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lean, he wasn’t beefed up but yeah, certainly the Hollywood expectations for the male physique have really changed.
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I want to be believable and it wasn’t like a superhero part, so I felt that I had to have a functional-looking physique. Photo: Netflix How much training did you take to look the part? And what is your take on Hollywood’s expectations for leading men to look a certain way?Ĭho: I had to lose 110 pounds to play Spike. It was a fun show, so it’s fun to be a character on that show, and I hope that people will really, kind of lose themselves and get a kick out of all the hard work that we did.īut the biggest joy came from wrapping the show, because it seemed like there were so many things in the world that were trying to stop us from finishing it, like COVID and all of these things, and it’s like, “We did it!” It is the most rewarding experience I think I’ve had working on anything. But mostly, I’d say there were a lot of joys. The boot camp was really really intense, it was really rewarding. This was the most challenging shoot, challenging project that I’ve ever been a part of, primarily due to the training. Pineda: Yeah, I think that there were mostly mostly joys. To be able to play in a world that’s so fun and rich and interesting, there were lots of like, pinch yourself moments throughout the course of the season for me. The joys for me is just walking onto sets that were so fully imagined and to see something come to life, is really magical. Photo: Netflix What are the joys and challenges in bringing Cowboy Bebop to life?Ĭho: The biggest challenge, I’m gonna guess for the three of us, is just going to boot camp and learning all the skills required to pull off these fight scenes.