Callina Liang, who plays Chun-Li in Legendary’s upcoming Street Fighter movie, revealed the protein-heavy diet and intense workout routine she followed to bring the First Lady of Fighting Games to life.
If there’s one thing Chun-Li is known for — besides being the Strongest Woman in the World, of course — it’s her thick, muscular thunder thighs, which have only gotten more impressive with each new Street Fighter game. From Third Strike to Street Fighter V and now Street Fighter 6, it’s clear the devs at Capcom have a clear vision in mind for the character’s physical appearance. (And we thank them for it.)
Callina Liang knew this was an important thing to get right, so she buckled down and began following a strict martial arts workout routine and eating a high-protein diet to help grow her muscles — to the point where she almost got sick.
"Chun-Li is all kicks. So we did a bunch of Taekwondo training, Muay Thai, and Wushu (Kung Fu). I did two hours of that a day and strengthened my legs a lot and changed my diet drastically. When I was bulking, I ate 12 eggs a day. Every two hours I had to have a meal, and I was on the verge of throwing up. But it worked. By the end of the shoot, my thighs had grown six-and-a-half centimeters each,” she said in an August interview with Empire Magazine.
That’s not all; Liang did her homework and downloaded every single Street Fighter game onto her PlayStation 5, where she recorded all of the character’s moves to make her fight scenes as accurate as possible.
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