The Fresh Prince meets the Karate Kid
Will Smith is planning a Karate Kid remake and called up Ralph Macchio to talk about the project, starring Smith’s son, Jaden.
“It was very cool,” Macchio told E! News. “He called and said, ‘Would you mind getting on the phone with my son?’ I felt like Yoda to young Skywalker.”
The new Mr. Miyagi will be played by Jackie Chan and that choice didn’t sit particularly well with Macchio when he first heard the news. But the idea seems to have grown on him.
“I spoke too candidly about that at first. Look, I will look at anything that crosses the desk on it. But I really think for the sake of the connection to those films and certainly the original film, I think that they’re going to want to create their own version of it that is its own thing.”
Macchio has high hopes for Jaden, whom he called “adorable and completely respectful and excited. I just told him to have fun. That was my advice.”
He also said that a cameo isn’t in the cards.
“If it was a character, a written role, I would not turn away looking at that,” he said. “I support them making their own hit franchise.”
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