As we await news on additional cast for season 2 of the ONE PIECE live-action, there is one actor we already know will not be joining, and that’s Jamie Lee Curtis as Doctor Kureha. In an interview with Deadline, the president of Tomorrow Studios and one of the show’s executive producers, Becky Clements, said that the actress will unfortunately not be able to join due to scheduling conflicts.
“She loves the show. She has too many films and TV shows that she’s going into production on so our production dates aren’t going to work. She definitely wanted to do it, but she’s got deals in first position, and it just became complicated.” – Becky Clements, President of Tomorrow Studios
She also said that they already found an amazing person for the role. Jamie Lee Curtis had previously openly expressed her wish to play Doctor Kureha in the live-action, as both she and her daughter are fans of ONE PIECE.
We may learn who it is soon, as Eiichiro Oda’s latest message teased that more cast will be revealed in the following 3 days (August 21-23). Don’t forget that we still don’t know what they will do with Chopper or who will voice big names like Vivy and Robin. The sequel is set to cover Drum Island, so Ace might also appear at the end (he appears right as the Straw Hats depart for Alabasta).
The live-action series has Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Luke Cage) and Steven Maeda (The X-Files, CSI: Miami, Lost) serving as writers, executive producers, and showrunners. The creator, Eiichiro Oda, is also among the show’s executive producers. We also got the chance to interview the Director of Photography for the first 2 episodes, Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, and we talked a bit about the production, cast, staff, challenges, fun and more. Check out the full interview for more.
The first season made its debut on August 31, and it topped Netflix’s global English TV Ranking with 18.5 million total views, 140.1 million hours viewed and an average runtime of 7:34 hours. It kept its top spot in the 2nd week as well, marking a huge success for the adaptation. The producers previously said that the sequel’s production could last between 12 to 18 months after the SAG-AFTRA strike ended. The strike ended on November 9, 2023.
Source: Deadline
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