Rocky Balboa VS Karate Kid: The Crazy Project That Could Be Born

To my right, Rocky Balboa, the heavyweight boxing champion of the world, played by Sylvester Stallone! To my left is Karate Tournament Winner Daniel LaRusso, who plays Ralph Macchio!

As unbelievable as it may seem, this incredible on-screen meeting between the Italian Stallone and the famous Karate Kid could have happened. Indeed, when it passed On the set of Jimmy Kimmel Up until the start of Cobra Kai Season 5 (available on Netflix since last week), Ralph Macchio, Daniel LaRusso’s interpreter, has mentioned all the more or less crazy projects he’s been offered over the years.

Among these often implausible sequel ideas, the actor particularly noted the return of Mr. Miyagi as a ghost and a fight between Daniel LaRusso and the Rocky children.

“I had lunch with John Avildsen, the wonderful director of The Karate Kid and The Rock (…)“That’s what Macchio told him.

“Two screenwriters, whose names I will not name, told us: “Listen! Here’s an idea! What if Rocky Balboa had a son and you had a son? You would be from Newark and he would be from Philadelphia. There would be Mickey and Miyagi, which we would arrange together. And it will give a kind of mixture of martial arts…”

If such a pitch could really attract many fans, neither the director nor the actor defended it. Only in 2018, 34 years after the release of the first Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio finally agreed to return to the tatami, which was conquered by the script of the TV series Cobra Kai.

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