The Karate Kid Trilogy & Beyond

Joe Seo, also known as Kyler in Cobra Kai, is this week's guest on Kicking it with the Koves! Joe & Marty discuss their mutual respect for one another on set - & Joe talks about how inspiring he finds Marty & his ability to make himself big on screen to be when working together. ...  Show more

This week The Koves have a very unique & special guest - Tim Ward, who is head coach of the Women's soccer team at Pepperdine University joins Marty, Rachel & Jesse. Tim discusses his journey as a coach - how he landed a coaching position at the age of 26, and his progression fro ...  Show more

Martin Kove is Sensei John Kreese on “Cobra Kai” and the “Karate Kid” trilogy, and has a great story about how he landed the role in the first place! He talks about the casts’ initial reaction to the “Karate Kid” script and movie, his then-wife’s review of the Kreese character, b ...  Show more

Martin Kove joins Jay to talk about the success of Cobra Kai, and what prompted him to return to the character of John Kreese after 35 years. Martin also jokes about how the character affected his castings going forward (and shares a WILD story about changing a producer's mind) a ...  Show more

Leather jackets are an important talisman in the BMW universe, but this episode might reveal their true role: signs of “not boyfriend/girlfriend material.”
 
Rider takes us behind the scenes of a make out scene with an actor he’s known since he was 8 years old, and while ...

For the latest episode of the Film Stories podcast, a war movie, a boxing movie, and a few problems in the making of both. 1963's The Great Escape was a film that director John Sturges couldn't initially get off the ground, and he needed his success with The Magnificent Seven to ...  Show more