'Numbers Don't Lie': Mortal Kombat 2 Actor Lewis Tan Takes Playful Jab at Street Fighter's Andrew Schulz for 'Talking S***'

Street Fighter formed subordinate Andrew Schulz took a lighthearted jab astatine the Mortal Kombat 2 movie unit astatine The Game Awards 2025, and now, Lewis Tan is keeping the beef going by firing shots of his own.

Schulz, who plays Dan Hibiki successful the Street Fighter movie, stoked the flames of a decades-old video crippled rivalry erstwhile helium took the signifier with Jason Momoa, Noah Centineo, Cody Rhodes, and much of his castmates astatine the December grant show. It was a infinitesimal that drew disorder and excitement from fans, arsenic the podcaster and comedian brought Mortal Kombat into the presentation, unprompted.

“We’re not the lone crippled that appreciates your patronage. There’s different crippled retired there. They besides flew from astir the satellite to beryllium present due to the fact that they admit you, truthful springiness it up for the full formed of Mortal Kombat 2,” Schulz said astatine the time, calling the unit to the signifier earlier revealing the infinitesimal to beryllium an elaborate bit. “I’m conscionable kidding. They didn’t come. They don’t attraction astir you. They lone attraction astir money, OK? We attraction astir wealth and you.”

“Street Fighter forever!” Schulz finished, throwing his fist successful the air.

Now, Tan has appeared connected The Brandon Davis Show to speech astir his instrumentality arsenic Cole Young – and to participate the ringing himself. It mostly seems similar a affable rivalry, arsenic helium calls attraction to names similar Rayna Vallandingham (Juli) and Andrew Koji (Ryu) arsenic radical he’s already friends with. For Schulz, however, Tan is simply a spot much direct.

We’ll spot what’s up. Numbers don’t lie.“

“Andrew Schulz is the past idiosyncratic who should beryllium talking s*** connected that stage,” Tan says with a grin. “Obviously not a fighter. Not adjacent truly an actor. Well, yeah, we heard it.”

When asked if determination is simply a rivalry betwixt the 2 video crippled movies, Tan, chuckling, says, “I mean, yeah. Let’s go, bro,” earlier aboriginal adding, “I emotion a bully rivalry.” Mortal Kombat 2 movie shaper Todd Garner took a antithetic attack erstwhile responding soon aft Schulz’s stunt, saying, “I don’t ascent implicit others to get ahead.” Garner aboriginal added that helium hopes “both are huge,” suggesting that things are staying mostly playful for now.

“I saw the trailer. The trailer looked awesome, and I liked the code that they’re bringing to it,” Tan added. “We’ll spot what’s up. Numbers don’t lie. Mortal Kombat fans don’t play astir with that. Street Fighter is dope. I played that game, too, but Mortal Kombat fans don’t messiness about.”

Mortal Kombat 2 is archetypal to the combat with its May 8, 2026, merchandise date. Street Fighter volition past travel a fewer months aboriginal travel October 16. For more, you tin work up connected wherefore we’re excited to spot Karl Urban arsenic Johnny Cage. You tin besides larn much astir the Street Fighter movie’s star-studded formed here.

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