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“Miyagi never tells you everything, Daniel-san, because you are never strong enough to accept the truth!” The lessons of Mr. Miyagi still continue the young Daniel LaRusso of Karate Kidyears later. Even in his nightmares… Spoiler alert!
In the final season of Cobra Kaibroadcast on Netflix since this weekend, the creators treated themselves to an unexpected pleasure: Miyagi reappeared in Daniel's dreams, to teach him a new lesson. Yes, the real Miyagi and therefore a posthumous cameo from Pat Morita himself! The actor died in 2005 at the age of 73. So why was it included in the series:
“Pat Morita and Mr. Miyagi are the heart of this series”, co-creator and executive producer tells TVline Josh Heald. “Because without Mr. Miyagi, there would be no Karate Kid and there would be no Miyagi Universe, as we like to call it. For many seasons, we have told a “Miyagi” story centered around the absence of Mr. Miyagi. And this season, we dig a little deeper into his life, things that the saga has never focused on. And which Daniel never knew about. How does that affect him deep down?”
It remains to be seen how. To reproduce the image and voice of Pat Mortia, the creators of Cobra Kai used visual effects and Artificial Intelligence. It goes without saying that before doing this, they asked for the approval of the deceased actor's descendants:
“There are a lot of technical things possible with visual effects these days. Obviously we had to first talk about it with Pat's heirs, to inform them and make sure they were comfortable with this idea. We didn't It wouldn't have been done without their approval. It's still a bit of the Wild West of AI and visual effects, and you have to know how to set standards and safeguards. You can't just do anything. “Even if no actor is present on set, it’s still his image. So we followed this whole process, which was important for us and the studio, and we feel like we captured this vision that Daniel has, trapped in this nightmare where a Miyagi unlike any we've ever seen gives him back. visit…”