How Cowboy Bebop Injury Helped John Cho Deliver A Better Adaptation

How Cowboy Bebop Injury Helped John Cho Deliver A Better Adaptation

John Cho opens up about his injury during production of Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop and how it inspired him to deliver a better adaptation of the anime.

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How Cowboy Bebop Injury Helped John Cho Deliver A Better Adaptation

John Cho opens up about his injury during production of Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop and how it inspired him to deliver a better adaptation of the anime. Originally premiering in 1997, the anime centered on a group of bounty hunters traveling the galaxy aboard the Cowboy Bebop in the year 2071 hunting down jobs while also facing the demons of their past. The series has been credited with helping introduce Western audiences to the anime genre and frequently appears on best-of lists to this day.

Development on the live-action Cowboy Bebop series first began in 2017 with original producer Sunrise Inc. partnered up with Tomorrow Studios to bring the series to life on screen. André Nemec was tapped to develop the series while The Mandalorian’s Christopher Yost was signed to write and Cho, Daniella Pineda, Mustafa Shakir and Alex Hassell were all cast as leads Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine, Jet Black and Vicious, respectively. Production on Cowboy Bebop initially began in late 2019 though would be delayed due to Cho’s injury during production and COVID-19 shutdowns, eventually wrapping in March and now being set for a November premiere date.

Cho recently caught up with Vulture to discuss his work bringing Spike to life for Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop. The actor reflected on his injuring during production, calling it a “sobering experience” and explaining how he used it to push for the best adaptation he could deliver. See what Cho said below:

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“I’m at home doing these knee exercises and coming off the drugs, I was thinking about Cowboy Bebop. Doing those knee exercises, I was like, I gotta put my focus into this. So I think that’s also fueling my fear. [Laughs.]… But the amount of thought and worry and effort and number of days I’ve logged thinking about Spike is now equaling the fear I have about the reaction. I wanted to shore up any deficiencies in my body. It’s really hard to tell what precipitates a freak injury like that, so I was determined to come back stronger.

I felt very guilty that I had let the production down, and my cast, and the crew in New Zealand that had had a job, and then they didn’t the next day. I didn’t feel that I could come back and half–ss this role. I had to take it deadly seriously. It was people’s livelihoods and I wanted every single person on the set to know that I was doing my best every single day. Which sounds Boy Scout-ish, but it was the truth. Maybe it was an apology that took a whole season for me to express. Because I felt so responsible for that upheaval in a whole crew’s lives.”

Cho’s injury during production of Cowboy Bebop sent a wave of shock through Hollywood as Netflix elected to put the production on hold for what was originally projected to be eight months rather than recast Spike with a new star. However, it also sent a message to naysayers or those concerned about the series that the streamer and creatives behind it were confident in their casting choice for the character and Cho’s comments certainly feel in line with those beliefs. Rather than choose to utilize the time to focus solely on bettering himself, the star still spent the time to better connect to the material and push to ensure he delivers the best performance he could for the iconic bounty hunter.

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His fears about fan’s reactions to Cowboy Bebop are understandable given the track-record live-action anime adaptations have, including Netflix’s own Death Note film. However, the first images and recent revelations from the series have certainly pointed to an authentic translation of the iconic anime to live-action, including fairly faithful costume designs and the returns of original composer Yoko Kanno and director Shinichirō Watanabe as a creative consultant. Only time will tell whether Cho’s efforts pay off when Cowboy Bebop premieres on Netflix on November 19.

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