{"id":1497379,"date":"2021-11-22T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/22796817\/cowboy-bebop-john-cho-tv-movies"},"modified":"2021-11-22T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T19:30:00","slug":"john-chos-taking-whats-his-in-cowboy-bebop","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platogaming.com\/plato-data\/john-chos-taking-whats-his-in-cowboy-bebop\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cho\u2019s taking what\u2019s his in Cowboy Bebop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Something about space brings the most out of John Cho<\/a>. Twelve years ago, Cho should\u2019ve exploded in popularity from the deck of the U.S.S. Enterprise<\/em> as helmsman Hikaru Sulu in J.J. Abrams\u2019 Star Trek,<\/em> the way his co-star Chris Pine has. While it wasn\u2019t his breakout role \u2014 that would be as \u201cJohn (MILF Guy)\u201d in the American Pie<\/em> films, evidence that even with a cheap joke he could steal a scene \u2014 it was such clear evidence that there was so much more<\/em> that he could do in a movie. Sulu, the wry pilot who wasn\u2019t even supposed to be on deck was also<\/em> a badass swordsman? Give us more of that<\/em> guy!<\/p>\n

He was, as would frequently be the case in his career, a supporting character brimming with enough presence to carry a film of his own. Over an astonishingly long career, Cho, who is 49, has been slowly staking out ground for himself, showing new depth at every opportunity. It\u2019s something that makes Cowboy Bebop<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s live-action<\/a> adaptation of an acclaimed animated series, remarkable on its own merits, simply because it is the one place where, finally, John Cho could show the world everything he was capable of at once.<\/p>\n

The John Cho story isn\u2019t a dramatic one, as much as it deserves to be. But it is easily appreciated by anyone who cares to look. While American Pie<\/em> would make him recognizable, the actor would mostly be relegated to thankless bit parts from the late \u201890s until 2002, when he was cast as Steve Choe in director Justin Lin<\/a>\u2019s indie debut Better Luck Tomorrow.<\/em><\/p>\n

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