Mortal Kombat Star Josh Lawson on Initial Doubts Before Kano Casting Mortal Kombat Star Josh Lawson on Initial Doubts Before Kano Casting Posted on Before actor Josh Lawson was cast as the nefarious Kano, he didn't think much of it at first when he auditioned for the Warner Bros 2021 reboot of Mortal Kombat. He was even more shocked to find out he got the part. The leader of the criminal syndicate and rival to Sonya Blade, Kano was part of the original seven when the original videogame hit arcades in 1992 by Midway Games. Since the game's release from creators Ed Boon and