"I didn't know what Cowboy Bebop was until I got the offer. But for John, he immediately wanted to do his research first. John talks about getting into character as Spikeįor many actors, being offered the role of Spike Spiegel would have been an automatic yes. "And so I was particularly proud of that one. I couldn't use a stunt man at all in that sequence, so there was nowhere to hide. "I had to do the sequence on the wooden dummy on the Bebop and that particular discipline is very unusual in terms of your balance and footwork, and there's very strict angles. In fact, Spike's training style is so iconic that John was nervous when it came to recreating his training sequence in episode 1. So I was really becoming kind of an amateur in a lot of different ways of murdering people." Obviously, there was also some knife fork and gun work. "I learned like Taekwondo and boxing, to tumbling and Wing Chun and Kung Fu. was very intense and we started in soon as I got the role," he said. He's extremely skilled and obviously, I was not going to become a super expert in every area, but we did learn so many different kinds of styles. Sometimes, I feel like he's really detached while he's fighting. "He's a very elegant and very cool fighter. Unlike most other characters who stick to basic hand-to-hand combat and weapons (mostly guns in this series), Spike is known for his impressive martial art skills, something John had to learn to bring the character to life. It sort of depended on the relationships and the scenes." And with Vicious, that's obviously a high Shakespearean drama. "And then with Jet, I'd be in like a buddy-cop movie. Certain characters, like Faye Valentine, I felt like I was often in like a '30s screwball comedy," he revealed. "As always, you always sort of rely on the page and you rely heavily on the other actors. Spike's relationships with the other members of the Bebop, Jet Black and Faye Valentine, bring out different sides of him that also made John feel like he was playing in different genres at once. We were rounding a lot of bases at once and we were able to come up with something wholly unique." He was playing off of all these iconic tropes and putting a really interesting individual twist on it. "The way it was pitched, he just seemed like an interesting. "I thought, 'This is just like a chance to do all these things that I want to do in one shot and do it in a completely unique way,'" John Cho told Cosmo about playing Spike.
In other words, he's a little bit of everything. He's funny, charming, and a little impulsive. Known for his badass martial arts skills, his luscious set of hair, and his love for food, Spike is a bounty hunter with a troubled past thanks to his history with the Red Dragon syndicate. Spike Spiegel is the main protagonist in Cowboy Bebop. If you haven't tuned in to the original anime, you're missing out on one of the greatest characters of all time.
#SPIKE SPIEGEL HOW TO#
The actor, who has starred in almost everything under the sun, certainly knows how to bring an iconic character to life.so it's kind of surprising when he talks about the challenges of taking on the Spike Spiegel mantle.Ĭosmopolitan spoke to John Cho about playing the legendary Spike, the scariest scene from the anime that he filmed, and why the show now holds a special place in his heart.įirst things first: Who is Spike Spiegel?
#SPIKE SPIEGEL SERIES#
Back in 2017, when it was first announced that the Cowboy Bebop live-action series was happening, many fans asked one obvious question: Who is playing Spike Spiegel? It took a while to find the right person, but when Netflix revealed John Cho would be taking on the role, it felt like this adaptation was in very good hands.
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