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December 17, 2008
Keanu Reeves Takes on Cowboy Bebop? Say it Ain't So ...
Good lord. Word over on the MTV Movies Blog is that Keanu Reeves is trying to do a big-screen adaptation of one of my favorite anime series, Cowboy Bebop. Can someone please invoke whatever movie gods may be listening to protect the marvelous role of Spike Spiegel from being butchered by Reeve's one-note, one-facial expression acting style? Yes, I get that Reeves has the look for the part, and I actually quite liked him in the Matrix series, but please, could we have an actor who can bring some nuance to this role and not cast it just on physical appearance?
I realize this is all wishful thinking on my part. Larry Carroll, in his post about Reeves' interest in the part, notes, "The flick is currently being put together by Erwin Stoff, a producer who has spent the last two decades working almost exclusively on Reeves projects, and recently set the film up at 20th Century Fox. “We’ve got the rights, we’ve got a writer,” Keanu explained. “He’s putting together a scene outline.”
Reeves further notes that to make Cowboy Bebop look great "you just need a good production designer." Well, that, and a lead actor who can actually act. I'm having Johnny Mnemonic flashbacks here, people, and it's terrifying. Somebody help the folks at Fox out with some better casting ideas.
Posted by kvoynar at December 17, 2008 03:05 PM
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