Megan Fox seems to be in her gamer-girl period, and he or she’s displaying no indicators of slowing down. The American actress will voice the vampire fighter Nitara in Mortal Kombat 1. On Wednesday, developer NetherRealm Studios launched a trailer presenting the character and showcasing Fox’s new function.
Mortal Kombat 1 is the subsequent installment of the long-lasting preventing recreation collection first launched in 1992. The sport will introduce a brand new story and universe, and produce “reimagined” variations of well-liked Mortal Kombat characters from throughout video games. This contains Nitara, whose new design is predicated on Fox herself. “It’s cool to be in the sport. As a result of I’m not likely simply voicing it. It’ll be like, she’s sort of me,” Fox says within the character trailer.
The teaser reveals Nitara utilizing her claws, fangs, and aerial talents to battle her method to a bloody victory. Nitara’s strains additionally comprise nods to Fox’s earlier work. In a single snippet, we see Nitara dealing with off towards Kung Lao. Previous to their battle, he asks her, “What did you do with Jen’s physique?” Fox performed the main function within the 2009 horror movie Jennifer’s Physique.
The function appears completely tailor-made to Fox for a number of causes. For starters, she’s absolutely embracing being a gamer lady. Fox is fairly nerdy, and has cosplayed Zelda and appeared within the Diablo 4 advertising and marketing marketing campaign. Moreover, the function matches up with the general public persona she’s cultivated over time. Taking part in a vampire in a gory online game is smart for an actress who brazenly partook in a ritual where she drank her partner’s blood.
Even so, it sounds just like the function nonetheless pushed her in sure methods.
“It does pressure me to faucet into areas of myself that I’m not snug… I’ve had lots of enjoyable doing it, and it’s precipitated me to be extra free with myself.”
Mortal Kombat 1 will come to Nintendo Change, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X on Sept. 19.