Julia.... Whoa....

[essentialsaltes]

New Cowboy Bebop Movie = YAY!
New Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Movie = Er, yay?
New Live Action Cowboy Bebop Movie with Keanu as Spike = Fuckin' predictable. Crap.

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[therrin.livejournal.com]

I really really want to hate this casting choice.

But...when you think about it, if he can show just a little bit more emotion than he does in basically every other movie* he actually can probably hit the part pretty well.

...except well, Christian Bale would do the part infinitely better.


*Ok, so it's probably hopeless.

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Spike is quiet and (usually) not very emotional, but I'd say he's more complex & subtle than Keanu can muster. Really it depends on what kind of 'episode' they're going to turn into a film. Straight up action, Keanu can probably do fine. But Cowboy Bebop occasionally aspired to much more, and succeeded. I have my doubts whether Keanu can match it.