Ralph Macchio says he's at peace with forever being known as the face of one of the movies that defined the 1980s: "The Karate Kid."
But that doesn't mean he'll agree to every new idea of how to continue the franchise.
Macchio felt the Daniel LaRusso character had run its course after starring in "Karate Kid" parts 2 and 3.
But he realized the hunger for the franchise would never go away, as he continued to get pitched offers over the decades.
Macchio always politely declined the offers, but that changed when Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg came to him with the idea for a show called "Cobra Kai."
"These guys really had a very well thought out pitch by coming in through the eyes of Johnny Lawrence ? basically turning the prism view in the universe," said Macchio.
"And they had such passion. It was an instinct that they wanted to make a show the fans wanted to see. I have said "no" for 30 years. I was definitely the last guy to come to the party. I was the piece, arguably, that they had to get."
23-04-2019 - Vidéo
