The studio and producers originally did not want Pat Morita to play Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid.
The Karate Kid director John Avildsen knew that Pat Morita was the right actor to take on the role of Mr. Miyagi.
Ralph Macchio says, “Pat Morita and I got in a room together, just grabbed the pages, started reading.
When it came time to cast The Karate Kid, Morita’s name wasn’t anywhere near lists of actors that the studio was compiling at the time.
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