Obviously, you have a stunt man, but character-wise, I want it to feel like I could do some of that stuff. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) Spike.ĬHO: If I'm going to do this role, I thought, I just wanted to be available as much as I could during those action sequences. Is it fair to say that this is the most physical role that you've ever taken on? Like, had you ever gone through this much training before for any role?ĬHO: It's second only to the physical challenge of eating 35 hamburgers in one sitting.ĬHO: But, yes, it certainly was the most challenging role I've ever had. Well, I was curious about the physicality of this role. And I don't think that that danger exists the way it did when I started.ĬHANG: Oh, wow. I wish I hadn't avoided it, but I came to it late in life.

I wish I hadn't, actually, because it was - it's been so fulfilling for me. And I also avoided learning martial arts because I said, I'm not going to do that. And, of course, they're not less human.ĬHO: But it was a reaction to the times, and I felt that that was the appropriate response at that time. In my life who speak English with an accent. And I think that there's been so much content since then that now I feel like I would love to do an accented Asian English part because, of course, I love people.ĬHO. When I was younger, I avoided parts that had me speaking accented English because the framework was that it was always a joke, that it was always a comedic way of speaking.

So I asked John Cho when we spoke, was there any part of him that felt like, you know, he was this Asian actor feeding into the Asian action hero stereotype?ĬHO: In the past, I've had those thoughts about martial arts and about accents, and I'll start with accents. It turns out he does care about people, but he would have you think that he doesn't.ĬHO: (As Spike Spiegel) So unless you died and I didn't notice, how about we move on, huh?ĬHANG: Now, Spike Spiegel is a proficient martial artist. He plays Spike Spiegel, who hunts bounties across the galaxy with his partner Jet Black, all in their ragtag ship the Bebop.ĬHO: (As Spike Spiegel) You keep saying it like it was all my fault.ĬHO: He seems disaffected and doesn't care about anything.

Netflix's live-action adaptation of 'Cowboy Bebop' stars John Cho.

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