Kirsten has a good acting range, and handled the action sequences in the
Street Fighter: the Legend of Chun-Li adquately.
I didn't expect
Michelle Yeoh-level stuntwork.
Kirsten looked convincing in the medium shots and closeups.
At least she wasn't worse than
Ming-Na in the 1994 flick! (Cute, but
terrible fighting skills!)
Currently, she's starring on the CW in the remake of the 1990s series
Beauty and the Beast.
While I'm hoping it'll last, making the so-called "beast" a handsome guy with a scar and a temper instead of a creature who Catherine helps tame his beastly tendencies with her love indicates a serious lack of faith in the audience to accept a physically-unattractive, but intelligent and emotionally-open, man as a romantic lead the way fans of the original series did.
Trivia: Kristen as
Lana Lang, played opposite Annette O'Toole (who had played
Lana in
Superman III
) as Martha Kent in
Smallville, marking one of the few times two people who played the same non-costumed character appeared together onscreen. (Yes, there have been episodes of series where, for example, Adam West or Buster Crabbe appeared opposite newer versions of
Batman or
Buck Rogers, but how often did actors playing the two generations of
supporting characters appear together?)
Other actresses to play
Catherine Chandler include:
Linda Hamilton in
Beauty and the Beast (1987-1990)
Other actresses to play
Chun-Li include:
Ming-Na Wen as
Chun-Li Xang in
Street Fighter
(1994)
Chingmy Yau as
Chun May in
Future Cops
Other actresses to play
Lana Lang include:
Annette O'Toole in
Superman III
Diane Sherry in
Superman: the Movie
Emily Procter in
Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman
Stacey Hadiuk in
Superboy
(1988-92)
Bunny Henning in
The Adventures of Superboy (1961) [UnSold Pilot]
Other actresses to play
Tizrah:
Cathy O'Donnell in
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Kathleen Kay in
Ben-Hur
(1925)
Other actress to play
Tenar / Arha:
Mariska Hargitay in
Tales of EarthSea