‘Cobra Kai’s Dallas Dupree Young Wants A ‘Huge Karate Battle’ Between Kenny & Anthony In Season 6

Cobra Kai play 5 ended with Terry Silver yet getting his karma, but what does this mean for the Cobra Kai dojo? What astir Kenny, the teen Silver took nether his helping and mentored? After the epic play 5 finale, Kenny Payne is astatine a crossroads.

Cobra Kai breakout Dallas Dupree Young spoke EXCLUSIVELY with HollywoodLife astir the highs and lows for Kenny successful play 5. From Silver’s “gut-wrenching” betrayal to taking connected Hawk connected the mat, determination are truthful galore layers to peel backmost connected Kenny. The young histrion besides looked up to a imaginable play 6 and his anticipation to research much of Kenny’s location beingness and a face-off with Anthony LaRusso.

Dallas Dupree Young arsenic Kenny successful ‘Cobra Kai.’ (Netflix)

After the information is revealed astir Terry Silver, Kenny is the archetypal 1 to instrumentality disconnected his garment and propulsion it astatine Silver. How bash you deliberation Kenny is going to grip this? This is rather the betrayal and a daze for him.
Dallas Dupree Young: I personally judge that Kenny is going to conflict for a infinitesimal on. You know, conscionable the feeling that his mentor and his person truly betrayed him. And the mode that helium did it, too. He cheated astatine the All Valley. Kenny truly felt similar his squad won, similar helium yet won astatine something… I deliberation he’s going to consciousness that heartbreak for a minute. You saw that successful the past country with Robby, [he said], “I request you to springiness maine a second.” So I deliberation it’s going to instrumentality immoderate clip to adjust. But successful the end, I deliberation he’ll travel backmost to karate and person a caller airy and a caller position connected life. But I deliberation that country with Terry Silver was heartbreaking and gut-wrenching for him.

Kenny’s the 1 that throws the archetypal punch with the kids. That is rather an improvement from the archetypal clip we met Kenny. Do you deliberation that moment truly solidified him arsenic a person of immoderate benignant of battalion helium finds next?
Dallas Dupree Young: I consciousness arsenic though that infinitesimal truly did solidify his spot arsenic a leader. It showed that helium was not going to instrumentality anybody’s crap. Honestly, helium was acceptable to get into the enactment and combat the biggest guy, the All Valley champion, successful Miguel. I retrieve seeing the publication that time and I was like, “Oh my gosh, I’m throwing the archetypal punch. I’m truthful excited for that.” And past it came retired large connected camera, truthful I was conscionable truly grateful conscionable to spot that. It’s truly chill conscionable to spot my improvement turn arsenic Kenny.

How bash you deliberation Kenny, fixed what helium knows now, views Robby? There was a batch of choler there.
Dallas Dupree Young: There is decidedly a batch of anger. There’s a batch of resentment. But astatine the aforesaid time, he’s feeling a small much compassion for Robby, and he’s listening a small spot much to what Robby is saying. Throughout the full season, helium did not privation to perceive thing that Robby said conscionable due to the fact that helium felt arsenic though Robby betrayed him arsenic well. I consciousness arsenic though helium listened to him a small bit, adjacent though helium wasn’t acceptable to amusement it to Robby. I deliberation we whitethorn beryllium capable to spot that and turn upon that successful aboriginal seasons.

I consciousness similar Kenny is going to spell location and commencement doing that mathematics meme and trying to fig out, okay, who tin I trust? Who tin I beryllium allies with? This benignant of turns his full satellite upside down.
Dallas Dupree Young: It decidedly turned his full satellite upside down. At this constituent successful play 5 occurrence 10, Kenny doesn’t cognize who to trust. He doesn’t cognize who to beryllium friends with. He doesn’t cognize who to love. I mean, Kenny is struggling to fig retired who his radical are now, and I deliberation that’s going to beryllium truly breathtaking to spot successful aboriginal seasons.

Kenny and Miguel travel face-to-face. (Netflix)

I was going to interaction connected Anthony. Obviously, they [Anthony and Kenny] person a agelong history. Both sides decidedly person done things that possibly person hindered them from moving things out. Do you presumption that dynamic arsenic thing similar Tory and Sam oregon Robby and Miguel wherever yet they could spot oculus to eye? Or bash you deliberation we’re inactive successful it for the agelong haul that these 2 can’t marque it work?
Dallas Dupree Young: Me personally, I deliberation determination volition beryllium a clip wherever they spot oculus to oculus and they respect each other. But for now, I deliberation they’re conscionable going to gully it out, honestly. There’s going to beryllium a rivalry and a long-life feud betwixt the two, truthful I’m funny to spot what happens betwixt their relationship.

In occurrence 8, erstwhile they are competing for the Sekai Takai, that metallic slug was dirty. Were you amazed that Kenny went that acold knowing what it could do?
Dallas Dupree Young: I retrieve speechmaking the script, and I was truly paying attraction to the metallic slug and everything that was happening betwixt the country betwixt Terry Silver and Kenny. Going into that combat against Hawk, I truly was not expecting him to spell that far. Honestly, I wasn’t truly definite that helium was going to triumph the combat successful the beginning. The mode helium won it, I was a small unsure astir it. But successful the end, Kenny did win. I was truly hype, but I was decidedly shocked to spot that Kenny went that far, particularly seeing the kid who helium was successful play 4. He’s wholly changed his mindset.

Do you deliberation there’s a anticipation that helium would articulation Daniel and Johnny, oregon could helium find his mode backmost to Cobra Kai? I mean, Kreese is retired of jail.
Dallas Dupree Young: I deliberation there’s ever a anticipation that helium tin spell to Daniel and Johnny’s dojo conscionable due to the fact that of the information that helium doesn’t person a dojo astatine the moment. Although determination are truthful galore antithetic dojos successful the valley. They are conscionable the ones that are precise fashionable successful the valley. I deliberation determination is ever a accidental that helium could spell to Miyagi-do, but Kenny has that Cobra Kai mentality. He has the Cobra Kai mindset. If helium has the accidental to spell backmost to Cobra Kai, I deliberation helium volition spell astatine immoderate point. But we’ll spot what happens successful the aboriginal seasons.

Season 6 hasn’t been greenlit yet, but is determination thing you would similar to possibly interaction upon much of with Kenny that we haven’t gotten to successful the past 2 seasons? Maybe a romance? 
Dallas Dupree Young: There are 2 things that I would emotion to spot successful aboriginal seasons. I would emotion to spot the narration betwixt Kenny and Anthony turn if that tin germinate a small spot more, and past besides get it a small spot much into Kenny’s location life. We haven’t talked astir Kenny’s mom, dad, oregon member astatine each successful play 5. Well, we did brushwood up connected it for a small bit. But I’m funny to spot if they tin spell a small deeper into that storyline successful play 6.

Kenny and Robby successful occurrence 5. (Netflix)

There was a batch of karate this season. Obviously, it’s astir karate, but the physicality was truly determination this season. Did you consciousness that you had to bash much grooming than usual?
Dallas Dupree Young: For play 5, I consciousness I decidedly had to bash a batch much training. It was a batch much intense, and the stakes were arsenic precocious arsenic they’ve ever been successful play 5. I consciousness arsenic though the conflict betwixt Miyagi-do and Cobra Kai, this was the last one, this was the large hurrah successful the end. I felt arsenic though for my quality Kenny to execute the mode I wanted him to, I felt arsenic though I needed to bid a batch harder and marque definite my method was large and deliberation astir the origins of karate each astatine the aforesaid time. We talked astir quality improvement with the stunt coordinators, but I decidedly worked a batch harder successful play 5 than play 4 with training.

Kenny and Anthony person travel face-to-face, whether it beryllium astatine a waterpark oregon the school, are you trying to manifest a conflict betwixt these 2 connected the mat? I consciousness similar it’s inevitable.
Dallas Dupree Young: Yes, we request to marque it happen. This is what I’m excited about. I request to spot a existent immense karate conflict betwixt Anthony LaRusso and Kenny Payne. I don’t cognize erstwhile we’re going to spot it, but I request to manifest the close now. That would beryllium a imagination travel existent for me.