The 'Cobra Kai' creators explain how they finally got a 'Karate Kid' favorite in the series and pulled off ambitious fight scenes

(L-R) Xolo Maridueña and William Zabka in "Cobra Kai."Curtis Bonds Baker/Netflix

• Warning: Major spoilers below if you have not seen the full season 3 of "Cobra Kai" on Netflix.
• Creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg talk to Insider about secrets and spoilers of season 3.
• We find out how they finally got Elisabeth Shue on the show, who played Ali in "The Karate Kid." And what their plan was if they didn't get her.
• The single-shot fight sequence was originally supposed to be at the Miyagi-Do dojo, not the LaRusso house.
• Khalil Everage, who plays Chris on the show, did his own stunts in the fight scene.
• Fan favorites Stingray and Aisha were not in season 3 due to "a story decision."

"Cobra Kai" creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg instantly saw the change of reactions when their show that looks at the characters from "The Karate Kid" movies decades later moved from YouTube to Netflix for its third season.

"A few hours after 'Cobra Kai' appeared on Netflix I was getting texts from friends and family talking about how good the show was. And I was like, 'You told me that a couple of years ago,' and then I realized they hadn't watched the show back then," Schlossberg said.

Though the trio knew beloved fans of "The Karate Kid" franchise were coming in impressive numbers to watch the show when it was on YouTube for its first two seasons (and paying a subscription to do so), the launch of the latest season on Netflix on January 1 completely eclipsed anything they had previously experienced when it came to reactions.

And according to Netflix, the show has been seen by more than 41 million households in its first 28 days.

Regardless if you're a dedicated "Cobra Kai" fan or just starting to become one, it's likely if you're reading this that you really enjoyed the third season of the series, which continued to deliver an impressive mix of nostalgia for the fans of "The Karate Kid" with exciting new storylines focused on the kids who have been sucked into the rivalry between Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka).

Insider had a spoiler-filled chat with creators Heald, Hurwitz, and Schlossberg about the third season of the show in which they reveal what it was like to finally get Elisabeth Shue to return as her Ali character from the first movie, and why they hope next season isn't the show's last.