'Cobra Kai' 's Jacob Bertrand on Hawk's 'Really Surprising' Journey — and His Hair for Season 5

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This article contains spoilers forCobra Kaiseason 4.

All hail the new All-Valley Karate champ!

For Bertrand, learning that his character would win was as much a surprise to him as it was to audiences.

Below, Bertrand shares more about his experience on the show as well as Hawk’s journey — including whether or not we’ll see a return of his mohawk in season 5.

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PEOPLE: Hawk has had such a remarkable journey season to season. What has that journey meant to you? Have you grown personally from it?

JACOB BERTRAND:I definitely have. That kid has gone through a lot, and I feel like if I would be dumb not to learn from some of the mistakes that he makes. When I first auditioned for the character, I had no idea that there was a Hawk. I thought it was just Eli. He starts off so low and he gets power, and then he flies too close to the sun and then he loses his hair like Samson, the source of his power. And he’s got to climb back up from that and find out who he truly is.

Is winning going to go to Hawk’s head in season 5? Or is he going to be humble about it?

I think it will give him confidence for sure. I think winning the All-Valley is like being onTheEllen DeGeneresShow. It’s a big opportunity, a big honor, and I think he will handle it well. He’s not going to be too crazy.

Ralph and Billy worked together a lot more this season than in past seasons. What was that like in the dojo?

They’re like brothers almost in real life, where they just know each other so well. It is a little bit of Johnny-Daniel energy. Billy isn’t a lot like his character, but there are times where you can see similarities. Same with Ralph. They don’t argue or anything, but it is funny to see their styles clash a little bit.

So for season 5, is Hawk going to grow the mohawk back?

I don’t know. My first gut instinct is no, but as the show goes on, that might change.

Given how things ended, are we going to wind up rooting for Kreese in season 5? Because better Kreese than Silver, right?

At the end of season 4, that’s kind of how I felt. I was like, “Silver’s so bad. We need Kreese back. Put Kreese back in.” He was more manageable, but season 5 is all about trying to take down Silver. I don’t know. Kreese is an all-knowing evil, so that’s a scary wish to have.

Tell me aboutLone Lobos, your podcast with Xolo.

It’s been so much fun. Me and Xolo have a lot of creative control and it’s definitely our passion project. We live together when we’re in Atlanta, so all the episodes so far have been us just sitting on the couch together speaking into the mic, essentially shooting the s—. And we’ve got a really fun Reddit thread going. We give relationship advice. People ask relationship questions because we are two all-knowing 20-something-year-olds who give the best advice in the world.

Cobra Kaiis streaming now on Netflix.

source: people.com