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 ...

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.” And that gives him a lot of optimism. “At first I ...