During a conversation with journalist Kara Swisher on The New York Times' Sway podcast, Macchio shared a story of the first time he and Zabka were on camera for Cobra Kai since their Karate Kid days.
He revealed the duo had not been on camera since the 80s, and even while they shot the movie, their scenes were physical and had little talking.
After filming, they were not a lot of sitting down in a coffee shop and having conversations. But despite not interacting for over three decades, they had this instant chemistry.
“Life [had] gone by. [There was] a little more wrinkles, a little less hair, but there was this sort of magic between us I don’t think we even had back in the day,” said Macchio.
He then stated that he believed one of the main reasons for his strong chemistry with Zabka was their bond for having been part of something iconic in pop culture since the first Karate Kid was released in 1984.
“I think something that had to do with sharing a unique connection of being connected to this entity that we all share from a different perspective that is something that doesn’t happen very often,” said the actor.
