Ralph Macchio Insisted That ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Delay Its Release Until After ‘Cobra Kai’

Logo textForty-eight hours after wrapping Cobra Kai in Atlanta, Ralph Macchio was right back where he started on the Montreal-based set of Karate Kid: Legends.Macchio stepped foot onto Legends’ version of the Mr. Miyagi house that he and Pat Morita made famous four decades earlier in John G. Avildsen’s The Karate Kid (1984). The original house in Canoga Park was demolished after production concluded on 1986’s The Karate Kid Part II, before being rebuilt at Warner Bros. Ranch for 1989’s Part III. Cobra Kai then constructed an iteration of it that evolved across six seasons on its Atlanta-based set.Related StoriesMovies'Karate Kid: Legends' Director Jonathan Entwistle on Navigating 'Cobra Kai' and the Test Screening-Inspired EpilogueMoviesRalph Macchio on Decision to Return to 'Karate Kid' Films and Future of the Franchise 40 Years In“It was the weirdest feeling. I literally was at somebody else’s house, but I kind of helped build the house,” Macchio tells The Hollywood Reporter in suppo...