Cobra Kai star Sean Kanan suffered from internal bleeding and almost died while filming.

Cobra Kai star Sean Kanan suffered from internal bleeding and almost died while filming.

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Sean Kanan who played Mike Barnes in The Karate Kid III returned to the franchise in season five of Cobra Kai. During an interview with DailyMail.com,Kanan talked about his experience on the show and opened up about a terrifying near-fatal injury he suffered while filming The Karate Kid III.

Kanan suffered internal bleeding from one of the fight scenes saying that it was one of the 'scariest' moments of his life. "They didn't know if I could live", Kanan said.

'I passed out in the Dunes Casino and it turned out that the pain in my leg was internal bleeding and it was the blood dripping down on my femoral artery.' Sean said. 'I'd been bleeding for a day and they rushed me to the hospital.'

'They said, "We don't know if we can save your life—we're going to try," he recalled. "It was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me in my life. I knew if they cut through the abdominal muscles, I'd be out of the film. There's no way to get back to healing that quickly', he said.

'They obviously saved my life. And, I got a call from the studio; no flowers, no balloons, just you need to be back at work in, I think it was like 12 days or something, or we're going to recast. I was crushed, and then I went from being crushed to being really f**king angry.'

 

Kenan' appearance in Cobra Kai season 5 was a shocker, but he played a great role, joining forces with former rival Daniel LaRusso to help take down Silver. I am not sure if Kanan will appear in season 6 of the show, but fans would love to see him return.

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