Emile Hirsch as Speed Racer. Hirsch was chosen over Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shia LaBeouf.[2] To prepare for the role, Hirsch watched every Speed Racer episode and visited Lowe's Motor Speedway, where he met with driver Jimmie Johnson.[3]
John Goodman as Pops Racer, Speed's father.[4]
Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer, Speed's mother.[4]
Christina Ricci as Trixie, Speed's girlfriend. Ricci was chosen over Elisha
Cuthbert and Kate Mara.[2]
Scott Porter as Rex Racer, Speed's older brother.[5]
Matthew Fox as Racer X, Speed's rival.[4]
Nayo Wallace as Minx, Racer X's girlfriend.[6]
Hiroyuki Sanada as Mr. Musha, a businessman.[4]
Rain as Taejo Togokhan,[4] a rookie racer. Rain is a South Korean pop singer who is making his first appearance in a Hollywood film with Speed Racer.[7]
Yu Nan as the sister of Taejo Togokhan.[8]
Richard Roundtree as Ben Burns, a commentator who was formerly a racer.[9]
Benno Fürmann as Inspector Detector.[4]
Roger Allam as Royalton, the corrupt owner of Royalton Industries.[1]
Kick Gurry as Sparky, Speed's mechanic.[4]
Paulie Litt as Spritle, Speed's younger brother.[4]
A chimpanzee as Chim Chim, Spritle's pet.[10] In July 2007, PETA contacted Speed Racer producer Joel Silver about reports that the chimpanzee had been beaten and had also bitten one of the actors and encouraged production to switch to animatronics. A studio spokesperson confirmed that an actor had been bitten, but the actor was treated and the chimpanzee was given a rest. The studio denied to PETA that the chimpanzee had been mistreated, saying that the decision would remain to use live animals in production.[11]
Melvil Poupaud as a race commentator.[12]
Christian Oliver in an unnamed role.[13]
Milka Duno as Gearbox.[14]
Monday, September 24, 2007
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