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Ralph Marchio and Jackie Chan walk the Karate Kid legends red carpet in New York
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Marchio reprises his legendary role alongside Chan who stars as a kung fu teacher
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Chan who has done his share of martial arts movies talked about how important the first Karate Kid was to him
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At that time, funny thing, I was very depressed. Action movie not popular anymore
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And I just tried to quit. Then I saw Karate Kid brings me back
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At the same time, the Rocky, Rocky 1. Rocky, Rocky 1, I said, wow, yes, I have to do the best I can
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You know, brings me back all the confidence. I keep training, keep training. Then until one day, one director called me to do the movie
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Then success. Becoming Jackie Chan. Thank you, Rocky, thank you karate kid, first one
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Ben Wang starts as a young Kung Fu student who relocates to New York City with his mother
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to attend a new school. Not long after he finds himself being challenged by a local karate champion What I love the most about this series is that this franchise of film more than any other I think there this idea that anybody can be the Karate Kid
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And so, you know, me now being through the legacy of the franchise, the originals and
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the Jaden Smith and then with Cobra Kai and now me here, I think it's just sort of..
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Machio talks about how important representation is to the Karate Kid franchise
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I think it's very important because it just shows, it's just more diverse and it gives a more diverse story
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You know, being in New York, a kid from Beijing in New York, New York is a city melting pot
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That's another element to it, you know. As long as the themes are true and it stays that connective tissue, that karate kid's connective tissue
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that I enjoy paying that legacy forward. But I think it is important
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We started with Pat Morita, you know, in that first film dealing with the Japanese internment camps, World War II
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These are things that make this movie more than just a popcorn franchise
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I want Lee to learn. Karate Kid Legends premieres in theaters on Friday
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You have a foundation of Kung Fu. We're going to build upon that with karate
