Though it didn’t go down too well with the hardcore fans, Cowboy Bebop has still been a big hit for Netflix, hovering around the Top 10 most-watched TV shows list in some fairly high spots ever since its debut earlier this month.
It’s a fun and funky adaptation and while it does have some issues, to be sure, star John Cho certainly isn’t one of them. The actor slips into the role of Spike with ease and while speaking to ScreenRant, he explained how he approached the part.
“I’d never done anything like this before. It was a really interesting character, but it was also an illustration, obviously, not a human being. Because, I’d sort of done something like that with Star Trek and, strangely, I felt like I had more latitude with a human coming after an actor. I felt like we had to be more exact but also, I didn’t really have a roadmap.”
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Continuing on, he shared:
“But anyway, to answer your question, finally, I really relied on the physical stuff. First off, I had to develop as much proficiency as I could in martial arts and in fighting. That actually really helped a lot. It gave me a body language and a posture and all that stuff. And then, I started copying the way he stood, and walked, and trying those things on for size. We wanted the characters to be recognizable as the characters from the anime, but we also wanted to feel free and creative and all that stuff. So it was definitely a blend and a mix. And hopefully we got it right. But it was our first try and we were just hoping that this all worked.”
Cowboy Bebop is now streaming on Netflix.
Source: ScreenRant
