It didn’t occur to Ben Wang right away that in taking on “Karate Kid: Legends,” he’d be the franchise’s first Asian American ...

Making the leap from the lead in Disney+'s American Born Chinese to Karate Kid: Legends, Wang has to deal not only with ...

Ralph Macchio and Jackie Chan join forces in the new "Karate Kid" movie cast but it's young Ben Wang who truly gives "Legends ...

Legends" cast (Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio, and Ben Wang) draft their ultimate karate tournament teams of characters from the ...

The kid teaching the adult was a charming and genius twist. Although Li’s fighting performance was a bit choppy at first—he ...

Wang was 10 when Chan’s Karate Kid came out, and had just started acting in local productions. He was living with his mother ...

Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, and Ralph Macchio star in Columbia Pictures' "Karate Kid: Legends." Credit: Jonathan Wenk / Sony Pictures It's easy to be cynical about sequels when Hollywood's cinematic ...

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Jonathan Wenk//Sony Pictures Ben Wang stars as Li Fong, the new "Karate Kid" in Karate Kid: Legends, also starring Ralph Macchio and ...

young Walton Goggins. A couple of new enemies, both 25, enter the fray in “Karate Kid: Legends” (in theaters now). Ben Wang plays Li Fong, a kung fu-trained youngster recently moved to New ...