(by Jason Guerraslo businessinsider.com 4-23-19)
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 that his Daniel LaRusso character had run its course after starring in "Karate Kid" parts two and three. But he realized the hunger for the franchise would never go away, as he continued to get pitched offers over the decades, including a story arc in which the kids of LaRusso and Rocky Balboa would team up (more on that later) and a cameo in the 2010 Jackie Chan/Jaden Smith reboot.
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."
(more to come)
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