Ralph Macchio says he was never given a heads-up about The Karate Kid films in 1994 and 2010
dailymail.co.ukThe Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio said he was never told about two major projects linked with the franchise, 1994's The Karate Kid Part III and the 2010 remake The Karate Kid.The Huntington, New York native, 60, opened up about his experiences in his new memoir Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me, which was released Tuesday.Macchio, who played the role of Daniel LaRusso in 1984's The Karate Kid and its two sequels, 1986's The Karate Kid Part II and 1989's The Karate Kid Part III.
He said he learned about the 1994 film, titled The Next Karate Kid, via the newspaper. The latest: The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio, 60, said he was never told about two major projects linked with the franchise, 1994's The Karate Kid Part III and the 2010 remake The Karate Kid.
He was pictured Tuesday in NYC 'That is how I learned [the film] was being made ... I saw it in the newspaper,' Macchio said. 'They went with a different writer, a different director and a different actor for the protagonist.'In the reports, producer Jerry Weintraub said that Macchio had grown 'too old' to play the role, as Hilary Swank was cast in the leading role of Julie Pierce alongside the late Pat Morita, who reprised his role as Mr.
Miyagi in the motion picture. The Emmy-nominated actor said of the film - which hit theaters in August of 1994 and grossed $15.8 million at the worldwide box office - 'To this day, for whatever reason, I have not viewed that movie curtain-to-curtain.'I have only seen it in pieces when scrolling through movie channels on television.
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