Cowboy Bebop | 2.0 live action movie cast for 2011 motion picture

[DatDamKeyid]

I know a girl who how play the PERFECT EDWARD, she's just like her AND she Mexican. I love that damn girl, she an eletric engineer too.

[positive0julian]

why cant I press thumbs up MORE?!

[dabeshu]

Hell yeah chloe as ed!

[DrDole007]

No matter who you cast you will never be able to capture the feelings that true fans of this show have towards to characters. I can't imagine anyone who could be the fun loving Ed, let alone finding someone to be the legendary spike. Thanks but no Hollywood

[smwms74]

@DrDole007 Yeah I agree. This would end up a disaster of a movie and piss off alot of Bebop fans.

[maurizio210479]

J. Gordon - Levitt?!?!?!?!

[captainb0nes]

It's funny how appropriate Bruce Willis would be as Jet. Still not seeing Christina Ricci as Faye. Just not feeling that one. However, super-props for Paul Bettany as Vicious.

As for the people asking why they're bastardizing Cowboy Bebop with this film, the answer is simple: because they can. Cowboy Bebop is the kind of material that COULD be made into a good movie if handled by the right people, but it's being handled by the kind of people that see Spike and think Keanu. Sad, but unavoidable.

[bendabledoll]

Did a good job putting together Edward's look, that is the spirit of the character! In the roles I've seen Chloe in (Hugo, Let me In) she plays more down-to-earth characters, so I'm really surprised, but the picture intrigues me nonetheless, I guess I'll have to find out more about the actress before I make up my mind. An improvement over Elle Fanning though. I admit I was a little surprised to see Ed not a person of color. Vicious will be fantastic as Paul Bettany, wish I had thought of that.

[bendabledoll]

Don't really see anything to object to with Bruce Willis, physically he couldn't look more the part. I'm not sure about Gerard, I'd rather have Bruce I think. I think Gerard might have a tad much stud left over for Jett. Jett was almost motherly. I might put Clive Owen on the table too. I don't really want Ricci for Faye. Great pic, but she won't have the bodytype the more is shown, and probably not the acting range if her secrets come out later. This part coulda gone to a young Angelina Jolie.

[bendabledoll]

Smart choice of Joseph Gordon Levitt, he never came to my mind, but he's got the disheveled, devil-may-care bearing, yet also the sense that he's thinking, though he's a man of few words he could appear like someone who has had a difficult past behind them. Oh no for Keanu Reeves though! He's much too stiff, Spike is blase, but is languid, whimsical. That would be soo forced from Keanu, he's known for a monotone bearing. I personally am still holding our for Johnny Depp. Whats wrong with him?

[WailOfDoom]

Of course everyone loves Bruce Willis, he looks great the part, and would deff be able to get the feel of Jett right. I still think we need a better person to play Ed.

[suncrafter]

Well done.



[Boxxx33]

So the only qualification for Spike is to be an actor with a photo of you smoking a cig?

[AsSeenOnTV0893]

Bruce Willis is the only acceptable suggestion of this whole clip and I have to agree with @zettatrigger about Ed.

Besides, anime/animation to live action usually never turns out well. Remember Dragon Ball?

[merloon]

I've always been a bit partial to the idea of Lucy Liu as Faye, or maybe Grace Park. Faye WAS born and raised in Singapore, after all...

For Julia, I'd go back in time to 1995 and get Kathleen Turner.

[OfDragonEarth]

why in the hell are they basterdising a peice of art like cowboybebop

[LeChatNoirDuParis]

Love it! Just wondering who you'd pick for Julia??

[KawaiiKyoKyo]

BRUCE WILLIS!!

[blastvortex]

bah! youtube borked my post. you can read that right?

anyway, to clarify, Punch and Judy were the bounty hunter show ("how y'all doing!?"); Antonio, Carlos, and Jobim are the three old coots (you know who i mean); Andy is the cowboy gone samurai (Spike's "other" rival); Doohan is that guy that sometimes tunes up the Swordfish II; and lastly, Bob is that ISSP cop that Jet sometimes gets info from

[blastvortex]

Spike: Keanu Reeves Jet: Bruce Willis Faye: Christina Ricci Ed: dunno, but tan and nuts. and tan too... Ein: a Welsh Corgi (duh) Julia: Julia Roberts or Gwyneth Paltrow Vicious: Paul Bettany Punch and Judy: Mike Epps and Erika Eleniak (yup, seriously) Antonio, Carlos, and Jobim: Tracey Walter, Eugenio González Derbez, and Bill Murray Bob (ISSP cop): Gary Oldman? Andy von de Oniyate: Dan Shor Doohan: Dustin Hoffman I so would've loved Richard Pryor for Punch. *sniff* So perfect...

[pockEclipse]

@blastvortex i agree about richard pryor... man, that would've been spot on...

[scl8114515]

bruce willis as jet hands down

[deathwolf4]

Now that I think about, Spike might just be to awesome for any well known actors to play as.

[GinushJan]

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH for Spike Spigel!!

[pockEclipse]

@GinushJan y'know, i think he's the best suggestion i've seen so far.

[whitetigergod01]

Spike: someone different than the ones shown

Jet: Bruce Willis

Faye: needs to be bustier than Christina Ricci and needs to match better

Ed: get someone different and needs to be tanned and crazy

Julia: needs to be someone with a good sized bust and long blonde hair with attitude to match

Vicious: Paul Bettany

[viceiceman85]

Everyone is good except the guy playing Spike...that guy is a total wuss!

[MrPawnman99]

I think Joseph Gordon Levitt would make a better Spike than Keanu...but I think Josh Hartnett might be a plausible choice as will. I think Bruce Willis is the clear winner for Jet. What about Natalie Portman as Faye?

[Biderbeck]

good picks i feel bruce is better for Jet tho i fear he isn't tall enough

[hybridsilver21]

But who's going to play ein?

[bladerj]

is vicious the same guy from hellboy 2 ? i though the prince was perfect for vicious.

[danielamin]

I like this one better. No Gerard Butler, though.

[HeWhoAnimates]

...wait I thought Ed was tanned/ brown skinned. If JGL can Kung-fu he's got it.

[FromHellcords]

Paul as Vicious...Perfect!

[Clickykid]

wheres Ein?!?!

[zettatrigger]

why is ed white?



[brucelee6790]

lol these bebop castings are hilarious

[wtfpwnz0red]

I think Reeves is a better choice for Spike. Levitt isn't quite old enough i think. Willis is freaking perfect as Jet though. Couldn't have picked somebody whose look fits the character better. I think Ricci fits Faye's highly sexualized image, and Chloe or the Fanning kid could work pretty well for Edward.

Overall great job

[Texaswolf88]

You did a good job!

[MrVincentGoldman]

and this is why anime should stay as anime kids!

[Bradgilliswhammyman]

Western audiences aren't ready for Sephiroth on the big screen, they would think it is their kid's video game. Only diehard anime fans would see this, which may be enough but I would actively avoid opening night, every amatuer cosplayer would be dresssing up. It either robs you of any pretentions of dignity or you just embrace it and give Jet a hug, he deserves it :P. Plus a movie would butcher the nuance and poignancy of this anime. No actor can do spike justice

[Spazticle11]

@Bradgilliswhammyman YOU, sir, are a genius

[CoolJBlackwell]

WINNING!

[CoolJBlackwell]

either you are creating fake accounts to make you self look good or these are some of your fag or dike friends. It won't work, I got rid of them. I'm betting you are as dumb as you look.

[khrisliles]

Convinced to like this video simply due to the troll infestation lol. :) But Bruce seems to be a better Jet.

[shikamaru317]

Just commented on your ealier casting choices. Since Keanu Reeves is already cast, J Gordon as Spike seems pretty superfluous, besides, I remember him being really short on 3rd Rock, even in the last season when he was an adult, too short to play Spike. Of course I haven't seen him act in anything since 3rd Rock, so who knows if he could pull of the personality of Spike.

[beastmegaman]

ed is black u kno so black actor for ed.

[wolfy2033]

Just so long as Keanu Reeves isn't playing Spike.

[mrcrunchyapplepops]

i hope they take your picks if they make the movie =/ youre spike n vicious are beyond perfect. n the girls are perfect too.

[aPAULcalypse99]

I genuinely hope they never make a live action Cowboy Bebop film, but if they do i think your picks would be awesome. Except for maybe Gerard Butler. I actually think Bruce Willis would do a really good job playing a character like Jet, and not just because he kinda looks like him.

[wdweinfurter]

why do ppl keep insisting on live versions of animes, fuck, ain't one dragon ball bad enough?

[SCRaM01]

Willis is Win.

[silentfishcruise]

@SCRaM01 Thats what i think too!

[Ricky11435]

faye had big boobs in the anime duh i watched it many times over the years and i don't think bruce willis would be a great choice for jet black not muscular enough gerald butler yeah maybe but who knows.

[silentfishcruise]

@Ricky11435 Yeah.. who knows :-)

[jasonblackwell75]

@silentfishcruise It is about criticism and I'm not your friend faggot or dike,what ever you are. Like I said your a loser who can't take criticism. If you can't take it don't hang with the big dogs.

And stop uploading videos.

[jasonblackwell75]

@silentfishcruise I have a better life then a loser like you that can't take criticism.

You think movie directors get mad when a movie critic gives there movies bad

reviews, no they try to do better. get a life loser.

[jasonblackwell75]

@silentfishcruise your just mad because you make piss poor choices.

[plafin]

I'm sorry but Ed still doesn't sit well with me. The worst part is I don't even have a recommendation, so I'm just one of those people who says they don't like it, while they themselves don't have an idea of how to improve it.....

[silentfishcruise]

@plafin As we say in germany: self-awareness is the first step for betterment ;-)

At least you are not one of those idiots below you, who just throw around the word fuck and shit... :-)

[Mexman75]

I agree with all of those except for Gerald Buttler.....no just no. I like some of his movies but his personality and look doesn't fit like Bruce Willis does

[silentfishcruise]

@Mexman75 Yeah. Butler looks like an idiot with bald head. Hope for his career, he don't looses his hair!

[jasonblackwell75]

And J Gordon Levitt, another poor choice.

[jasonblackwell75]

Christina Ricci, are you fucking kidding?

That's a terrible choice. That's so bad it makes me want to piss myself.

[silentfishcruise]

@jasonblackwell75 So... do it! Have fun with it!

[DNAmgs1]

NICE!!!

[silentfishcruise]

@DNAmgs1 Thanx!!

[zyphernova750]

This is terrible, you have single handedly crapped on Cowboy Bebop

[silentfishcruise]

@zyphernova750 This comment is useless. You have singe handedly shown your not capable of giving constructive criticism

[AlvaroMtnez]

Where is Twilight Fucking Sakura? The best character of the anime.

[silentfishcruise]

@AlvaroMtnez Youre shure youre in the right series?

[LoveMeSuper]

@AlvaroMtnez First of all, it's "Twilight Suzuka". Secondly, you have the wrong anime.

[garganrose]

what about Julia?

[silentfishcruise]

@garganrose What about Gwyneth Paltrow?

[xmentosx]

Dude, how did you MAKE this? I thought I was pretty good with photoshop. This is just awesome. The HAIR... just... wow.

[silentfishcruise]

@xmentosx I just used a wacom bamboo for that :-D But thanx!

[atalasfarted]

oliva munn as fay

[ChainX]

@atalasfarted

Yeah, because she can TOTALLY act...

[kalaong]

Vicious = paul bettany = WIN

You made him look perfectly capable of ripping entire crowds to shreds with a katana.

[silentfishcruise]

@kalaong Thanx!

[necronomicon009]

JGL I'm ok with this. I like him as Spike.

Bruce Willis as Jet still awesome.

Christina Ricci, I take it back.

Chloe...idk

[silentfishcruise]

@necronomicon009 Yeah.. somethings wrong with chloe.

[situationalstudent]

I would kill for a nice Jewish boy to play Spike. Actually. JGL as Spike? Perfect. Actually perfect.

[TheIrieGerman]

@situationalstudent I would prefer a strong, racist anti-semite to play Spike. What the fuck does religion have to do with playing the role? I like JGL better than Keanu for the role too, but who the fuck cares what his religion is? Yea I know his name is Spiegel. Its a German name, not necessarily Jewish. Spiegel means 'mirror' in German, btw. Which reflects upon Spikes character.

[situationalstudent]

@TheIrieGerman I just thought it would fit well with 'Ambiguously Jewish' trope off of TVTropes, not that I actually think that Spike is Jewish.

But, yeah, of course it's a German name. The Ashkenazi are the Germanic Jews, last time I checked. My last name is quite German, but you really cannot get more Ashkenazi than it, either. Oh, it means 'mirror?' Oh, ich habe nicth gewusst! Wirklich! It's not like German is my second language, or anything. Yeah, German, not Yiddish.

[situationalstudent]

@situationalstudent *nicht

[TheIrieGerman]

@situationalstudent Fer sure. Im German(obviously), and also a History Major. Glad you at least know what your talking about, unlike everyone else on the internet. Tchuss, space cowboy.

[TheIrieGerman]

@TheIrieGerman *Tschuss

[silentfishcruise]

@TheIrieGerman Calm down guys.

[demorien]

JGL as Spike? I actually like this, I like this very much :D

[silentfishcruise]

@demorien Me too!

[UnknownSlytistik]

Ed needs to be darker to be like the anime >.< Great cast Eitherway Bruce would be a cool Jet

[silentfishcruise]

@UnknownSlytistik Thanx. Suggestions for Ed?

[UndeadHermit]

Not feeling Levitt as spike.

[silentfishcruise]

@UndeadHermit Your feeling is wrong ;)

[HAZFRAME]

Joseph Gordon Levitt? really....he's so small and un-badass like

[plasma4ce]

@HAZFRAME Thankyouuuuuuu. I know there b hate for reeves but damn....not levitt

[silentfishcruise]

@HAZFRAME You guys haven't seen badass "hesher"

[ellenripleyfan]

I absolutely love it

Bruce Willis looks great as Jet, even though he's almost twice Jet's age. 

[silentfishcruise]

@ellenripleyfan Yeah. Thats true :-(

[shongrocks1622]

edward shud be brown.. just saying..

[silentfishcruise]

@shongrocks1622 Oh... right... now that you mention it. In those 400 comments never ever complained about her skin color... oh wait... it seems... everybody did!

[CDiffer89]

Gerrard butler would be brilliant as jet. but he is from paisley. so not sure if he seen bebop :P

and everyone keeps having shite guess's for radical edward, it has to be a adolescent girl that looks like a boy.... so.. itll probably have to be some unknown. or silver screen actor.

[silentfishcruise]

@CDiffer89 Probably

[zmanx2111]

Who is watching this in 2012

[silentfishcruise]

@zmanx2111 I don't think it will come this year?!

[KillerKrieg]

Eh, sorry but Paul Bettany(as great as he usually is) isn't right at all for Vicious, the nose is too wide and he's simply not "pretty" enough to be Vicious, Vicious kind of had that thing going on. I don't know why, but I also can't really feel Christina Ricci as Faye. Not that's she's not pretty, just something about her doesn't quite work for Faye.

[silentfishcruise]

@KillerKrieg How about some suggestions?

[KillerKrieg]

Oh my gosh. JGL as Spike. YES. FUCKING WIN.

[silentfishcruise]

@KillerKrieg Thanx!

[gcastellanos02]

Bullseye with spike this time. And theres no one better than bruce willis at this point. He is perfect jet material

[silentfishcruise]

@gcastellanos02 Thanx man!

[blackeroni]

Eds not fucking and white and neither is faye

[pinkusensei]

@blackeroni Then who would you suggest for Faye? Bai Ling would have been perfect for Faye--15 years ago.  How about Amy Okuda of The Guild?

[silentfishcruise]

@blackeroni You should wear glasses and wash your dirty mouth!

[skyethe21]

who's julia?

[silentfishcruise]

@skyethe21 Gwyneth Paltrow! :-)

[artstop]

I'm with you, J. Gordon Levitt would be great. I'm not mad about Christina Ricci as Faye. What about Zoey Deschanel? 

[Alargator]

Ehh, Gerald Butler is way too skinny and trim. Bruce Willis is kind of stocky. I think he makes more sense, and I like his wry sense of humor.

[LunariKitsune]

I like Bruse Willis and Chloe Moretz better for the rolls of Jet and Radical Edward.

[Kidprodigy07]

Adrian Brody would also be a perfect Spike

[Kidprodigy07]

Gosling, Levitt and Reeves could each play Spike a different way but each would be good if you ask me.

Bruce Willis would be perfect for Jet

On the fence about Ricci as Faye

Moretz would be great as Ed

Bettany would be a great Vicious

[rbear1231]

who was that guy playing viciouse?

i like bruce as jet

reeves NO NO NO with him its auto fail

[theHardyMonster]

GORDON LEVITT!!!!!! Ewwwww hell no, that would be absolutely horrible. You have to be at least 6'0 to ride this ride......oh and be able to act, I'm talking to you Reeves.

[JamesEyeView]

So I love how this is a Japanese anime and the entire cast is white. I'm done, much rather watch the cartoon

[LunarpowerCKP]

@JamesEyeView

The show is Japanese, I'm pretty sure the people in it are western o-o None of the characters in Cowboy Bebop really look Asian. Though from what I see, this movie will be a disaster. The Death Note life action movies were really the only good live action movies I've seen from an anime.

[rbear1231]

@JamesEyeView well i think the idea was it was so far in the future that all 'races' have mixed, remeber spike was chinise triade. so i always thought as u cant register people as white black etc. true they do have a mix in several episods but i personaly just took it as, everyone mixed dont force color. thats just me

[MsGeek703]

No. Absolutely no way. If you don't have Samuel L. Jackson for Jet, it's totally friggin wrong.

[silentfishcruise]

@MsGeek703 Man.. you guys REEALLLY need some glasses. Just because he has an black voice actor... doesn't mean Jet is BLACK!

[diana132980]

Still don't like the actress for Ed D:

[silentfishcruise]

@diana132980 Suggestions?

[ObsidianNyx]

Christina would be a horrid Faye,imo. Too short, not sexy, and has a big forehead.

Bruce on the other hand looked perfect for Jet.

[rbear1231]

@ObsidianNyx actually faye had a big forhead it was just covered by that red head thing she wears.

[silentfishcruise]

@ObsidianNyx Thanx. Its true: Ricci is short. But you know... the actor for Hagrid in Harry Potter isn't that big in real life! ;)

[WolfKissesStudios]

Who plays Ein?

[silentfishcruise]

@WolfKissesStudios Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[phostex]

Spike: Ryan Gosling (The smirk)

Jet: Chris Maloney (the glower)

Faye: Kat Dennings (the eye-roll)

Ed: Taimane Gardner (look her up)

[silentfishcruise]

@phostex Taimane Gardner .. is too old. dontcha think? i Know. Chloe is too.. but I'm not okay with all of these choices.

Kat Dennings has a way to narrow face. Maloney is not that bad idea.