Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has been decades since Macchio first played Daniel in 1984's The Karate Kid. Although his character was supposed to be 17, the ...

Ralph Macchio addresses the future of The Karate Kid franchise after its return to the big screen this year. The classic 1984 coming-of-age movie spawned a franchise through sequels that came out in ...

Ralph Macchio is happy and satisfied with how Cobra Kai has completed Daniel LaRusso's The Karate Kid arc, but he still has one more story about Daniel-san he wants to tell - and direct. Macchio ...

Macchio, 64, spoke to PEOPLE about his hopes for the future of Karate Kid at the 24 Hour Plays Annual Gala on Dec. 12 in Brooklyn, NY. When asked about the future of the Karate Kid franchise, Macchio ...

Karate Kid: Legends is uniting generations of martial arts mastery with its theatrical run, bringing Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio together on screen for the first time as they reprise their roles as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Before Ben Wang embarked on a competition against his nemesis in the new Karate Kid franchise ...

Macchio says it was a “joy to work” with the 71-year-old martial arts legend. “I was territorial upon first hearing of [the 2010 movie],” Macchio said during a recent interview with THR. “I didn’t ...

The 'Karate Kid: Legends' star says childhood tap dancing lessons helped with his karate skills. Sharareh Drury is a writer on the Movies team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2025 and has worked for ...

Ralph Macchio was "screaming constantly every day" for his new movie 'Karate Kid: Legends' to be delayed. The movie - which stars Ralph reprising his role as Daniel LaRusso from the 'Karate Kid' ...

More than 40 years later, Ralph Macchio is still crane-kicking it as Daniel LaRusso, his character from The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai. In Karate Kid: Legends, Macchio's latest martial-arts movie, the ...