As trio of writers and showrunnersJon Hurwitz,Hayden SchlossbergandJosh Healdsat down to discuss theirnew action-comedy seriesObliterated, Collider’sPerri Nemiroffcouldn’t help but ask the question on everyone’s minds: Will we seeCobra Kaiactorsin the new series? To our surprise, the answer was no. But it turns out that the team had a good reason for it.
As probably happens in your life, you must have friends and family members that you associate with some kind of activities while others would never be a good fit. This is what happened withCobra KaiandObliterated. Since the new series has more of a “bad-boy” kind of energy, Heald, Hurwitz and Schlossbergdidn’t want their precious “kids” to be mixed upwith bad influences. Schlossberg summed it up best:
“It’s like you want to keep your kids away from the drugs and the alcohol. ‘Cobra Kai’ is a show where every episode has morals at its core, and ‘Obliterated’ is a show that’s all about a lack of morals and a wild, risqué time. So, there was something icky about having one of our ‘Cobra Kai’ actors in this world.”
Only One ‘Cobra Kai’ Cast Member Makes a Cameo on ‘Obliterated’
While we all understand their need to preserve theirCobra Kaifamily’s innocence, Hurwitz did reveal that there was one cast member who made a cameo inObliterated, but it was for a very specific reason:Courtney Henggeler, who plays Amanda LaRusso, can be seen briefly inone of theObliteratedepisodes. According to Hurwitz, that happened because the actor was shadowing a director to kick off her directing career as well. Since she was on the set anyway, they decided to put her in.
As the trailer made it clear,Obliterateddefinitely has a very different energy fromCobra Kai. The story centers aroundan elite special forces teamthat decide to party like there’s no tomorrow in Vegas because they managed to stop a bomb from exploding. The problem is, after getting drunk and doing every drug they could think of, they discover that they disassembled a fake and their mission is still unfinished. The cast featuresNick Zano(DC’s Legends of Tomorrow),Shelley Hennig(Teen Wolf),C. Thomas Howell(SEAL Team),Kimi Rutledge(Shrill),Paola Lázaro(The Walking Dead),Terrence Terrell(B Positive),Alyson Gorske(Shrinking) andEugene Kim(Animal Kingdom).
Netflix premieresObliteratedon November 30. you’re able to check out the trailer below:
Obliterated
Obliterated tells the story of an elite special forces team who thwarts a deadly threat to Las Vegas. After their celebratory party, filled with booze, drugs and sex, the team discovers that the bomb they deactivated was a fake. The now intoxicated team has to fight through their impairments, overcome their personal issues, find the real bomb, and save the world.
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