Jackie Chan Played Street Fighter's Chun-Li First, 33 Years Ago

Street Fighter is back in theaters later this year with a new adaptation that includes an ensemble cast and Callina Liang as Chun-Li. Chun-Li remains one of the franchise's most iconic characters, following portrayals by Kristin Kreuk in 2009 and Ming-Na Wen in 1994; while Wen was the first actor to embody Chun-Li in an official Street Fighter movie, that was not the character's first live-action appearance.

The earlier live-action moment comes from the 1993 action comedy City Hunter, based on Tsukasa Hojo's manga. Jackie Chan stars as Ryo Saeba, a womanizing private detective whose partner's dying wish leads him to hire Kaori Makimura as an assistant; their search for a missing daughter eventually lands them aboard a cruise ship full of terrorists, letting Chan display his trademark blend of humor and stunt work.

During an arcade fight in City Hunter, Saeba is kicked into a cabinet and electrocuted, triggering a hallucination that stages several Street Fighter characters. The sequence casts actors as Guile, Ken, E.

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