Ben Wang (Chinese American) is the actor chosen to be the new Karate Kid in the next film that will star Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan.
Karate Kid fans were pleasantly surprised in November last year when Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan announced a new movie of the franchise in which both actors reprise their respective roles.
This implies that the 2010 Karate Kid reboot is not a reboot as such, but rather an independent story that is part of the same universe that began in 1984.
In the announcement, the actors indicate that they are looking for a performer to star in the next film. Or maybe we should say “they were going,” since they finally have the actor who is going to play the new young “Karate Kid.”
Who is Ben Wang, the actor chosen to be the protagonist of the new Karate Kid
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, after an extensive audition process in which some 10,000 candidates presented themselves in the first 24 hours alone, finally the actor selected to star in the new movie The Karate Kid es Ben Wang.
In case it doesn’t sound familiar to you, Ben Wang is a young actor who began his acting career a few years ago, in 2021, and has participated in series and films such as Launchpad, Sex Appeal or Chang machaca.
However, the performer has begun to stand out with American Chinese, a comedy and action series available on Disney+ in which the actor shares the bill with Oscar winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan although, unfortunately, it has just been canceled by the platform.
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According to the media, several sources assure that Beng Wang has given an excellent audition in which he has demonstrated his deep connection with the character he is going to play in the new film The Karate Kidwhere it has helped that the actor knows how to speak Mandarin fluently and is skilled in martial arts, skills that he already showed in American Chinese.
The Karate Kid movie with Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan is scheduled to be released in theaters next December 13, 2024. What do you think of the actor chosen to be the protagonist of the new installment of the franchise?