In an Instagram video that even Faye Valentine herself would be proud of, Daniella Pineda "apologized" to fans who wouldn't stop taking shots at her body or the costume she'll wear in the upcoming Cowboy Bebop Netflix series.
Just last week, the live-action Cowboy Bebop series revealed its first look at the cast in their costumes adapted from the original anime. While there's always the usual back-and-forth amongst fans when it comes to projects like the live-action Bebop, some folks got particularly nasty over Faye's costume and made bizarre complaints about how they felt Pineda's actual body should look. Taking to Instagram, the actor shared her hilarious response to those out there who just don't quite seem to get how bodies work.
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"First, I wanted to apologize to the fans that I did not anatomically match the Faye Valentine character," Pineda says. "Six-foot, double-D sized breasts, two-inch waist. You know, they looked everywhere for that woman, and they couldn't find her. It's kind of weird. So they just went with my short ass."
Pineda continued by joking that there was talk of putting her "in a time machine" and giving her "different parents so she would have different genetic information" that would make her body look more like Faye's. She also addressed the anger over her costume, stressing how miserably impractical a perfect anime recreation would be, "Doing stunts in tissue paper, things disappear, they rip, sometimes [they] just got lost."
The outfit Daniella Pineda wears for her role as Faye is probably the biggest departure from the original design amongst the cast, but given that it does look like actual tissue paper and Faye really moves, it makes sense for a woman in a live-action adaption. Faye is a character that has always been in control of her sexuality, often using it to her advantage in the anime, but animated Faye doesn't have to worry about costume hiccups when she's crawling over car seats with giant guns.
The other conversations around Faye's outfit and her ability to express her sexuality are far more complicated, but ultimately, it's demeaning to Pineda that we're here. Our features editor Stacey Henley explains as much in her piece, providing important context around why some women may feel conflicted in the debate.
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