Date 27/11/2017 - News People
Elisabeth Shue never thought 'The Karate Kid' would become a "culturally important" movie. The 54-year-old actress made her film debut as Ali Mills, the main love interest to Ralph Macchio's titular alter ego Daniel LaRusso, in the hit 1984 movie helmed by John D. Avildsen. When she and Ralph were shooting the film she never imagined that a story about a high school student who uses martial arts to beat his bullies would become a pop culture phenomenon, and Elisabeth was unsure whether Ralph had the necessary skills to successfully depict a karate champion.
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