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Ming-Na Wen as Chun-Li

Pictured: Ming-Na Wen

CHARACTER · STREET FIGHTER

Chun-Li

Appears in
Street Fighter (1994)
Played by
Ming-Na Wen

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Chun-Li is a character in the film Street Fighter (1994), played by Ming-Na Wen.

9 Interesting Facts About Chun-Li

Interesting Facts (6)

  1. #001

    Mike Begum, born with a condition that halted the growth of the bones and muscles in his arms and legs, rose to the top of Ultra Street Fighter IV's online rankings as a Chun-Li player, working the joypad with his mouth alone.

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  2. #002

    In the "Magic trick" scene, where Chun-Li is placed in a barrel and made to vanish, the word 'Capcom' appears in yellow on the orange barrel lid. Capcom is the company behind the Street Fighter video game series.

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  3. #003

    Early in Street Fighter II's development, Chun-Li was conceived as an army soldier modeled on Vasquez from Aliens; the military-themed female fighter eventually surfaced as Cammy.

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  4. #004

    Chun-Li was supposed to keep her forward and backward flip move in Street Fighter II, but the developers cut the attack, judging that it upset the game's balance.

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  5. #005

    Chun-Li turns up in cameos beyond Street Fighter, among them eating a bowl of ramen in Final Fight 2's Hong Kong stage and appearing as a local TV news reporter in the Mega Man 9 intro.

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  6. #006

    In the first Breath of Fire on the Super Nintendo, paying the magician in the town of Bleak lets players watch Chun-Li practice her attacks.

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Production Story (1)

  1. #007

    Yoshiki Okamoto proposed giving Chun-Li a shorter life bar in Street Fighter II as a way of reflecting that women are physically weaker than men; the plan was abandoned only after another developer objected.

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Behind the Scenes (1)

  1. #008

    During filming, as Jean-Claude Van Damme fires guns and causes mayhem, he shouts to Chun-Li and Balrog: "Go, go, I'll catch you later." The first time, according to Van Damme, what he said was: "Go, go, I'll catch you later - cut, cut, cut!"

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Easter Eggs & References (1)

  1. #009

    The film was initially planned as a revenge-driven story featuring only the relevant Street Fighter II: The World Warrior characters, among them William Guile, Chun-Li Zang, Ryu Hoshi, Ken Masters, Carlos Blanka (Charlie), Viktor Sagat and M. Bison; director Steven E. De Sousa argued that including the whole cast would make the story messy and disjointed. Capcom agreed at first, but later talked the director into cramming in the entire Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (1993) roster for fan appeal. Every character appears except Fei Long, who is replaced by Captain Sawada, an original fighter exclusive to the film, and most of Fei Long's traits were given to Ryu. Unlike his in-game counterpart, Ryu has no spiky hair, wears sports sneakers, is never seen with his signature red hachimaki, takes off his white gi jacket before fighting, and bears claw scars on his torso in the final battle with Vega, a nod to the climactic fight of Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon (1973), one of the games' influences.

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