Cowboy Bebop Cast Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions

Hi, I'm John Cho.

Hi, I'm Daniella Pineda.

And this is the Wired

Autocomplete Interview. Autocomplete Interview.

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I feel like at some point you need

to do the hard kung fu zoom-in to John's face,

and he says Jeet Kune Do.

Jeet Kune Do.

[Daniella laughing]

Yes.

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Oh yes, yes.

Who is John Cho?

Yeah, man.

Next.

I don't know.

I'm working on it.

It's in progress.

[John] Who is John Cho's Best friend?

That's a weird one 'cause I'm a grown man.

[group laughing]

Okay.

Who does John Cho relate to?

Who do you relate to, John?

What does that mean?

The fans. I don't know.

You know who, this is a serious answer.

I always say with Cal Penn.

We really have a bond, a professional bond,

in the sense that, like,

we're in a very specific space,

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

I know what it's like to be him,

and he knows what it's like to be me, yeah.

That's a great answer.

What is John Cho

in How I Met Your Mother? How I Met Your Mother?

Oh God, I'm trying to remember

because I've been in over a 100 film

and television

[group laughing]

projects.

I remember I fed Kobe lobster to.

There's some lobster joke there.

I'm sorry, I don't remember.

Well, you've been in so many. How do you remember?

Is Daniella Pineda in Jurassic Park?

I am in Jurassic World.

I would love to be in Jurassic Park the original,

but I was, like, very young,

but I am in the second and third installment

of the new Jurassic World series.

Is Daniella Pineda on social media?

Yes, I am on Instagram @notdaniellapineda.

I mean, we all have burner accounts where we spy on people.

[John laughing] Does Daniella Pineda do comedy?

I haven't done stand-up,

but I was this close when I was first starting out,

and I thought that that was something that was gonna happen,

and now it's sort of a lightweight regret that I have,

but who knows, you never know.

We should do a comedy together.

We should.

Does Daniella Pineda have tattoos?

I do.

I have one large tattoo that I got

in college before I thought about the rest of my life,

and it's huge,

and it's on this arm,

and I'm gonna live with it forever.

It's a Phoenix.

[cardboard smacking]

It be so funny if that just hit the lights.

[John chuckling]

[John] Wait, more?

[John grunting]

What, it is not fair. [Daniella laughing]

What was John Cho?

I mean, what was that?

That John Cho?

[Daniella laughing] What was John Cho?

What was John Cho first movie?

Yellow?

Nice.

What was that?

A coming of age movie

about a bunch of kids who.

Oh man, I'm struggling to remember the plot.

Are you mixing it with American Pie?

Which John Cho was also in.

Yeah and then there was a mom that I wanna.

It was a hot mom.

Oh yeah.

And then we went on a spaceship.

Are you serious?

No. [John laughing]

I was like, really?

That's crazy.

What.

Happened to John Cho?

What happened to John Cho? [Daniella laughing]

[John mumbling]

There's no. It's just what happened to John Cho?

[group laughing]

What the [beep] happened to John Cho?

John Cho is [beep] killing it on a sick hit Netflix show.

[John laughing]

That's what happened to John Cho.

Boom.

What kind of question is that?

Hey, internet.

[Beep] Yeah. Off!

What's up?

What has John Cho- Step off!

Okay?

They're still coming for you John 'cause look.

What has John Cho been in?

What hasn't he been in?

Internet,

know your place. [Daniella laughing]

What has John Cho-

John Cho is been in, okay?

Yeah.

John Cho's been in. [Daniella laughing]

[John laughing]

The next one's just gonna be, what Cho?

What is John Cho. Is.

In Cowboy Bebop?

John Cho is Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop.

Okay, let's go.

Okay.

Here we go.

This is so much easier when it's you

[John grunting] and not me.

Who. Who is Daniella Pineda?

I don't know. She's some chick.

She's on that thing, the yeah.

[John laughing]

I don't know. Right.

Who was Daniella Pineda in The Originals.

Ah, I was Sophie Deveraux in The Originals,

a witch who they killed off mid-season, season one,

and they decided to give me a death where I bled out

of all my orifices.

That is an all-time great character name.

Sophie Deveraux? Sophie Deveraux.

That's a good name.

That's an all-time.

Who does Daniella Pineda remind me of?

Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman.

There could be a lot of greats from the '90s.

Who is Daniella Pineda.

Work for.

In Cowboy Bebop?

Daniella Pineda is Faye Valentine

in the new Cowboy Bebop.

Amen. All right.

Oh, I love it when it's not me and when it's you.

Oh, again?

Oh, wait. This is both of us.

Both of us?

Cowboy Bebop.

What year?

I know this one, 2071?

That's my answer? Are we correct?

[Daniella breathing]

Okay, the day Timothee Chalamet gets his 19th Oscar.

[Daniella laughing]

So true though.

If you want to be on our show, you can be on our show.

I'm just kidding, 34th.

Does Cowboy Bebop have gore?

[John] Have gore?

Yeah.

Cowboy Bebop do have gore.

Yeah, it do have gore.

Much gore.

But not Al Gore, when we needed him.

Does Keanu Reeves like Cowboy Bebop?

I don't know what Keanu Reeves thinks.

I actually do know this

because I met him and I talked.

Oh, that's right. To him about it

and he had a lot of burning questions and yes,

Keanu Reeves loves our show.

Really?! That's confirmed.

Yeah, I talked to him.

Like, we had a moment. [Daniella sighing]

Where was this?

This was in 87eleven, his stunt gym, where we trained.

All right.

Is Ed in Cowboy Bebop live action?

Are we, yes.

Are we allowed? Are we allowed to?

No. No.

Where's Ed? I don't know.

Where's Ed?

Why is it called Cowboy Bebop?

That's a deep question.

That's a layered, layered, layered question.

Bebop is Jet Black's ship.

But it's also derived from the jazz form, Bebop,

which is quintessential to the essence of the show.

And Cowboys are what the bounty hunters

are called in that world.,

but it also does-

Has an influence Spaghetti Western.

The Spaghetti Western genre.

It's almost like how much time do you have?

Because that's a very layered question for our show.

I think we've done it though.

Yeah, we're good. [John laughing]

We're good.

Oh!

I thought after the first one we were done.

No they keep a stack.

But I was incorrect.

Do you see that stack?

Okay.

[group laughing]

Oh, this is good. Are you ready for this?

Is Spike Spiegel a cowboy?

Yes, a cowboy is a slang term for a bounty hunter

in the world of Cowboy Bebop.

So yes, he is.

100%.

Is Spike Spiegel.

[John] In Cowboy Bebop sad.

Oh.

Yeah.

[Daniella laughing]

What is Spike Spiegel ship name?

I guess possessives aren't popular

I just can't say. On the

[Daniella laughing] internet.

The Bebop

or that's Jet's ship?

[Daniella mumbling] The Swordfish. Yeah.

The Swordfish.

The Swordfish.

The Swordfish.

Does Spike Spiegel

have a fake eye? Have a fake eye?

I don't think he has a fake eye.

Oh, hang on a second,

before we get into hot water.

Yeah, before we.

Is there some reference we don't know about?

This is a common misconception

because people mistake Sammy Davis Jr

[Daniella laughing] and Spike Spiegel a lot.

I'm just trying to touch on references that the kids-

[group laughing] Yeah, Sammy Davis Jr.

That resonate with the kids.

They'll be like who the [beep] is that.

What is? What is?

Spike Cowboy Bebop fighting style?

Do you think that we will adopt internet search language?

People would just be like, nice meet you.

Seems like from an evolutionary standpoint,

that's where we're headed.

[John] Yeah.

Jeet Kune Do is his fighting style.

Although he borrows.

He seems like he does whatever he needs

in whatever situation

but Jeet Kune Do.

Oh boy.

Is Faye Valentine immortal?

What?

She was frozen

but that's because of the help of modern technology

but she is by no means immortal.

that would make her like a God,

and she's definitely just a regular lady.

[John] What is Faye Valentine personality?

Fun, scrappy, brassy, marshmallowy on the inside.

Wow, that was concise.

Yeah

And vivid.

I've been with her for quite some time now.

[John] Do Faye?

[Daniella] Do Faye?

Answer the question.

Do Faye?

Do Faye. [group laughing]

Do Faye. Do Faye.

[John] And Spite get together?

No.

No.

No.

Were you sad?

You know, [John laughing]

I was like, could it go there?

But honestly, I feel like if you did that,

fans would be like burning down sets and stuff.

Yeah.

Because it's so like a hard no.

Does Faye. Does Faye.

In Cowboy Bebop use knife?

Yes, I do.

Small little sharp one that fits right in between here.

The internet search language does sound like a sushi chef.

[Daniella laughing]

I will say though,

[John laughing] if you don't speak English,

and then this is what you're putting in,

this is actually really impressive.

Yeah.

If you were a non-English speaker.

So shout out to all my non-English speakers.

Okay.

Is John Cho.

[Daniella laughing]

Apologies but yes. [Daniella mumbling]

Is John Cho a Gemini?

From what people tell me are Gemini traits,

they're all horrible things.

Two-faced liars, all of that.

Yes, it's accurate.

Is John Cho in Cobra Kai?

That's what you call soft racism.

[Daniella laughing]

No. Yeah, no.

I do happen to know the creators of Cobra Kai.

Two of them created Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,

which.

I don't wanna brag.

I was Harold but. [John laughing]

It's kind of a big deal.

So we're joking around here. It could happen.

Yeah and if they have like the hot teacher

that like hooks up with the students

in the season five, let me know.

Is John Cho in New Zealand?

I'm not in New Zealand, correct?

Are we in New Zealand?

No, I am no longer in New Zealand,

but I had a good time, thank you.

Are John Cho? Are John Cho?

Are there multiples of you?

Are John Cho and Kal Penn friends?

We are. I love that guy.

It's legal in California.

So I can say this but as a forever, slight pothead,

your movie was very inspirational to me.

Thank you, thank you for making that movie.

[hand tapping]

It means a lot to me.

I appreciate it.

Give us a moment. [Daniella laughing]

I'm like not kidding.

That was like a very affirming movie.

I think for a lot of people.

Okay.

How Daniella Pineda-

Oh no, I already know where this is going.

How old is Daniella Pineda?

Next question.

How did Daniella Pineda get into acting?

It was on accident.

I was trying to be a writer, director.

Acting was never on the table,

and then acting is something that chased me down

and found me and here I am,

but that was never the intention.

[John] Hmm.

I was not trying to act.

[group laughing]

It just. Starring then finds me.

How.

How to be Daniella Pineda?

[Daniella laughing] I mean.

Care about your education,

care about succeeding

and then couple that with a five milligram sativa

and you'll be good.

[Daniella laughing]

How.

How to cosplay Daniella Pineda?

I don't know if you can cosplay me as a person.

Just copy this.

How to get. What?

Daniella Pineda. What's happening?

Faye haircut.

Oh.

It's a bob.

It's a bob and then dye it purple.

[cardboard creaking]

Alright.

Ooh, these are hows.

How old is John Cho?

I'm 49.

You're 33. 33.

How tall is John Cho?

Five, 10.

There you go.

I'm so into this next question.

How was John Cho's show?

It's good.

[Daniella laughing]

It's good.

I mean, we had our ups and downs,

[Daniella laughing]

but we're here, and it was good.

Yeah.

How many movies has John Cho been in?

Care to name your entire IMDB list?

I'm gonna say 25.

[Producer] How many IMDB credits do you have?

Credits do you have?

I mean, I check every Tuesday.

I like to see, so.

I check my star meter.

I mean, I'm assuming you do the same.

I'm gonna. [John laughing]

I'm gonna guess 75.

[Producer] It's 114.

It's pretty good, pretty good.

Bragging rights.

You know, you don't get to own a condo in Bakersfield

[Daniella laughing]

without putting in the work.

Hey, shout out to Bakersfield.

Yay, we did it! [group clapping]

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