12/18/2023 0 Comments Cowboy bebop juliaI think it makes him, our version, maybe slightly more out of control and more brutal and thuggish. I think what we struck upon was the idea that the Vicious of the anime is the Vicious our version would like to appear to other people but underneath, he has a lot of vulnerability and pain and damage. In terms of the job of trying to explore and kind of excavate the writing that we were given was about trying to find a counterpoint to that violence. In terms of expanding that character and fleshing out, a lot of that work, obviously, was really done by the writers creating this whole different layer of what he does outside of being this terrible person and his home life and stuff like that, the domestic scenes and their marriage. There’s a lot of room to craft who she is, I think, in a way, because she was this idea rather than a person in the anime, it really helped create the person.Īlex Hassell: Yeah, I’d say that’s really similar with Vicious in that he’s kind of an archetype in the anime. I would assume that takes a little bit of the pressure off when for instance, she only says like one line in the anime, so it’s not like she had a specific way of speaking or anything that the fans were going to look to really, really closely and go, “Oh, that’s not the way that Julia would do it”, you know. At least for me, there was sort of a sketch of who Julia is but there was so much room to build her out. How did you develop and make these characters your own?Įlena Satine: In a way, that was actually helpful. Your characters, Vicious and Julia, rarely appeared in the anime. I think it was just finding those nuances and what makes her really special. And it’s like, well, what is underneath, what makes her so intriguing to this character who was willing to risk everything for her. It’s really hard to have any kind of compassion for a character that’s described in like such a, you know, she’s beautiful and everybody wants her. Just kind of sticking at it and I’m proud of those fight scenes and really pleased that I got to learn that skill.Įlena Satine: With Julia, it was really just humanising her and making her a real person when the jumping-off point is sort of, you know, I remember the breakdown said that she’s like the ethereal dream girl. That just took a lot of time and effort and you know, starting off holding it, I didn’t know what to do with my other arm and that kind of stuff. I wanted to get as close to that as possible and do as much of the fight scenes as I could myself. It’s such an important part of the character (Vicious) and obviously, he has such ownership and expertise. I fight with swords, fought with swords in other jobs before but not a samurai sword and not with that level of precision. What were the biggest challenges you faced during filming?Īlex Hassell: For me, it was learning to fight. A seminal piece of work that obviously had this incredible global phenomenon built out of it that we’re very lucky to be a part of and riding the coattails of. I take weird ownership over the anime and I’ll be like, “I’ve got to show you something.” (laughs)Īlex Hassell: Now you’ve really earned it.Įlena Satine: Now it’s earned but yeah, I was a huge fan.Īlex Hassell: I hadn’t seen it until I auditioned for the show and then took a deep dive into the anime and the film and now I’m a huge fan of it. It’s something I tend to revisit every year or so and I like to show it to people. GEOFFREY SHORT/NETFLIX © 2021īefore you read this interview, be warned that spoilers for the ending of Cowboy Bebop Season 1 lie ahead, so read at your own risk:ĭid you watch the anime in preparation for your role? What did you think of it?Įlena Satine: Yes, I was a big fan of the anime for many years, probably at least over a decade, enough to have seen it multiple times. ![]() COWBOY BEPOP (L to R) ALEX HASSELL as VICIOUS and JOHN CHO as SPIKE SPIEGEL of COWBOY BEPOP Cr. In addition, we participated in a roundtable interview with Cowboy Bebop showrunner Andre Nemec, and ask him about what it was like to translate the anime into live-action. We were also lucky enough to participate in a roundtable interview with John Cho (who plays Spike Spiegel), Daniella Pineda (who plays Faye Valentine), and Mustafa Shakir (who plays Jet Black), asking them some fun & thought-provoking questions about what it’s like playing characters from an anime masterpiece. This interview has been edited for clarity. The show stars a trio of mercenaries trying to get by -Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, and Faye Valentine- as trouble catches up with them.Ĭourtesy of Netflix Malaysia, we were lucky enough to interview Alex Hassell (Vicious) and Elena Satine (Julia) about the anime, the relationship between their characters, and more. ![]() The live-action adaptation of the revered sci-fi space bounty hunter show Cowboy Bebop is finally here on Netflix.
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