The Miz Is Training For Mortal Kombat Sequel, Just In Case He Gets To Play Johnny Cage

Wrestler-actor The Miz has previously been on the record about wanting to play Johnny Cage in the Mortal Kombat movie sequel, and in a new interview, he’s revealed he’s started training since the film was announced–just in case. The Miz opened up about his new regimen on a recent appearance on the Out of Character with Ryan Satin podcast.

“I wanna play Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat. I have been working on my splits. I’ve been working on my kicks,” Miz said (via Comic Book). “As soon as I saw that Mortal Kombat was out and there was no Johnny Cage yet and my name was literally trending Worldwide No. 1, ‘We want Miz as Johnny Cage,’ I was like, ‘If that want that to happen, I need to basically make sure that I am prepared and ready that if that opportunity presents itself then I will be ready and focused.’ So I called my trainer that helped with Marine 6, I was like, ‘How do you do his intro kicks?’ I need them left-handed and right-handed because Johnny can do both.”

Miz added that he’s “almost there” with perfectly executing the splits. Ed Boon, one of the creators of Mortal Kombat and the current Creative Director of Mortal Kombat game developer NetherRealm Studios, backed up Miz’s self-promotion saying that the “guy makes a compelling case” in a retweet.

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