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Aug 12, 2023

One Piece Live Action Cast: Who Plays The Real Life Straw Hat Pirates?

As the leader of the Straw Hat Pirates, his live-action counterpart embodies his exact persona. Iñaki Godoy plays Monkey D. Luffy. He revealed in an interview with Teen Vogue that he got the part by

As the leader of the Straw Hat Pirates, his live-action counterpart embodies his exact persona. Iñaki Godoy plays Monkey D. Luffy. He revealed in an interview with Teen Vogue that he got the part by being funny. “I didn’t get to meet with Oda during the audition process. I did get to meet him later down the line, and I remember I asked him that question, like, ‘Why me? Why did you like me?’. And he said that I made him laugh in my audition,” he recalled.

In an interview with Games Radar, he talked about all the pressure he felt when making the live-action series. “There is a big responsibility to honor the work of more than 20 years of a man, you know? He’s been writing this since he was 17. Not only just honor Mr. Oda, but honor the anime too. Mayumi Tanaka, she has been performing this character for so long. And the way they’ve been doing the anime for so long too, and there are so many people who have grown up with Luffy, and the Straw Hats and the world of One Piece. So you want to respect that, and you want to honor that.”

He continued, “But if there’s one thing that I have learned from One Piece, it’s that even though things are challenging, you have to find a way to have fun. So yeah, there was a lot of pressure, there was a lot of anxieties, but there was also a lot of fun! And there was a lot of love. And just like any adventure, it was exciting. You know, I was so excited to get to be a part of something this massive and so incredible, and it’s an exciting adventure.”