Charithra Chandran Joins ‘One Piece’ Season 2 at Netflix
Charithra Chandran — who broke out playing Edwina Sharma in the regal Bridgerton drama — is set to board the second season of One Piece, Netflix’s live-action pirate adventure series about a young, superpowered pirate captain who dreams of finding the ultimate treasure.
Chandran becomes a series regular in the role of Miss Wednesday, appearing along previously announced new castmembers Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra and Brendan Sean Murray as Brogy.
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Netflix’s One Piece series is a live-action manga adaptation of a series by Eiichiro Oda about Monkey D. Luffy, a young adventurer who sets off from his small village on a perilous journey to find the legendary fabled treasure, One Piece, and become King of the Pirates while outwitting dangerous rivals at every turn.
The second season ensemble cast also includes Callum Kerr as Smoker, Camrus Johnson as Mr. 5, Clive Russell as Crocus and Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9. The returning cast for One Piece has I?aki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji, Ilia Isorelys Paulino as Alvida, Jeff Ward as Buggy and Michael Dorman as Gold Roger.
Season two is in production in Cape Town, South Africa, and additional castmembers are expected to be announced shortly. One Piece was created in partnership with Shueisha and is produced by Tomorrow Studios, which works with ITV Studios, and Netflix.
Matt Owens and Joe Tracz serve as co-showrunners, writers and executive producers along with Eiichiro Oda, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Tetsu Fujimura, Chris Symes and Steven Maeda.
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