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Bad news. Turns out Jamie Lee Curtis won’t be a part of season two of Netflix’s live-action One Piece after all.
In a recent interview, Tomorrow Studios president Becky Clements confirmed that Curtis won’t be a part of the upcoming season of One Piece as Doctor Kureha, despite the back-and-forth social media interaction between her and the showrunners all but confirming her involvement.
“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,” Clements told Deadline. “She definitely wanted to do it but she’s got deals in first position, and it just became complicated.”
Curtis has made it no secret that she’s a huge One Piece fan. During a 2016 Q&A segment at San Diego Comic-Con, she surprised conventiongoers by revealing that if she were to become any character in TV she’d want to be the Straw Hat’s resident archaeologist Nico Robin. Mind you, this was years before Netflix’s Live-Action One Piece series became a thing.
Subsequently, Curtis also said her favourite character is Chopper — a character who would’ve been introduced alongside her had she been cast as Doctor Kureha. This news stings particularly hard for One Piece fans considering showrunner Matt Owens said they were “writing [the character] for her” in a previous interview.
In lieu of Curtis not being in One Piece Season 2, Clements did confirm that the show has “found an amazing person” for its Kureha. No word yet on who will be playing the good doctor, however.
When Marcus is not trying to full combo a song on his favourite rhythm games, he’s either reading or watching some obscure Japanese mystery show/novel. Don’t ask him how much his Arkham Horror collection costs either, it’s his most closely guarded secret.
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