The creators of “ cobra kai ” wanted Hilary Swank to come back for the final season

As legends of Karate Univers has been taken up for streaming and the big screen, a former Protected Miyagi has not been seen for over 30 years.

Josh Heald, who co-created Netflix COBRA KAI With Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, revealed that they had tried to make Hilary Swank take it back The next kid karate (1994) Role of Julie Pierce during the last sixth and last season.

“We set off in the very first days before the season to see if there was a path [for her to appear]”He said Weekly entertainment. “We had an idea of ​​an idea of ​​the way she could enter this story and not to have to engage in 10 episodes or something.

The trio contacted the Swank team with “the beginnings of an idea of ​​an idea” on the way Julie could return to the universe on the screen, hoping to “have a discussion with her on this subject and present to us”.

“For his part, it was very respectful, but we never had the opportunity to sit down and pour our hearts as we generally do when we put the characters of the inheritance,” said Heald.

The award -winning 2x Oscars “actress was just in a place where she was not trying to do so,” said Heald, adding that she had given them “a respectful pass to the very idea of ​​a meeting”.

“She didn’t want us to cross the trouble to fly to her and put our hearts on the Channel,” he said. “Because it was just not something that she was ready to do at that time.”

Heald considers the character as “a big piece of the Miyagi payment which is still there” after this year Karate Kid: LegendsWho brought Ralph Macchio back as Daniel Larusso, Mr. Han and Johnny Lawrence by Jackie Chan and William Zabka.

“For us, it was a little disappointing because we like to have everyone, but at the same time, we did not sacrifice a huge story that we had fully developed,” added Heald. “It’s more fruit on the vineyard if we can revisit this universe in the future.”