The One Piece live-action series is what has finally helped fans regain confidence in the fact that anime and manga franchises can be successfully adapted into live televised series and movies.
Furthermore, a major part of the series’ success is played by none other than the cast itself, and in the case of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, he found the perfect actor to play the role of Luffy. We are talking about Iñaki Godoy, a Mexican actor who plays the lead role in the series and has revealed via Teenvogue how he prepared for the role.
Iñaki Godoy Reveals How He Prepared For His Role As Luffy In The One Piece Live-Action Series
In the aforementioned interview, Inaki Godoy revealed how he was not even expecting to land the role at first, as he believed the odds were one in millions. He did eventually end up landing the role, which prompted him to research more about what he was about to get into.
He disclosed how he dived headfirst into figuring out how exactly he was to play the role of the main character in the series, further revealing how he took inspiration from four of the most renowned comedians to ever exist. Godoy derived inspiration from none other than Jim Carrey, Rowan Atkinson, Charlie Chaplin, and Buster Keaton.
Another thing that makes the actor perfect for the role of Luffy is the fact that he was selected by Eiichiro Oda, i.e. the creator of the franchise himself. Furthermore, following in the footsteps of the One Piece Live-Action series, Netflix was prompted to release another series inspired by an anime franchise, which ended up beating the first live-action series itself.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Beats One Piece Live-Action Series In Terms Of Statistics
As stated before, the Avatar live-action series released on Netflix has managed to beat the live-action series supervised by Eiichiro Oda himself. Recorded statistics for both the shows have revealed how Avatar was able to gain nearly the double watch time of One Piece, beating them easily.
This is also something that has got the fan base divided once again, as watchers of both productions have taken to social media platforms such as Twitter to defend their favorite series.
Regardless of the watch time, there is no doubt the production studio was finally able to break the stereotypes revolving around the live-action series with the help of Eiichiro Oda’s supervision and brilliance in writing. It was also the dedicated efforts of the cast that brought the series to life, including Emily Rudd’s refusal for a stunt double, so she could do her own stunts.
One Piece Live-Action series is available to watch on Netflix.
