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“There’s always a chance for maybe that”: Ralph Macchio Breaks Silence On Potential Jackie Chan Cameo In Cobra Kai After Refusing To Appear In Will Smith’s $359M Reboot


Ralph Macchio, best known as Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid (1984), spoke with Jake Hamilton in December of 2021 about various elements of his hit Netflix series – Cobra Kai. He was accompanied by his co-star William Zabka who, along with several others, reprised his role as Johnny Lawrence from the films.
Cobra Kai’s season 5 aired last year and fans are in a frenzy over rumors that veteran actor Jackie Chan, who played Mr. Han in the 2010 reboot, The Karate Kid, may appear in the show at some point; Macchio cleared the air on that.

Chan once revealed to actor George Lopez on his talk show, Lopez Tonight, that he and Hollywood A-lister Will Smith met in Japan years ago, and discussed rebooting The Karate Kid franchise.
Smith and Chan made the film a reality with the former co-producing it. Subjected to mostly positive reviews, The Karate Kid earned $359 million in global sales. With no certainty of Chan’s return for the sequel, Macchio claimed that the reboot may be another franchise altogether.

Ralph Macchio On Jackie Chan’s Cameo In Cobra KaiMacchio didn’t mince his words when he elaborated on how Cobra Kai is different from the 2010 reboot. On a side note, Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han lived in Beijing, whereas the late Pat Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi, belonged to Japan.
The actor, however, revealed his own reasoning for Chan’s rumored cameo in the series by saying –

“Anyone who knew Mr. Miyagi and interacted with Mr. Miyagi is ‘canon’ for our show, for the ‘Cobra Kai’ show.”
While this may be upsetting for the hardcore fans of Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio did reveal a canonical actress who interacted with Morita.

Ralph Macchio Quoted The Next Karate Kid StarMacchio passed the torch to then-lesser-known actress Hilary Swank (P.S. I Love You) to carry the franchise with The Next Karate Kid (1994). Morita reprised his role and trained her in the film as her character, Julie Pierce, dealt with anger issues.
“To the flip side of that, someone like Julie Pierce, who is Hilary Swank’s role, did know Miyagi,” said Macchio. “So there’s always a chance for maybe that.”
Has Macchio subtly indicated to the fans that Swank could make a cameo instead of Jackie Chan? We’d only find out when they come back with Season 6, which is currently on hold due to the writers’ strike.
The Karate Kid universe is available for streaming on Netflix.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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