Xolo Maridueña, Cobra Kai star and DC superhero, on season four, working with Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, and his ‘Blue Beetle’ suit
- Xolo Maridueña reveals what it was like to work on the fourth season of The Karate Kid spin-off series – one scene involved catching a fish one-handed
- As for his upcoming role as a DC superhero, it will ‘show a story that we haven’t really seen before’, he says
After three seasons of The Karate Kid spin-off series Cobra Kai, Xolo Maridueña is finally getting a crash course in the lessons of Mr Miyagi. Although in hindsight, “wax on, wax off” or “sand the floor” would have been much better than “catch the fish”.
Season four (streaming on Netflix from December 31) begins with the dojos of rival sensei Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) teaming up to take on villainous Cobra Kai at the All Valley Karate Tournament.
Maridueña found a fishy foe who showed no mercy.
“They won’t let you grab them,” says Maridueña, 20. He worked with an animal wrangler to catch one with a single hand – “It’s like grabbing a bag of pudding” – but right before the cameras rolled, the koi slipped from his grasp, twice.
