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Netflix Cowboy Bebop character descriptions! Asian Spike and Faye, black Jet Black!
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Interesting too because in the script he is in his mid 30s, walks loose and lanky with a slouch that is confidence, arrogance, and recklessness 😂
Doesn't have to, though. See: Ryan Potter
Funnily enough, Potter's actually half-Japanese, half-Jewish
While I find Keanu to be kinda a poor actor he honestly would have been good in this role of cool detached martial arts dude. It would have fit his style really well.
You'll probably have to find some unknown dude for this
True true. But this is far in the Future and is not rare(as of now)to see Japanese in Germany. Spiegel is also very common with German's. So his Mom can be Jewish and the Dad half Japanese and German :) Boom, there you go :)
You know, I am going to give everyone a pass on this, because I don't want to ctrl+f for Keith David, but Keith David can play Jet. He is a bit older but we all know he can do this.
Yeah, forget everything, Keith is the man. for the job.
I think its implied that his name has been changed after going into hiding after the fallout with Viscious and the Crime Syndicate.
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Yesssss. OMG, I just remembered her from Maniac. She'd be perfect!
Sonoya Mizuno (Ex-Machina, Maniac) would be amazing as Faye.
If you're going to give Vicious a more significant role you have to retool him.
His actual role in the original anime is pretty small. He's only actually in a few episodes, has a relatively small number of speaking lines in them, and doesn't really emote much. He's basically just there to represent the inevitability of death as this sort of psychopomp who only very briefly connects to the world in any meaningful way in flashback scenes.
His actual role in the original anime is pretty small. He's only actually in a few episodes, has a relatively small number of speaking lines in them, and doesn't really emote much. He's basically just there to represent the inevitability of death as this sort of psychopomp who only very briefly connects to the world in any meaningful way in flashback scenes.
The comedy option for Faye, who is described as Asian or mixed-heritage:
Too "Asian"
I'm all for diversity but I still want Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Faye...
Oh my God!!! She is perfect!!
Would definitely be my second choice!
Sonoya Mizuno (Ex-Machina, Maniac) would be amazing as Faye.
Hm, for an Asian Spike I could definitely see Ian Anthony Dale from Hawaii 5-0 having a bit of the look to him if on the older side(40)
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I imagine Scarlett Johansson as Faye, Channing Tatum as Spike and Russel Crowe as Jet.
Too old. Roger Cross from Dark Matter would be better.You know, I am going to give everyone a pass on this, because I don't want to ctrl+f for Keith David, but Keith David can play Jet. He is a bit older but we all know he can do this.
Youre wrong, but speaking of Vicious... he should be played by...
Vicious's design was perfectly fine for the way he was used (as a Grim Reaper stand-in), it was just retroactively "bad" because it got used a thousand times over in other works where it wasn't really appropriate to do so.
Everything about his visual design and the composition and framing of scenes he's in is meant to present him as just being an artistic representation of death in the classical operatic/theatrical sense, and that's exactly the role he plays in the story. The problem is everyone who made a psuedo-Vicious character following Cowboy Bebop just lifted the look without any of the narrative role or thematic trappings.
Everything about his visual design and the composition and framing of scenes he's in is meant to present him as just being an artistic representation of death in the classical operatic/theatrical sense, and that's exactly the role he plays in the story. The problem is everyone who made a psuedo-Vicious character following Cowboy Bebop just lifted the look without any of the narrative role or thematic trappings.
I was joking. I was trying to come up with the most overused and/or whitest ass, generic actors, as to not upset that guy on the first page who is pissed that POC still exist in CB's depiction of future and the whole cast isn't white.
I like this so far. Please be good.
We're saving Terry Crews for a black Lagoon adaptation.
sorry, my connected friend just gave me a physical copy, but im sure itll be online soon.
Lol I mean do you think Vicious would ever say "Kill that Fucker Dead"
Nah, I always figured Jet Black was a fair-skinned black dude. I'm also pretty sure Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine are white too, but I guess Netflix wants to sidestep any drama. I don't think they're really giving the audience enough credit though. It's not really a Death Note/Ghost in The Shell situation with these characters.
Well Spike being Asian seems perfectly reasonable to me considering Spike is literally based off Yusaku Matsuda, a Japanese man.
I've never thought Spike was Japanese. He's based on Yusaku Matsuda's character, but it's not like it's a 1:1 likeliness.
The same with Ivy Valentine being Singaporean but can't really say she's of South East Asian descent too.
The same with Ivy Valentine being Singaporean but can't really say she's of South East Asian descent too.
Perfect choice for Faye.
Sonoya Mizuno (Ex-Machina, Maniac) would be amazing as Faye.
Chris Pang from CRA would be a great choice for Spike.
And I'm not really seeing a reason why attempting to argue that Spike is white or not, it shouldn't really matter in this case since they are making sure the Asian representation is here this time. This is a good thing after years of shit like GITS.
I mean does it have to be a 1:1 likeliness? Spike's racial background was never a huge part of the show so he can literally be every ethnicity combined for all we know. But the fact that every character that doesn't have a darker skin tone seems to automatically default to white is tiresome. Why can't Spike be Asian just cause he is? Why does there need to be a reason to justify it?