Numerous sources have confirmed that Hollywood Hot-shot Viggo Mortenson will play Spike Spiegel in a live adaptation of the anime classic Cowboy Bebop.
Peter Jackson was set to direct the film. "I've always loved Cowboy Bebop," he said. "And of course I've worked with Viggo before. His wide resume I think prepared him well for this role."
When Mortenson was asked for his thoughts on playing the bounty hunter of animated fame, he said "I feel like my roles in History of Violence and Eastern Promises prepared me especially for the role because I shot a lot of guns in those."
Other actors set to star in the film are Catherine Zeta Jones as Faye Valentine, Samuel L. Jackson as Jet, and Gary Coleman as Ed.
