Towards the end of 2025, IGN was invited to the Sydney set of the new Street Fighter film, where we were able to spend a day wandering the sets and meeting the cast and crew of this nose-breaking, nunchuk-slinging dose of hard-hitting ’90s nostalgia.

Chaperoned by Noah Centineo, who plays Ken Masters, we met with stars Callina Liang and David Dastmalchian, stunt coordinator Jon Valera, and director Kitao Sakurai as they finalised filming on their bone-busting blockbuster.

Yes, Callina Liang saw the concerns that she wouldn’t be able to bring Chun-Li’s legendary legs to life on screen. No, she doesn’t agree – and nor would her grandma, for that matter.

“I literally grew up playing the game, so as soon as my managers told me about the project I was, like, so excited,” says Liang. “Chun-Li was also the character I played, growing up.”

“I always had kind of thicker legs; I know the internet is, like, ‘Oh, her legs are not big enough!’ But, I don’t know, for some reason growing up I was always made fun of and my grandma would always be, like, ‘Oh hey, you got little fat legs!’ And playing with Chun-Li was the reason I stopped feeling insecure about them, so it just really feels like a dream come true, getting this role.”

There you have it, internet. You can’t disagree with grandma because, frankly, it’d be disrespectful.

Director Kitao Sakurai has a respect for Capcom’s cast of high-kicking characters as their own pantheon of modern day mythological heroes.

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