Netflix’s Live-Action One Piece Series Reveals Casting For Six Major East Blue Saga Roles
Spencer Baculi
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Netflix’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s iconic One Piece has revealed that it has added six new actors to its cast, all of whom will be portraying major characters from the series’ opening story arcs.
Source: One Piece Chapter 81 “Tears” (1999), Shueisha. Words and art by Eiichiro Oda.
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As revealed by Variety on March 8th, the latest additions to the cast of Netflix’s One Piece will appear in the upcoming production as a variety of notable supporting and enemy characters from across the original manga’s East Blue Saga, which begins with Luffy’s casting off from Foosha Village on his quest to become Pirate King and ends with the Straw Hat Crew’s confrontation with Smoker and Tashigi in Loguetown.
Source: One Piece Chapter 98 “Dark Clouds” (1999), Shueisha. Words and art by Eiichiro Oda.
According to the trade news outlet, new additions to the cast include Vincent Regan (300, Resurrection) as Luffy’s grandfather, Marine Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp:
Source: Resurrection (2021), Discovery Plus
Ilia Isorelýs Paulino (The Sex Lives of College Girls) as the Alvida Pirates’ eponymous captain:
Source: The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 1 Episode 1 “Welcome to Essex” (2021), HBO
Transgender actor Morgan Davies (The End, Evil Dead Rise) as the Alvida-Pirates-slave-turned-eventual-Marine-Captain Koby:
Source: The End Season 1 Episode 8 “Metastasized” (2020), Showtime
Aidan Scott (Abraham Lincoln (2022)) as the spoiled son of “Axe-Hand” Morgan, Helmeppo:
Source: Abraham Lincoln (2022), History
Jeff Ward (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as the series’ ever-present, discombobulated antagonist Buggy The Clown:
Source: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 7 Episode 7 “The Totally Excellent Adventures of Mack and The D” (2020), Marvel Entertainment
And McKinley Belcher III (Ozark) as One Piece’s first major villain, the Fishman Pirate Arlong:
Source: Ozark | Official Trailer (2017), Netflix YouTube
Netflix would quickly the confirm casting sharing the castings to Twitter while writing, “the ship is ready to set sail! meet the newest additions to the cast of ONE PIECE.”
Source: Netflix Geeked Twitter
These newcomers will join previously announced cast members Iñaki Godoy (Luffy), Mackenyu (Zoro), Emily Rudd (Nami), Jacob Romero Gibson (Usopp) and Taz Skylar (Sanji) to bring the opening chapters of One Piece to life.
An alleged leaked script exclusively provided to Bounding Into Comics in early 2020 suggests that the first episode of the live-action adaptation will closely follow the One Piece anime while also expanding on scenes from Zoro’s past only hinted at in the manga.
Source: One Piece Chapter 99 “Luffy Died” (1999), Shueisha. Words and art by Eiichiro Oda.
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