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Thanks to his performance as Billy Butcher in all five seasons of The Boys, Karl Urban has quietly become one of the biggest action stars in the world in the last few years. However, long before he was cracking Supe’s skulls with a tire iron, he was starring in other massive franchises like The Lord of the Rings and even Marvel. Urban stole the show in Thor: Ragnarök, starring opposite big names like Chris Hemsworth and Cate Blanchett, and he’s famous for his role as Eomer in Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy. Unfortunately, he wasn’t one of the stars enlisted to reprise his role in the 2027 film, The Hunt for Gollum. Urban is also a tenured Star Trek veteran who played Bones in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and even Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Karl Urban’s latest big project that has fans around the world talking is Mortal Kombat II, the sequel to the 2021 Mortal Kombat film that debuted in theaters and on HBO Max at the same time. Urban did not star in the original film, but he made his debut in the sequel as Johnny Cage, one of the most iconic characters from the Mortal Kombat universe. Mortal Kombat 2 failed to get off the ground at the box office, grossing only $129 million against an $80 million budget, but the film has since become one of the most-watched titles in the world on HBO Max. The film earned a solid 64% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, but it scored a Verified Hot 86% rating on the audience-driven Popcornmeter.
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Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
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👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
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Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
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You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
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Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
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The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
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Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
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Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
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What Is ‘Mortal Kombat II’ About?
The official synopsis for Mortal Kombat II, which also stars Adeline Rudolph as Kitana and Martyn Ford as Shao Kahn, reads as follows: “From New Line Cinema comes the latest high-stakes installment in the blockbuster video game franchise in all its brutal glory, Mortal Kombat II. This time, the fan favorite champions — now joined by Johnny Cage himself — are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.” While the ending of Mortal Kombat II certainly alludes to their being another entry coming in the franchise, Mortal Kombat 3 has yet to officially receive a green light to move forward. Warner Bros. is likely still deliberating the future of the franchise after the 2026 sequel failed to break even at the box office.
Check out Mortal Kombat II on HBO Max and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of the Mortal Kombat franchise.
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