Summary

Jamie Lee Curtis won’t be in One Piece Season 2 due to scheduling conflicts, disappointing fans.
Netflix has found a new Dr. Kureha for Season 2, moving quickly with the casting process.
Over 1000 people are working on One Piece Season 2, ensuring a high level of creativity and dedication.

One Piece fans have had their dreams of a fan-casting crushed by a new update on the Netflix live-action adaption’s Season 2, which has revealed that Jamie Lee Curtis will not be taking on the role of Dr Kureha. While there was never any kind of confirmation that Curtis would be joining the show on its second voyage, the actress’ love of the show, and fans being able to see no one but her in the role had raised hopes of the ideal casting actually coming together.

In a new update from executive producer Becky Clements, it appears that there was just no way to make scheduling work for the in-demand actress, who appears in the upcoming adaptation of Borderlands and is currently filming a sequel to Freaky Friday. Speaking with Deadline, Clements said of Curtis’ lack of 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. She definitely wanted to do it but she’s got deals in first position, and it just became complicated. We have found an amazing person.”

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The news that the show has seemingly already cast its Dr. Kureha suggests that things are moving pretty fast with the second season, and that means it probably won’t be too long until Netflix reveals more about the new additions to the cast, as well as when we can expect to see the new episodes arrive on the platform.

One Piece’s Second Season Has Over 1000 People Working on It

When it comes to a show on the scale of One Piece, there are many people behind the scenes ensuring that everything comes together in the best possible way. This means a huge team working simultaneously on the project in order to keep everything shipshape. Clements enthused about the work that is going into the next chapter in One Piece’s story, saying:

“This group here is incredible across the board, these actors, the production designers, the stunt team, the VFX team, the AD team alone, the things they have to balance. We typically prep and shoot multiple episodes at the same time so you often have two units going; the way you have to split your actors and your stunts teams. We are building sets on stage, we’re also on location quite a bit.
I think we’re between 900 and 1,200 people strong, and the level of creativity and professionalism in wardrobe, hair and makeup, Jaco [Snyman], our prosthetics person, it’s inspiring. These people are some of the best I’ve ever worked with. And this IP, Oda’s brain is so fertile and unique that everyone is invigorated every day of like, How are we going to do this, and folks who’ve been at this for awhile, you can just feel the almost childlike excitement about trying to pull it off.”

Related Netflix’s One Piece: The 15 Best Quotes of Season One Netflix’s One Piece Season One is full of quotable life lessons and hilarious remarks passed by various characters throughout the season.

Fans who were hoping to see Curtis becoming part of the excitement will be sorely disappointed at the news she will be unable to join the crew for Season 2. However, as previously mentioned, the actress will soon appear in another big-budget series Borderlands, in which she stars with another cinema icon, Cate Blanchett, along with Jack Black, Ariana Greenblatt, Kevin Hart, and Gina Gershon. You can check out the trailer for that series below, and expect to hear more about the next season of One Piece soon.

Season 1 of
One Piece
is available to stream now on Netflix.

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