The star of hit Netflix series Cobra Kai has revealed how Sir Sean Connery inspired his acting career and they then became good friends.
Martin Kove, who went on to star as the villain in the 1984 Hollywood blockbuster The Karate Kid, has told how the James Bond legend first helped him find his feet as an actor.
Kove, who has reprised his role as the sadistic John Kreese in the TV series sequel to the original Karate Kid trilogy, said: “I was Sean Connery ’s stand-in in 1972 when I was still acting in New York for a movie called The Anderson Tapes.
