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 “Kid.” ...

“Karate Kid: Legends” follows Li Fong ( Ben Wang ), a kung fu prodigy who moved to New York from Beijing. While searching for ...

In the original “Karate Kid” movie, which came out more than 40 ... The Asians who were there were “either sidekicks or villains,” he added. When the first ‘Karate Kid’ film hit ...