{"id":33623,"date":"2024-07-18T02:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T06:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/cobra-kais-ralph-macchio-reacts-to-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-final-season-exclusive\/18\/07\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T02:49:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T06:49:44","slug":"cobra-kais-ralph-macchio-reacts-to-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-final-season-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/cobra-kais-ralph-macchio-reacts-to-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-final-season-exclusive\/18\/07\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cobra Kai&#8217;s Ralph Macchio Reacts to Possibility of Hilary Swank Returning for Final Season (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/people\/ralph-macchio\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" 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 nofollow\" 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 nofollow\" 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 nofollow\" 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 nofollow\" 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 nofollow\" 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=\"\" 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><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 nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph Macchio&nbsp;is excited for fans to see the final season of Cobra Kai, and he&rsquo;s hoping to have some special surprises for<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/cobra-kais-ralph-macchio-reacts-to-possibility-of-hilary-swank-returning-for-final-season-exclusive\/18\/07\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}