Worth the Fight
Some things really are worth fighting for. That’s what Ben Wang’s character learns in the sixth movie in the Karate Kid franchise.
Wang plays Li Fong in Karate Kid: Legends. Li, a kung fu prodigy, moves from China to New York City after a family tragedy. He has given up fighting, but a school bully pushes him to defend himself. Later, Li decides to compete against the bully in a citywide karate contest. With the help of his two mentors, Li learns karate and merges it with his kung fu knowledge.
Wang says that Li’s relationships with his mentors, Mr. Han (played by Jackie Chan) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), are just as important to the story as the fighting. His costars served as mentors both onscreen and off. “Learning anything is a hundred times easier if you have a good teacher,” he says.
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