The Karate Kid’s Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is the quintessential ’80s villain. You didn’t attend high school with thee Johnny Lawrence, but everyone knows a Johnny Lawrence.

Warning! Spoilers for Cobra Kai season 6, part 3 ahead! Cobra Kai season 6 introduced a new character to parallel Johnny Lawrence's original villain role, but his ending hints that his story will ...

Netflix’s Cobra Kai flips the Karate Kid story, proving Johnny Lawrence—not Daniel LaRusso—is Mr. Miyagi’s true spiritual ...

Mr. Miyagi first appeared in The Karate Kid (1984), teaching karate not just as a martial art but as a path to building ...

That’s a great question. Yes. I think their love for Johnny Lawrence, and the work I did in the ‘80s from some other films, too, I was always the heel. They called me for a meeting to pitch ...

And if there's one character who perfectly embodies this, it's Johnny Lawrence. But let's start with Johnny Lawrence. He was a troubled kid whose loss at the All-Valley Karate Tournament led him ...

“Karate Kid: Legends” brought back Macchio’s Daniel and Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han to train kung fu prodigy Li (Ben Wang) to fight in a major tournament in New York. “Cobra Kai” took place largely in The ...

Karate Kid: Legends has a great opportunity for a Johnny Lawrence appearance, provided the upcoming movie can overcome a key hurdle. Johnny has become one of the most beloved and dynamic ...

Did you always have that full-circle idea in mind? The finale opens with Johnny Lawrence at his mother's grave, setting an emotional tone right off the bat. What made you choose that as the first ...

Forty years later in the series finale episode of “Cobra Kai,” it’s the same mat but a different winner, with Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) lifted up by his students and basking in sweet ...