Netflix’s One Piece Finally Reveals Who’s Playing Dr. Kureha

Netflix’s upcoming play of the One Piece live-action bid has yet revealed Dr. Kureha’s actor—and it’s not the hallowed shriek queen (and noted One Piece superfan) Jamie Lee Curtis.

Earlier today, the authoritative One Piece X/Twitter account announced that histrion Katey Sagal—known for her relation arsenic Leela successful Futurama—will articulation the Netflix formed arsenic the no-nonsense Dr. Kurea. Coupled with Sagal’s casting was the uncover that histrion Mark Harelik volition play Chopper’s mentor and chap medic, Dr. Hiriluk.

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Sagal’s casting arsenic Kureha comes aft months of rumors that Curtis would articulation One Piece arsenic the seasoned doctor. In the lead-up to One Piece play two, Curtis adjacent posted a Photoshopped representation of herself arsenic Kureha asking Netflix erstwhile they would ringing her enactment connected societal media. In December, showrunner Matt Owens each but confirmed Curtis’ casting successful a Deadline interview, noting “we really, truly privation her.”

But successful a consequent Deadline interview, Tomorrow Studios president Becky Clements revealed they had to spell successful a antithetic absorption owed to scheduling conflicts.

“She loves the show. She has excessively galore films and TV shows that she’s going into accumulation connected truthful our accumulation dates aren’t going to work,” Clements told Deadline. “She decidedly wanted to bash it but she’s got deals successful archetypal position, and it conscionable became complicated.” Toward the second fractional of that interrogation Clements teased Kureha’s caller casting, saying the amusement had “found an astonishing person” for its Kureha.

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In different related One Piece news, creator Eiichiro Oda shared a lengthy accumulation update connected the show. Key among his musings was the confirmation that the show’s 2nd play would prime up from the events of the archetypal play and the smaller arcs that travel them but would not see the series’ adjacent large arc, Alabasta. This omission suggests that, dissimilar the archetypal season’s breezy retelling of the anime’s large communicative arcs, the 2nd play volition instrumentality its clip mounting sail successful One Piece‘s sub-arcs. That said, Oda reassured long-time fans that Netflix and Tomorrow Studios indispensable get his A-OK connected each nook and cranny of the series.

You tin watercourse play 1 of One Piece connected Netflix now.

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