Actor Ralph Macchio has blasted plans to remake the 1984 martial arts movie that catapulated him to stardom.

In an interview with MTV on Tuesday, the one-time babyfaced heartthrob confessed that he isn’t happy about a Will Smith-produced remake of The Karate Kid, which will see The Fresh Prince’s son, Jaden Smith, as the new Karate Kid and Jackie Chan in the role of “Mr. Miyagi.”

Ralph believes classic films, like The Karate Kid, should be left in their original state. (We couldn’t have said it better ourselves.)

“It feels pretty good that some people are pretty angry that they’re trying to remake The Karate Kid,” he said. “It feels good that the public feels you don’t touch certain things. Some times you go back to that, and probably shouldn’t.”

“From my personal view, the filling the void of what Mr. Miyagi was – and the magic of that character – is going to be the toughest task.”

Ralph, now 47, starred in three Karate Kid film’s before handing over the hit franchise over to Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank in 1994.

Shooting on The Karate Kid remake will begin this summer.