Some time ago, “One Piece” fans started a campaign so that, in the new season of the series in a live-action version of the best-selling manga in Japanese history, the actress Jamie Lee Curtis join the cast, bringing the character of Dr. Kureha to life.
JamieIn fact, she even shared on her Instagram that, as soon as the actors’ strike ended, she would start her own campaign alongside her fans to have her cast in the new episodes.
“Once the AMTPT strike against greed ends with a fair contract, I will lobby alongside the growing fan frenzy to become Dr. Kureha in Netflix’s One Piece series,” Curtis said in the post.
However, it seems that this desire goes beyond the fans and the actress. In a recent interview with Deadline (via Omelete), the showrunner of the live-action film produced by Netflix, Matt Owensrevealed that the “One Piece” team is also interested in having her as Kureha.
“After she won the Oscar, [nós] we sent a figure of Dr. Kureha with a nice note that said, ‘Congratulations on your statue, here’s another one to put next to it. We hope to speak with you soon,’” she recalled.
“When she shared it, it aroused a lot of interest from fans and I commented on the post. We are trying to manifest this. Yes, at this moment, the [SAG-AFTRA, sindicato dos atores de Hollywood] is still on strike, so there have been no real talks. But when, I’m ready. I’ll take you to dinner, we’ll talk about it. We’re going to do all of this because right now we’re writing for her — we really want her to come play with us in season two.”
The second season of “One Piece” was officially confirmed last month, however, some time before, Marty AdelsteinCEO of Tomorrow Studios, producer of the live-action film, had already revealed to Variety that the scripts for the second year of production were already ready.
“Realistically, I would expect it to be a year from now if we move very quickly, and that is a possibility. Maybe in a year to 18 months we could be ready to go live,” she said.
Remember the trailer for the first season!
Source: Recreio
