Cobra Kai: Ralph Macchio reveals what it was like to play Daniel LaRusso of Karate Kid for 30 years

In 2018 ‘Cobra Kai’ revived the ‘Karate Kid’ franchise, as this series came with a storyline focusing on the main characters of the aforementioned eighties saga, for this reason, the actor Ralph Macchio He’s back to playing his iconic character of Daniel LaRusso and now this artist has revealed what it’s been like to bring this karate fighter to life for more than 30 years.

It should be noted that Ralph Macchio played for the first time Daniele La Russo in 1984, in the first film of ‘Karate Kid’, a title that achieved enormous success leading to the production of two films starring the actor, for which the artist brought this young karate fighter back to life in 1986 and 1989, thus closing the successful original trilogy of this franchise.

Despite a 2010 remake of ‘Karate Kid’, Macchio did not participate in that film, so it was until 2018, with the premiere of’ Cobra Kai ‘, when he returned to play this iconic character from the film, a series that became a huge success in Netflixcatapulting this actor to stardom, a character Ralph calls a unique experience, having played him for more than three decades.

It’s a unique experience to play a character 30 years later that everyone grew up with, and then find flaws in this character as an adult who was different from the flaws he may have had as a teenager. “

Undoubtedly, the case of this actor is not common within the film industry, as there are few artists who have played a character for so long, which has become one of the most loved for several generations, and everything seems to indicate that Ralph Macchio will continue to play Daniel LaRusso longer on Netflix.

More seasons of Cobra Kai on Netflix

Over the course of 2022, Netflix premiered the fourth and fifth seasons of ‘cobra kai’, in which Daniel LaRusso has once again gained great prominence alongside his old rival Johnny Lawrence, played by actor William Zabka, two deliveries that this year have managed to get a great success for this streaming service, with a story which aims to return to this platform.

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Yes, it’s true, at the moment the streaming giant has not confirmed a new episode for ‘Cobra Kai’, however, with the enormous success achieved by the series and with the threads open left in the plot of its latest installment, It seems a matter of time before a new season of this production is announced on this service.

Also, the creators of “Cobra Kai” have mentioned on several occasions that this series was to have at least 6 seasons, it was also revealed that there are plans to create more spin-offs derived from “Karate Kid”, so that’s a lot. likely that fans of this action franchise will see again Ralph Macchio in the role of Daniel La Russo.