Karate Kid eccentric Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrenceare coming backon the YouTube Red show Cobra Kai , and now we cognise more about what they ’ll be doing — as well as who they ’ll be interact with .
Entertainment Weekly revealed a gang of new information about the show , admit the first new casting . First up , here ’s who ’s on the show and who they are playing , besides Ralph Macchio and William Zabka , of course .
Courtney Henggeler ( CBS ’ Mom ) play Amanda , Daniel ’s married woman and business concern collaborator . Together they own a successful elevator car dealership . ( Fun side bill : Henggeler was only two class sure-enough when the original Karate Kid was released . ) Mary Mouser , from NCIS , Freakish , and Scandal , is Samantha , Daniel and Amanda ’s daughter . She ’s a democratic in high spirits school student .
Xolo Maridueña ( NBC ’s Parenthood ) plays Miguel Diaz , a youthful high school Thomas Kyd struggling with intimidation who commence to take karate with Johnny and the Cobra Kai . Tanner Buchanan from ABC ’s Designated Survivor is Robby Keene — Johnny ’s son , who ’s trying not to make the same mistakes his dad did .
Finally there ’s Ed Asner . Yes , that Ed Asner . He plays Sid Weinberg , a former studio apartment executive and Johnny ’s disapprove stepfather .
They ’ll get together Macchio reprising his character as Daniel , who is pretty glad with his family and successful occupation , and Zabka as Johnny , who is a down - and - out nonstarter hardly scraping together a living . Here are the two actors together on the Atlanta band of the show .
Cobra Kai is being written by Josh Heald ( Hot Tub Time Machine ) along with Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg ( the Harold and Kumar movies ) . Hurwitz and Schlossberg are direct and it ’s require to hit YouTube Red in 2018 .
[ Entertainment Weekly ]
Cobra KaiJon HurwitzJosh HealdKarate KidRalph MacchioWilliam Zabka
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