For ikke så længe siden var der snak om, at skaberne af One Piece overvejede Jamie Lee Curtis til rollen som Dr. Kureha i den anden sæson af One Piece, og fans, der holder af skuespillerinden, kunne næsten ikke vente.
Nu kan vi dog bringe den triste nyhed, at Curtis ikke kommer til at spille denne rolle, og nyheden kommer fra showets producer, Becky Clements. I et interview med Deadline sagde hun følgende:
"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."
I det samme interview antyder Clements også, at de nu har givet rollen til en anden, men hun afslører ikke, hvem det er, udover at sige:
"We have found an amazing person."
Hun taler også meget om produktionen af serien:
"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."
I øjeblikket er der ingen udgivelsesdato for den anden sæson af One Piece, men den forventes at blive udgivet på Netflix engang i 2025.