Anyone else disliked the Netflix Cowboy Beepop live action? What do you think of these casting choices if they decided to remake a good live action?

[Anonymous]

Orlando Bloom as Spike

Chelsea Edmunston as Fae Valentine

Dan Stevens as Vicious

Michael Chiklis as Jet

Ashley Tisdale as Julia

The live action show would go as:

Season 1: Spike's origin story in the Red Dragon crime syndicate

Season 2: Spike leaving the Syndicate

Season 3: Spike meeting Jet and bounty hunting episodes

Season 4: Remake of episodes 1-5 of the anime

Season 5: A couple of anime episodes remade in live actions and the last 2 episodes of the anime.

Thoughts?

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A good alternative choice for Fae would be Mary Elizabeth Winstead in my opinion.

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Also added other casting choices in the comment replies for those interested.

[trumpets310]

Your picks are great. Especially Spike. I thought the casting was fine in the live action, but it was poorly directed

[Asker]

Thanks, I think got the Spike and Vicious actors on point for resemblance except that Orlando Bloom looks much older than he did in that picture though.

For Fae I thought Chelsea was the best pick for her until I noticed the face shape as Fae has a rounder face. But because Fae had a pretty face, big green eyes, full thinnish lips and pointy nose I think Chelsea could play her as she also has those features despite lacking a rounder face shape. Some people view Fae as an Asian girl due to her eyebrows and because Asian girls tend to have rounder faces in general, but due to the other facial features I always pictured her as a white girl.

Several other actresses could also play Fae in my opinion such as Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Audra Van Hees, Jaine Wisener.

[Asker]

Other guys that could play Jet are Dermot Kearney (literally just found this guy looking for Kevin Mcnally) and Kevin Mcnally

[Anonymous]

The choices are very good, but that show was lame.

[RolandCuthbert]

I loved the live-action and was really disappointed when it did not get renewed. The actress who played Faye was awesome.

But your picks aren't bad. I don't think you could get some of these actors, though.

[Asker]

Thanks

[genericname85]

i mean depending on the makeup and visual effects, the characters can probably be quite fitting. Michael Chiklis needs to lose some weight and Dan Stevens is in my opinion the worst match for his role.

[Asker]

Why he's got that serious evil look? Do you have any better suggestions?

[genericname85]

naw i don't know enough actors to sugest a better one. but his general facial structure is just so different. not so much lengthy and skinny.

[Asker]

He could gain weight and grow his hair. I think he looks like him, thought he was the pick that looked like his character the most...

[DrBanana]

I preferred the anime just due to it being a nice work of art.
Live action adaptations are always funny to me they can either do really well or are not that great in the long run.

[Asker]

What do you think of my casting choices?

[DrBanana]

Yeah I could see them playing those characters at a quick glance id still give it a shot

[Asker]

Thanks, which one of my picks do you think I got most on point?

[DrBanana]

Hmmm I’d say spike would be the best pic due to looks alone but for the least maybe vicious but I think it’s due to not having a scowl face in the pic maybe he has a pretty good vicious scowl that I haven’t seen.

[Asker]

Still think he doesn't look like him?

[DrBanana]

First image for sure is a lot better

[Asker]

One of the reasons I think he looks the part is because he can do an evil serious look easily. I've worked with a guy in the military that can look more like Vicious than he does in my opinion (mainly the eye shape) but he's not an actor and I don't want to put people's social media pics on here.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Bad casting choices in my opinion. They don't even look or sound like those characters.

[Asker]

You mean the netflix one? What do you think of my picks for the cast?

[Asker]

I think Dan Stevens has the perfect look to play Vicious, I think he looks like a real-life version of the anime character, I doubt anyone else could look more like Vicious in real life. For Fae I think Chelsea looks like her, or another actress that could play her maybe is Mary Elizabeth Winstead. For Spike I think Orlando looks like him but he's 50 and looks way older than the picture now I think.

[Asker]

[TheSpaceGnome]

No i mean your picks , i haven't seen the netflix adaption.

[Asker]

Oh, but c'mon you can't say Dan Stevens doesn't look like Vicious in real life.

[TheSpaceGnome]

He doesn't tbh.

If you have him a wig he looks closer to spike, but even then its not close enough.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Also I googled the netflix version and wth... they weren't even remotely close..

[Asker]

What about this actor as Jet? (Dermot Kearney) If he was bald and had the same facial hair?

[TheSpaceGnome]

He might work as jet of he shaved his head and styled his beard to match, dunno what he sounds like though.

[Kiran_Yagami]

The live action was dog shit. It wasn't anything like the anime, and felt like it too often went out of its way not to be. That made no sense.

[Asker]

What do you think about my casting choice picks if they tried to make a good live action?

[normalice]

I thought it was great, personally.