John Cho Will Star In Netflix's Cowboy Bebop

Cho will play the leading role as Spike Spiegel in the series based on the popular anime about a crew of bounty hunters in space. The casting of an actor of Asian descent in the project brought a sigh of relief among people who've called for more diversity in casting. Hollywood has been accused of whitewashing Asian characters with white actors. Cho, who is Korean American, was the subject of a social media meme in 2016 called #StarringJohnCho that showed what major films would look like if they cast Asian and Asian-American actors like Cho in lead roles instead.