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Jonathan Avildsen. Actor: The Karate Kid Part III. Jonathan Avildsen was born on 11 July 1969. He is an actor, known for The Karate Kid Part III (1989), Rocky V (1990) and Gone Fishin' (1997).
- Actor
- July 11, 1969
- Jonathan Avildsen
- Ralph Macchio's Difficulties
- Romantic Storyline Nixed
- Thomas Ian Griffith's Age
- Terry Silver's House
- Daniel & Lucille's Phone Call
- Sean Kanan's Audition
- Sean Kanan's Abdominal Injury
- Paula Abdul Choreographed
- Jonathan Avildsen's Audition
- Disliked by Star & Director
According to star Robyn Lively, who plays Jessica in the film, Ralph Macchio was extremely difficult to work with on the set of The Karate Kid Part III. Macchio would often show up to work late and grouse about various aspects of the movie. Macchio would later admit to being unhappy with the script for the movie and, as a result, that making the mo...
In the initial drafts of the screenplay, Daniel was supposed to forge a romantic relationship with Jessica in the film. However, Macchio had the sequence removed himself so not to make his wife Phyllis jealous. RELATED: Cobra Kai: 7 Characters Who Went Through The Biggest Changes Also, it would have been incredibly inappropriate to depict a sexual ...
Speaking of the actors' ages in the film, Thomas Ian Griffith made his feature film debut inThe Karate Kid Part III. He plays Terry Silver, the devious Cobra Kai sensei who trains Daniel's primary foe, Mike Barnes (Sean Kanan). Despite playing a much older character than Daniel LaRusso, Thomas Ian Griffith is actually four months younger than Ralph...
Speaking of Terry Silver, his house is not only a famous piece of architectural history, but it's also been featured in several other high-profile motion pictures. RELATED: Blade Runner: 10 Major Differences Between The Final Cut & The Theatrical Version Terry's abode is none other than the Ennis House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1924. In ad...
In the original script, Daniel's mother Lucille (Randee Heller) was completely excluded from the story. It was Ralph Macchio's idea to bring her back in one scene to explain her absence. Macchio conceived the idea to have Daniel share a telephone conversation with his mother, during which she explains that she had to return to Newark, New Jersey to...
To win the role of chief rival Mike Barnes, Sean Kanan beat out roughly 2,000 other actors/martial artists. Not only had Barnes admittedly seen the first two The Karate Kidmovies ten times each, but he was such a fan of the franchise and determined to be a part of it that he took his audition to the extreme. RELATED: 10 Karate Kid Characters We'd L...
Sean Kanan was so determined to make a lasting impression onscreen that he performed all of his own stunts while making The Karate Kid Part III. In one instance, he badly injured an abdominal wall. One stunt sequence required Kanan to vault aggressively onto his stomach. After performing the stunt 20 times or so, Kanan began to take acetaminophen f...
Paula Abdul was hotter than the sun in 1989. As such, she took a role as a "Dance Choreographer" on The Karate Kid Part III, although no specific dance scenes come to mind. The role was not a new one for Abdul, who served in the same role in such films as Private School, Can't Buy Me Love, The Running Man, Action Jackson, Big, Coming to America, an...
John G. Avildsen directed the first threeKarate Kidmovies. For the third entry, he auditioned his own son Jonathan Avildsen for the role of Cobra Kai fighter Mike Barnes. As mentioned above, Sean Kanan beat him and 2,000 others out for the part. However, Avildsen's audition was so strong that the character of Terry's son, Snake Silver, was written ...
John G. Avildsen and star Ralph Macchio were both extremely unhappy in their time making The Karate Kid Part IIIand did not think much of the final result when it was released. According to an interview Avildsen gave in 2000 and since reiterated in 2015, he felt the movie was a cheap imitation of the first film that would confuse those who never sa...
Jonathan Avildsen is an actor, son of John G. Avildsen, and the brother of Anthony G. Avildsen. He has appeared in The Karate Kid Part III (1989), Rocky V (1990) and Gone Fishin' (1997). Learn more about his life, career and family on IMDb.
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Jun 16, 2017 · John G. Avildsen, who won an Oscar for directing the original “ Rocky ” (1976), starring Sylvester Stallone, and also directed all three of the original “ Karate Kid ” films, has died in Los...
Jonathan Avildsen (born July 11, 1969) was an American actor with a lengthy criminal record, who has played a handful of minor roles, emphasis on minor, mostly in feature films, with a few appearances in television.
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