressure |
| 1:03.8 | that you deliver on every film, there's always a pressure, but with this and the fans |
| 1:10.2 | having such attachment and such |
| 1:11.7 | love to the character and to the franchise, I definitely felt two years of anxiety. |
| 1:16.3 | So it's been nice to sort of breathe. |
| 1:19.9 | How did you approach bringing what the fans wanted from the video games to the big screen |
| 1:25.7 | and with what you thought where Shao Khan would live in this universe. |
| 1:30.3 | What I kind of did was try not to, try not to make Shao a comical individual. |
| 1:39.4 | Try not to make him a false, and try not to give him a false sense of power. |
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