A lack of Asian-American characters has long plagued the series, but Ben Wang’s casting in Karate Kid: Legends shows how ...

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 ...

This nostalgic franchise's latest martial-arts prodigy was a fan of the films first, and shares more than off-screen fighting skill with his character.

Ben Wang went from selling fake junk in homemade infomercials to throwing punches with Jackie Chan. Born in Shanghai and ...

Legends, the newest film in the popular martial arts series, has reached the $50 million mark at the worldwide box office ...

A spunky Chinese kid with issues goes to an unfamiliar place from Beijing to New York. He's trained by a master — sorry, two ...

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

The most dramatic moment in “ Karate Kids: Legends ” is its final fight – a 12-minute sequence called the Five Boroughs ...

What makes the movie really shine is its cast. Jackie Chan as Mr. Han is absolute magic. Ben Wang is perfect in infusing the ...

Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan and an old Dawson’s Creek star are among the cast trying to breathe life into the latest iteration ...

Stepping into a beloved cinematic universe, Wang says his enthusiasm for the project outweighed any fear of costarring with ...