Played by Taz Skylar, Sanji in the One Piece Live-Action had a most emphatic introduction when he beat up Captain Fullbody for creating a ruckus in the Baratie. Episode 5 featured a few kicks that Skylar had to pull off by himself. However, as the series progressed, the stunts almost took him to his breaking point.
The season finale had the most takes on Sanji’s fighting skills. Competing with Zoro, played by Mackenyu, the sous chef tried to defeat as many Fishmen as possible with his series of kicks. Skylar had to recreate Joue Shoot, Mutton Shot, and Collier Strike, and completing them became a memorable experience.
Taz Skylar Revealed His Most Memorable Moment From The One Piece Live-Action Set
Skylar is in the limelight for not only the One Piece Live-Action but also for his upcoming crime drama Gassed Up. Acting as the scriptwriter and actor for the role of Dubz, the multifaceted 27-year-old is definitely at the peak of his career.
Ahead of the premiere of Gassed Up at the London Film Festival, Taz Skylar was interviewed by the British Independence Film Awards (BIFA). The discussion moved from the Spanish actor revealing the film that inspired him to pursue acting, Rudy, to the stunts in Netflix’s One Piece Live-Action.
Taz Skylar along with other main cast members underwent hardcore training in South Africa to pull off their own stunts. When asked about a memorable moment from the set of One Piece, Skylar revealed it to be the completion of his last stunt. He was constantly pushed to his limit during the production of the live-action.
“As we were doing the stunts, they kept getting bigger and bigger and I never told anyone that I was nervous about it because if you flinch, then they take you out of the stunt. We had gone so far with it that I was like, ‘Well… I might as well.’ The whole time it kept getting scarier and scarier and everything kept getting more and more injured.”
“By the time we did the last stunt, I didn’t realize it was the last stunt till after it happened. It was like a 20ft jump on a wire across a pool and there was like a kick midair and I landed and they said cut. Then the guy came over to take the shackles and the wires off of my harness and he left one of the shackles on there. When I got back to the tent, I remember taking the shackles off and realizing that was the last time that I had to do a stunt on the show.”
Skylar’s dedication to the One Piece Live-Action has been recognized by a majority of fans. He had to train for almost eight hours to be able to recreate Sanji’s kicks.
Taz Skylar Started Sobbing After Completing His Last Stunt
The One Piece stunts became so elaborate that, by the time it ended, the cast was heavily injured. They became so attached to the show and the ordeal that they had to undergo that Taz Skylar couldn’t hold back his tears. He even called his parents to jokingly claim that he has “survived.”
“I just started sobbing like a little boy man. I was there [in the tent] for like 20 minutes… People would come in and ask me ‘what’s wrong?’ and I’m like ‘I’m alive, I’m okay.’ I called like my mom and dad and I was like ‘I did it’ and they were like ‘did what?’ and I was like ‘I survived.'”
To remember his achievement, Skylar took the shackle that was left with him on the set and used it to make a chain. He now wears it as a piece of jewelry wherever he goes.
