What role did John Cho play in the new Star Trek movie?”
John Cho portrays a young Sulu for the 2009 film Star Trek. Abrams was concerned about casting a Korean-American as a Japanese-American character, but George Takei explained to the director that Sulu was meant to represent all of Asia on the Enterprise, so Abrams went ahead with Cho. Cho acknowledged being an Asian-American, “there are certain acting roles that you are never going to get, and one of them is playing a cowboy. Playing Sulu is a realization of that dream — going into space.” He cited the masculinity of the character as being important to him, and spent two weeks fight training. Cho suffered an injury to his wrist during filming, although a representative assured it was “no big deal”. James Kyson Lee was interested in the part, but because Zachary Quinto was cast as Spock, the producers of the TV show Heroes did not want to lose another cast member for three months. Cho portrays a younger Sulu in the 2009 film, though he is actually older than Takei was when he portrayed t
New Sulu: John Cho Cast in “Star Trek” Movie Everything is falling into place for J.J. Abrams and the casting of the new “Star Trek” film. Now Sulu is on board in the person of John Cho, star of cult movie favorite “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.” This news according to today’s Hollywood Reporter. George Takei, the original Sulu, has reacted to today’s news by telling STARTREK.COM: “Sulu’s in good hands. John Cho is an exciting actor. I’ve seen Cho in many productions at East West Players and he always brings a vigorous sense of individuality to his roles. Under the leadership of J.J.
After John Cho was cast to play Hikaru Sulu in the new “Star Trek” film, he sat down with George Takei, who originated the role on the television series, to talk about the role. “He was very, very sweet. I was a little nervous and I told him so because he casts a pretty large shadow. And he said, ‘Hey, John, relax, they are going to be calling me the old guy who played John Cho in a few years. So go forward and be cool.’ It put me in the right frame of mind,” Cho says during an interview at the Four Seasons Hotel. Cho has never consider himself a Trekkie, but that did not stop him from recognizing the importance of the original “Star Trek” series the first time he saw the show.
