Logo text [This story contains spoilers for Mortal Kombat II .] When asked about joining Mortal Kombat II as the co-protagonist, Adeline Rudolph modestly deflects the question to praise her ensemble. That instinct to put the project above herself is a tell-tale sign of a true lead actor. Following director Simon McQuoid’s 2021 reboot, the shift in protagonist stemmed from screenwriter Jeremy Slater ’s desire to align with Mortal Kombat gameplay, in which players select a different warrior for each go-round. That decision resulted in parallel arcs between Kitana and Johnny Cage (Karl Urban). The former’s story is about reclaiming her home realm of Edenia from Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford), the Outworld tyrant who killed her father decades earlier and transformed her mother, Sindel, into his undead consort. (Resurrected Mortal Kombat characters are referred to as Revenants.) Born in Hong Kong, Rudolph is of Korean and German descent.…