The story goes that the development team was tasked with creating a Jean Claude Van-Damme game adaption of Universal Soldier, but when critics panned the movie (via WhatCulture), Van-Damme backed out of the deal.
The team was left with a game and no big name attached to it, so they decided to create their own characters.
Mortal Kombat has made insane amounts of money both in the video game market and at the box office, and it’s all thanks to a slightly less successful franchise by the name of Universal Soldier.
For those that don’t know, Cage is a Hollywood action star generally used for comic relief in Mortal Kombat and all too full of himself.