'Everyone was doing the crane kick': Ralph Macchio on making The Karate Kid

'Daniel has bravado and won't quit. If I got my ass kicked by five karate experts on motorcycles, I would have probably found a different way to school' I was a skinny kid and looked young for my age, which was tough. I got a part in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders playing Johnny Cade. The reviews were positive: I was a young actor feeling good, maybe a little cocky. I got a call about a movie called The Karate Kid and thought: "That's a silly title. Is it a cartoon?" They sent me the scrip...