John Cho is quite probably the last actor on earth I'd cast as Spike.
Spike is tall, lanky and young, he is effortlessly cool but also very obviously kind of a loser. John Cho can't do any of those things right.
There's two young actors today that'd be perfect for the role, Lakeith Stanfield and Bill Skarsgard.
But if the reason is "you have to cast an Asian guy as Spike" then at least choose a Japanese actor, not a Korean one.
Jet was good, both the actor and character.
The change in Faye and Julia's characters feels like anything that's wrong with adaptations. Apparently there's only one way to write female characters nowadays.
Wish Watanabe was as hands on on this as Oda's been on One Piece.
And I especially wish only people who loved the source material AS IT IS could adapt it.
Spike is tall, lanky and young, he is effortlessly cool but also very obviously kind of a loser. John Cho can't do any of those things right.
There's two young actors today that'd be perfect for the role, Lakeith Stanfield and Bill Skarsgard.
But if the reason is "you have to cast an Asian guy as Spike" then at least choose a Japanese actor, not a Korean one.
Jet was good, both the actor and character.
The change in Faye and Julia's characters feels like anything that's wrong with adaptations. Apparently there's only one way to write female characters nowadays.
Wish Watanabe was as hands on on this as Oda's been on One Piece.
And I especially wish only people who loved the source material AS IT IS could adapt it.