There’s nothing cooler than seeing an actor you’ve loved for a while breaking big. We’ve seen this happen many times before as beloved actors with dedicated fans get cast as major superheroes, and the latest performer to join that list is Cobra Kai’s own Xolo Maridueña. While fans of the Netflix hit have been aware of the young actor for a long time now, a whole new fanbase is about to become aware of him as he leads DC’s upcoming movie Blue Beetle, and fans of the Karate Kid spin-off are pumped about it.
We got our first glimpse of Maridueña in Blue Beetle’s trailer, and there were elements of Jaime Reyes that were giving major Miguel Diaz energy, and fans of Cobra Kai couldn’t help but enthusiastically point them out. While there are for sure personality traits the two characters share, like their charming yet awkward sense of humor, some of the action in Blue Beetle is also reminiscent of the karate we know and love from the Netflix series. For example, @seann_draws posted:
