Mortal Kombat 11 Designer Says Ronda Rousey Came On Board Early On

In an exclusive interview with 411’s Jeffrey Harris, Mortal Kombat 11 senior designer Brian Lebaron Ronda Rousey was set to play Sonja Blade early on. Lebaron revealed that they were aware she was going to be involved for a while.

“I’m not exactly sure when she came into the project,” he said. “We already knew she was going to be involved. She was such a huge MK fan, it wasn’t a huge stretch to get her onto it. I think it’s really huge. I think it’s great because when I played Mortal Kombat, we had the actors portraying the characters that I was in love with growing up. Now, we get more digital, so it [the games] became more 3D models. Now, it’s going back to having that personality and a real person relating to a character. I think it’s huge.”

Rousey was announced as playing Sonya in the big reveal event earlier this month. You can see a video below of Rousey discussing her love of the game with footage of her recording her lines for the game, which releases April 23 for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC.