The live-action adaptation of One Piece launched this 12 months to essential and business success, rapidly climbing to turn out to be certainly one of Netflix’s most-watched reveals of the 12 months. Praise was given to the solid of the present as most followers felt that the actors embodied their manga counterparts extraordinarily effectively, particularly within the case of lead Iñaki Godoy who performs Monkey D. Luffy. According to Netflix, casting Luffy was probably the most troublesome casting challenges ever.
Speaking throughout a Q3 earnings name, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos talked concerning the live-action One Piece and the challenges of discovering the correct actor to play Luffy on the present. Given the character’s energetic and comical nature, casting Luffy was at all times going to be a tall order however they appeared to have struck gold with Godoy.
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Sarandos spoke about casting Luffy and the way they discovered Iñaki Godoy:
“One of probably the most troublesome casting challenges within the historical past of our unique programming was who’s gonna play Monkey D. Luffy? [Godoy] was proper below our nostril, proper in our expertise household. We found him a pair years in the past and had him on this nice present, a Mexican collection referred to as Who Killed Sara? And then we had been in a position to solid him on this, and now he’s a world famous person.”
In our overview for the collection, we praised your entire Straw Hat Pirates solid and talked about Godoy’s Luffy as effectively: “As for the primary Straw Hat Pirates, that is the best ensemble of actors to ever painting their anime counterparts in a live-action adaptation. Iñaki Godoy merely embodies the beliefs and magnetic optimism of Luffy completely.”
Season 2 of One Piece has already been greenlit and the showrunners are aiming to solid Jamie Lee Curtis within the subsequent season. Make certain you additionally take a look at our unique interview with Steven John Ward, the actor behind Dracule Mihawk.
One Piece is presently accessible to stream on Netflix.
Source: Netflix
