Cowboy Bebop's showrunner explained why Daniella Pineda is perfect for the role of Faye Valentine and why they changed her revealing costume.

Showrunner André Nemec spoke to Polygon about all things Cowboy Bebop, detailing how the team behind the anime adaption is bringing the beloved series to life for Netflix. While images of the cast as the iconic characters have received mixed reviews from fans, a certain toxic coalition has latched on Pinea for not properly embodying the cartoonish proportions of Faye Valentine in the animated series. But Nemec knows she's the perfect actor for the role.

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"It became undeniable that she has this incredible effervescence, a quick wit, a wonderful charm, but she also has a kind of take-no-prisoners kick-him-in-the-teeth underbelly to her," Nemec said. "She has a strength and power, even though she doesn’t lead with that power. To me, that was what it meant to capture Faye Valentine."

Obviously, when translating a cartoon into live-action, the real people who play the parts can't always mimic the physical characteristics of their animated counterparts. That's why John Cho's hair as Spike isn't 100% anime accurate. The same is true of Faye, and that even went down to the costume, which was hardly something practical for an adventurer to wear.

"If I never saw Cowboy Bebop, this tells me the story that this woman is a survivor," Nemec said of the costume tweaks for Faye.

Pineda has had plenty of her own thoughts on those fans who wish she looked more like a cartoon. In a video posted to her Stories on Instagram that has since gone viral, the actor hilariously mocked those decrying how she doesn't completely mirror the Faye that they know. "Six foot, double-D sized breasts, two-inch waist [...] they looked everywhere for that woman and couldn’t find her [...] so they went with my short ass," Pineda said.

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Nemec made clear, however, that the team put a lot of effort into recreating as much of the anime as possible. From Spike's suit to the outfits Jet and Faye wear.

"We probably went through 50 different blues to find the blue of that suit that was the right fabric," Nemec said. "And we did that every single character. We figured out Jet’s costume and what was going to feel right on Mustafa [Shakir], to figure out how that arm would work. We did it with Daniella, put her in a dozen different designs, tweaked them a dozen different times until we landed on the one that felt like it was telling the story of that character in the best way possible for us."

Cowboy Bebop premieres Nov. 19 on Netflix.

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