Johnny Rico aka Juan Rico was a Filipino in the Original Novel of Starship Troopers

[Bret_Hart]

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if they are planning to remake the movie. They need to hire a Filipino Actor

Anyway Casper Van Diem did a great job as Johnny Rico. And he was promoted to a General in the last movie.

[Bret_Hart]

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