Hilary Swank refused to take a chunk out of “Cobra Kai.” The Oscar-winning actress opted to not entertain the thought of returning to her roots with a cameo within the Netflix collection. Swank beforehand starred in 1994’s “The Subsequent Karate Child” within the lead position.
Josh Heald, who co-created the “Cobra Kai” collection with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, instructed Leisure Weekly that they approached Swank about reprising her position of Julie Pierce within the sixth and closing season. “We did attain out within the very early days earlier than the season to see if there was a path [for her to appear],” Heald mentioned. “We had an inkling of an concept about how she may come into this story and never should decide to 10 episodes or one thing.”
Whereas the “Cobra Kai” workforce have been going to inform Swank the “beginnings of a genesis of an concept,” they didn’t get an opportunity to have a gathering with the actress. “She didn’t need us to undergo the difficulty of flying out to her and placing our coronary heart on the sleeve, as a result of it simply wasn’t one thing she was able to do at that second,” Heald mentioned. “On her finish, it was very respectful, however we by no means received that chance to sit down down and pour our coronary heart out the way in which that we sometimes do after we deliver again characters from the legacy.”
He added that Swank “was simply in a spot the place she wasn’t trying to do this,” and she or he gave them “a respectful cross on the thought of even a gathering.”
Heald admitted, “For us, it was somewhat disappointing as a result of we like getting all people, however on the similar time, we didn’t sacrifice any large story that we had totally developed. It’s extra fruit on the vine for if we will revisit this universe going ahead.”
“Cobra Kai” stars Ralph Macchio in his authentic position. The function “Karate Child: Legends,” which is yet one more continuation of the franchise, will even deliver again Macchio and Jackie Chan.
Swank isn’t the one Oscar winner who opted to not reprise a former teen position: Jodie Foster mentioned no to creating a cameo in “Freakier Friday.” Foster starred within the authentic “Freaky Friday” movie, which was later remade with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in 2003.