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Warning: This article contains spoilers aboutCobra Kaiseason 6, episodes 11 to 15.
HAYDEN SCHLOSSBERG: Very similar in terms of the main beats.
That helps him move on to take Cobra Kai back.
William Zabka and Ralph Macchio in ‘Cobra Kai’.Credit:Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix
He was destined to be the one to control it and confirm it’s not corrupted.
It’s really nice to have Daniel and Johnny working together at the end.
Like you said, neither has compromised their values, but they now understand the importance of both philosophies.
William Zabka in ‘Cobra Kai’.Netflix
Why was it important to you to send those characters off in this way?
These are two characters that believe very different things.
They got to learn about each other’s philosophies and the good and bad within those as well.
Lewis Tan and Patrick Luwis in ‘Cobra Kai’.Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix
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Johnny has a very emotional catharsis when he confronts Kreese for abandoning him all those years ago.
As the series is coming to its conclusion.
Its been the beating heart of his issues this whole time.
Thomas Ian Griffith in ‘Cobra Kai’.Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix
Because Kreese was struggling, he took it out on his students.
Its ever clearer that this is what happens with his rule of Cobra Kai.
Hes able to be self-reflective and look inward and realize what he’s done.
Ralph Macchio and William Zabka in ‘Cobra Kai’.Elizabeth Morris/Netflix
He’s actually trying to say sorry, but also knowing that he doesn’t deserve it.
Those were the colors that we wanted to play with.
Johnny’s not letting him off the hook and Kreese isn’t asking to be let off the hook.
It should be played real and visceral and everything you see there, it just blew us away.
The performance that they gave, and particularly Billy who bears the brunt of the emotion in that scene.
Hes just brought back down to the studs as this scared kid who was left out in the cold.
And that was one of the most amazing things to witness in real-time on set.
SCHLOSSBERG:I think he’s on a good path toward being okay.
Certainly, Sam is the agent of change there for him.
She gave him those feelings to push against what Wolf wanted him to do.
But there’s an interesting journey and story that you could tell in a spinoff.
HEALD:Coming this fall on Hayden TV.
[Laughs]
We need to talk about Kreeses epic showdown with Terry on the boat.
But does John Kreese get on that yacht knowing he was going to die?
In Kreeses mind, there was no doubt he was going to probably kill Terry Silver.
HEALD:He murdered Dennis right out of the gate!
[Laughs]
HURWITZ:I think he pretty clearly felt like he was going to kill Terry Silver.
How did it come about that the final words we hear from Silver and Kreese were no and mercy?
We wanted Silver to realize this insane thing that Kreese is doing right before it happens.
Hes going to yell, No!
And it was perfect.
It was his catchphrase.
[Laughs] But this was in the spirit of friendship.
This was in the spirit of supporting his friend in the biggest moment of his friend’s life.
It was he and all of the students being behind Johnny in this big moment that was really important.
We did know that it was going to be a striking image to have Daniel in that gi.
So, everyone had to rush [to get it set up].
We had 20 seconds left and we said, Action.
I’ll never forget when we said, Cut!
Thats a wrap on the day, and Ralph was just like, Im good.
[Laughs] He knew that he had one take to do it, and he crushed it.
Last time, we talked about you guysgetting Ralph Macchio in a dog cage.
Now we get to talk about you getting Ralph Macchio to say the word “pussy.”
What was his reaction to seeing that in the script?
He’s going to make a run at speak to Johnny in his own language.
He’s going to get Johnny’s back when it feels like Johnny’s being attacked.
And that’s what a true friend does.
All 15 episodes ofCobra Kaiseason 6 are streaming now on Netflix.
