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

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

The story combines the teachings of karate Sensei Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio, a longtime series staple) and kung fu master ...

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 ...

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

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

When Li finds himself drawn into a local karate tournament, his mentor Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) seeks assistance from the ...

Ben Wang talks about sitting in the Late Night with Seth Meyers audience before his own appearance on the show, starring ...

Only four months later in February 2024 after an intense worldwide search, Sony Pictures announced that American Born Chinese ...

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

A global search led filmmakers to Ben Wang, who takes on the mantle of a new generation's Karate Kid in 'Karate Kid: Legends.