If you felt yourself cringing when you heard about the Karate Kid remake, you weren’t the only one. Nevertheless, the original’s star is still finding one reason to smile.

In a interview with MTV, Ralph Macchio admitted that it feels “pretty good that so many people are angry” about the redo. The 47-year-old (yes, he’s that old) said it’s been great to see such an “outpouring” of response from fans of the 1984 classic.

But despite his hesitance about the Jaden Smith film (Jackie Chan is currently in talks to star as the Miyagi/mentor character), Macchio still did his best to react diplomatically. “I don’t wish that this movie is not a success,” Ralph claimed. (Uh-huh…)

Shooting on The Karate Kid is scheduled to begin this summer.