John Kreese Will Have a More Vulnerable and Human Side in COBRA KAI Season 2
When Johnny Lawrence's (William Zabka) old cruel sensei John Kreese (Martin Kove) showed up at the end of Cobra Kai Season 1, I about lost my shit! That was such an awesome, unexpected surprise because I thought he was dead! After he showed up and the final episode of the season ended, I immediately began to think of all of the bad and evil things that he will bring into Johnny's life in Season 2. After all, he was the one who drilled "No Mercy" into his students, but it sounds like that may not be the direction they are going to take the character.
During a recent interview with Syfy Wire, Kove talked about his excitement to get to play the character again and he shared some info on how the character will be handled next season. According to the actor, we will see a more human and vulnerable side of Kreese:
"You know, it’s really interesting, the darkness that prevailed through John Kreese in those days is remembered by a lot of people, the interesting thing about what we’re going to do, is maybe he won’t be so dark, but he’ll still be on another agenda. Because, as you know by the 10th episode, it looks like he’s got it all together. But maybe he doesn’t, and that’s what’s really interesting: Maybe he doesn’t have it all together, and he’s a human being after all – which is exciting for me to play as an actor.
Everybody gets used to seeing John Kreese and thinking death and Lucifer and all of that, but how interesting it’d be if he has another side to him that is equally as effective: a vulnerable side that maybe might turn just as dangerous."
That certainly would be an interesting way to explore the character because we've only ever seen him as an evil asshole hell-bent on making life for Daniel Laruso (Ralph Macchio) a living hell. Remember the shit that he put him through in The Karate Kid Part III!? I can't wait to see what Daniel's reaction will be when he finds out Kreese is back in the picture!
Cobra Kai season 2 will debut in 2019.