
Of course, everything was also on paper at the time. They would simply “get an explanation of what was going on in that episode.” Billingslea added that the cast “didn’t see the whole series” before recording. “I just thought I’m playing a cowboy would talk with a Far West cowboy accent.” But his colleagues convinced him to use his normal voice with a slight tweak, which would go on to eventually become Jet Black’s English voice. “I didn’t know what it was in the beginning,” Billingslea admitted. A fan asked when Billingslea realised that Bebop became a cult classic. The discussion inevitably moved on to the elephant in the room Cowboy Bebop. make decisions and voice actors have to go with them as they are made.” Image credit – Cowboy Bebop “It was disappointing,” confessed the voice actor, “but it happens a lot in this business.” He added that “you have to move on. Referring to his character, the voice actor “thought it was really cool to have a gun for an arm I would love to have a gun for an arm.”įollowing up, a fan asked Billingslea how he felt about replacing the entire cast for the remake of Advent Children.
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He was offered a contract to play professional baseball out of high school and then even offered an NFL contract in college. “You’ve been acting a fool your entire life you might as well get paid for it.”īillingslea always saw himself as more of an athlete. He joined FAN EXPO Canada: Limited Edition to talk about his career and the Cowboy Bebop Netflix live-action series.

Among them, Beau Billingslea gave his voice to Jet Black, the iconic captain of the Bebop.
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Of course, none of this would be possible without the voice actors behind the various characters from our favorite shows. From Naruto and One Piece to YuYu Hakusho and Cowboy Bebop, a slew of adaptations inspired an entire generation of otakus. The late 90s saw the birth of great anime.
