Page Six. "It's so much more pleasant to work with people who are respectful than jerks."It's likely that Xolo didn't know much about the original "Karate Kid" or its stars, given that he was born in 2001, 17 years after the original film was released. "Cobra Kai," essentially a modern-day continuation of the 1985 film, has been a massive success on Netflix and fans have dubbed it incredibly binge-worthy.