7 interesting facts about Sonya Blade from the game "Mortal Kombat" (11 photos)

The very first female character in Mortal Kombat was SWAT officer named Sonya Blade. And in today's article I would like to tell some interesting facts about this famous character.





1. Initially, no Sony Blade was planned for the game. According to the original idea, there should have been only 6 playable characters. But when the bosses said to improve the game, the creators decided to introduce another character.



According to the original idea, it was supposed to be a kind of servant law. As a result, they decided to introduce Curtis Stryker into the game (only it was not the same Stryker from the third part of the game, but this was originally supposed to name is Jax). But in the end, realizing that there is not a single woman in the game, the creators decided to introduce Spetsnaz Lieutenant Sonya Blade.

2. The image of Sonya Blade was inspired by the star of the action movies of the 90s - Cynthia Rothrock, but she did not take part in the game.



3. In the first part of the game, Sonya Blade was played by Elizabeth Malecchi, and in the second part, the character was absent was already absent in the story.

However, the most popular actress Carrie Hoskins, who played Sonya Blade in the third part of the game. At today's At the moment, the actress is already 52 years old, and she looks simply stunning.







Carrie Hoskins in her youth

4. In the second part of the game, Sonya is absent, since she is together Kano was captured by Shao Kahn. But on the other hand, together with Kano you can seen chained to posts in the final arena.



5. The animal form (Animality) of Sony Blade is a hawk, which takes the enemy off the screen, tearing him apart.



6. The name Sonya was not chosen by chance. That's the name of one of sisters of game creator Ed Boon. This character was named after her. A in the fourth part of the game, a new female character named Tanya appeared, who got his name in honor of Boone's second sister.

7. Romantic relationship between Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage came from the 1995 film, not the original game. It was in the film that it was decided to hint at a love line between the two these characters.



The creators of the game liked this idea and they decided to develop this line in their subsequent games. And later the couple had daughter of Cassie Cage, who will also become a playable character starting with tenth of the game.