We come to find out in the documentary that Macchio still wishes he had gone to the Academy Awards ceremony with Morita in 1985.įor anyone who is a Karate Kid fan, there are lots of memories from fellow cast members about making those films, including the famous “wax on, wax off” moment, and discussions around the studio not wanting Morita to play Mr. The producer revealed he was recently speaking to someone who didn’t even know Morita was nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Karate Kid. Miyagi.” One thing that really comes across is that Morita was not only important to fans of his work, but also to his colleagues.Īlvarez believes there is still so much people don’t know about Japanese-American actor. Miyagi.”Ĭoming off the heels of the Cobra Kai release on Netflix, Karate Kid actors including Ralph Macchio and William Zabka, Happy Days stars like Henry Winkler and Marion Ross, and other celebrities including Tommy Chong, Larry Miller and Esai Morales tell their personal stories about Morita - the man known to millions as “Mr. “I would say the manuscript was the blueprint of everything and that's what got us excited, especially because he had talked about his early years and that's the stuff that you don't know, pre-Mr. “There some really dark things,” the film’s producer Oscar Alvarez told Yahoo Canada. A manuscript written by the late Karate Kid star Pat Morita, sharing his life story in his own words, was the catalyst of an inspiring but heartbreaking documentary More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story.
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