THE KARATE KID SAGA CONTINUES ON NETFLIX'S COBRA KAI, STARTING ITS third season on January 4. The first two seasons started as YouTube Originals. For 19-year-old actor Xolo Mariduena, who plays Miguel, the show is successful because it "caters to both the fans of the original Karate Kid and anyone younger." For this new season, Mariduena says "we're gonna see some really tough times. I think it's definitely going to get worse before it can get better" and that "we'll see if Miguel survives getting kicked off of a balcony." Besides "two years of karate training in like the first grade [laughs]," martial arts was new to the young actor. "There was nothing that could have prepared me for the amount of stretching and body contorting martial arts requires." With season three shot before COVID-19, Mariduena is gearing up to shoot season four under a whole new set of rules. "We've been able to see how different sets are dealing with the pandemic, so hopefully, we can learn from their successes and their failures and make the shoot as safe as possible."
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