"To bring that character back, is funny because in a way it's a redemption story. What Griffith likes is the fact that bringing Silver back gives us more information about why he is the way he is: "Granted, I'm the first to say, it's not a good film, but I do love that character still, you know what I mean? Because I just go, 'That is so over the top.' I always say, 'If those are the shots they used in the film, can you imagine what the outtakes were? What the hell was I doing? Thank God.' I said, 'God, I was on cocaine back then,' because how do you explain that? But I think, again, being a New York stage actor is like, if the director says this, I'm going for it." Of course, Griffith's fondness for the film doesn't mean he's saying this is high art: One thing Griffith says he's proud of is Terry Silver's commitment. They go, 'Don't worry about it, we're just going to throw you into it.'Īnd then it's like, is this a little much? And Avildsen said, 'This is the humor of this character, this is going to drive that new life into the franchise.' And I was like, 'Okay, I'm going for it.'" So it's this over the top thing, and now I'm playing the bad guy, a Vietnam vet, and there's no way I could've been in Vietnam. "And Robert came and was thinking he had to create a villain better than Kreese. Then he got direction from "Karate Kid" creator himself, Robert Mark Kamen: The first two films had captivated so many fans, so it's no surprise he was excited to do it. But for me, where I was coming from, being the first film, being directed by John Avildsen as young actors, and coming from New York and going, 'Hey, John Avildsen, watched you in this movie.' And when I read the script, it's like they were rewriting it because they had lost Kreese, and they didn't have him for the movie, whatever it was." "It's funny, because fans are surprised I love 'Karate Kid III,' but a lot of them were like, 'I hated 'Karate Kid,' so it was a very divisive film.
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