{"id":112392,"date":"2024-07-18T05:36:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T05:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/ralph-macchio-on-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-cobra-kai\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T05:36:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T05:36:10","slug":"ralph-macchio-on-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-cobra-kai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/ralph-macchio-on-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-cobra-kai\/","title":{"rendered":"Ralph Macchio on Possibility of Hilary Swank Returning for &#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/ralph-macchio\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ralph Macchio<\/a><span>\u00a0is excited for fans to see the final season of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/tv\/cobra-kai\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cobra Kai<\/em><\/a><span>, and he&#8217;s hoping to have some special surprises for longtime fans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The actor walked the carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/cobra-kai-to-end-with-season-6-197705\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the sixth and final season of the hit Netflix series<\/a><span>, and he spoke with ET&#8217;s Ash Crossan about some tidbits, easter eggs, reunions and cameos that might come together during the final episodes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I can&#8217;t mention names but there might be one or two,&#8221; Macchio, 62, teased when asked if fans might get to see some stars from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/joshua-jackson-returns-to-movies-for-the-first-time-in-almost-a-decade-with-karate-kid-role-220833\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the <em>Karate Kid<\/em> universe<\/a><span> who haven&#8217;t yet been seen on the spin-off series. &#8220;Or there are some [people]\u00a0that have shown up in a smaller capacity that I would like to see in a larger capacity.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>William Zabka and Ralph Macchio at the &#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217; Season 6, Part 1 premiere in Los Angeles on July 17, 2024.<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Gilbert Flores\/Variety via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>One star who many fans have expressed an interest in seeing return to the franchise is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/hilary-swank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hilary Swank<\/a><span>. The Oscar-winner made her big screen leading role debut in 1994&#8217;s <\/span><em><span>The Next Karate Kid<\/span><\/em><span>, which was the fourth film in the series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reacting to the fan outcry for <\/span><em><span>Cobra Kai <\/span><\/em><span>fans who want to see Swank make an appearance, Macchio replied, &#8220;Who doesn&#8217;t, you know?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;And that&#8217;s the one piece that would be interesting, you know?&#8221; he added with a coy grin. It seems fans will have to wait for a definitive answer about her involvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"shortcode shortcode-image content-in\"><figcaption class=\"content-in\"><span>Pat Morita as Mr. Miyagi and Hilary Swank as Julie Pierce in 1994&#8217;s &#8216;The Next Karate Kid.&#8217;<\/span> &#8211; <span class=\"shortcode-image__credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Netflix&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><em><span>Karate Kid<\/span><\/em><span>\u00a0follow-up series &#8212; in which Macchio and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/william-zabka\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William Zabka<\/a><span>\u00a0reprise their roles from the &#8217;80s film franchise, instructing a new generation of fighters &#8212; is premiering its sixth and final season in three parts.\u00a0According to Macchio, the surprises in the final season are truly going to be &#8220;next level.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;So I&#8217;m really excited about that hitting the airwaves,&#8221; he said with a smile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Looking back at his time on the show and his long and storied relationship to the massive franchise, Macchio reflected on what lesson he&#8217;s learned from his experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Never say never,&#8221; Macchio shared. &#8220;Be careful with what you think you know, because if you put good out there, it comes back. So here we are!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Part 1 of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/cobra-kai-cast-and-eps-talk-final-season-fights-and-karate-kid-easter-eggs-exclusive-228768\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sixth and final season of <em>Cobra Kai<\/em><\/a><span> premieres July 18 on Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/cobra-kais-ralph-macchio-reacts-to-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-final-season-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Macchio\u00a0is excited for fans to see the final season of Cobra Kai, and he&#8217;s hoping to have some special surprises for longtime fans. The actor walked the carpet at the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season of the hit Netflix series, and he spoke with ET&#8217;s Ash Crossan about some tidbits, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[6379,174,1455,75,20,8687,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-112392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-cobra-kai","9":"tag-entertainment-tonight","10":"tag-hilary-swank","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-ralph-macchio","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}