Ralph Macchio Shares the secret with his successful marriage with his 38 -year -old wife.
During the “Cobra Kai” season 6 part 3 Red Carpet Final Premiere event, the actor said that the key is to “stay out of Hollywood”.
“I have always held one foot and one foot outside,” Macchio, 63, told Fox News Digital.
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“Cobra Kai” star Ralph Macchio told Fox News Digital that the key to his successful marriage is to “stay out of Hollywood.” (Steve Granitz/Filmmagic | Michael Tran/AFP via Getty images)
He has credited his wife, Phyllis Fierro, 64, who ‘Ground and raises’ him and their children.
Macchio met his future wife when he was 15 years old. The couple made the knot in August 1987. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella collection via Getty Images)
Macchio met his wife when he was 15 years old. The couple made the knot in August 1987. A few years later they welcomed their daughter, Julia, in 1992 and son, Daniel, in 1995.
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Julia was followed in her father’s acting steps, because she appeared next to Macchio in seasons 4 and 5 of Netflix’s hit show, “Cobra Kai.”
Julia told Fox News Digital that working with her father ‘had been such a blessing’.
“He is the best father. He is so supportive … I loved every second … I admire his work ethics and how he deals with a set and a set,” she said.
Julia was followed in her father’s acting steps and appeared alongside Macchio in seasons 4 and 5 of Netflix’s Hitshow, “Cobra Kai.” (Maya Dehlin Spach/Wireimage/Getty images)
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Julia added: “I learned a lot by seeing him working and just seeing how he behaves … That’s how I wanted to work. So he has been a great role model for me.”
Macchio in a scene with Pat Morita from the film ‘The Karate Kid’ from 1984. (Columbia pictures/getty images)
Since 2018, Macchio has been playing the lead role in the follow -up series of the film “The Karate Kid,” He follows former enemies Daniel Larusso (Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) while they open rival Dojos.
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Macchio told Fox News Digital that he did not expect that “The Karate Kid” would be one of the greatest franchises of all time.
“I would like to say that I knew it all the time. I didn’t know that much. I knew that Morita -bed And I had something special there, and William Zabka, Elisabeth Shue … The cast felt strong, “he noticed.
Morita and Macchio in a scene from the film ‘The Karate Kid’ from 1984. (Columbia pictures/getty images)
“Nobody could predict the level of success of that film, let alone this. This is further. But that is because we give so much about it. The writers give so much to the young cast, as well as the old cast, if you want.”
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Last summer, “The Karate Kid” celebrated his 40th birthday.
The film played Hollywood -Nieuwkomers Macchio and Zabka, as well as experienced veterans, such as Morita and Martin Kove.
Originally released in 1984, the film focuses on the new child in the city, Larusso, while struggling to find his foot and accidentally step on the toes of the largest bully in the city, Lawrence. He is then taken under the wings of the older and wiser Mr. Miyagi (Morita), who teaches him how to defend himself and when he has to use his fists.
Despite the fact that he has been presenting his karate skills on the screen for decades, Macchio admitted Fox News Digital that he has never had a fight in real life. (Maya Dehlin Spach/Wireimage/Getty images)
Despite the fact that he has been presenting his karate skills on the screen for decades, Macchio admitted Fox News Digital that he has never had a fight in real life.
“I’ve never been to that. I am always negotiated, “the actor laughed. “I have had a push-shove competition, a blow here or there, but as far as … a school compliance battle or a street fight, I get out.
“Cobra Kai” season 6 part 3 is available for streaming on Netflix.
