‘One Piece’ Season 2 Casts ‘Bridgerton’ Actress Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday
Charithra Chandran is the latest addition to the cast of “One Piece” Season 2 at Netflix.
Chandran will star as Miss Wednesday in the second season of the live-action series based on the popular manga and anime of the same name. She is the latest new addition to be announced this week, following Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra as well as Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha and Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk.
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Daniel Lasker, Camrus Johnson, Jazzara Jaslyn, David Dastmalchian, Werner Coetser, Brendan Murray, Clive Russell, Callum Kerr, Julia Rehwald, Rob Colletti, and Ty Keogh are also set to join Season 2 of “One Piece.”
Chandran is known for her role in Season 2 of the hit Netflix series “Bridgerton” and for the Amazon series “Alex Rider.” She has also been in films such as “How to Date Billy Walsh” and “Eternals.”
She is repped by Gersh and Jonathan Arun Group.
“One Piece” stars I?aki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, leader of the Straw Hat Pirates. He and his crew search the Blue Sea for the mythical One Piece treasure. If he can find it, he will become King of the Pirates. The cast also includes 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 2 is currently in production. Matt Owens and Joe Tracz serve as writers, co-showrunners, and executive producers on Season 2. “One Piece’s” original creator Eiichiro Oda and former co-showrunner Steven Maeda also executive produce along with Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios, Tetsu Fujimura, and Chris Symes. The series is created in partnership with Shueisha and produced by Tomorrow Studios (an ITV Studios partner) and Netflix.
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