Netflix confirmed that British actor Peter Gadiot is starring Shanks in live-action series of the popular manga and anime franchise One Piece.
Shanks is a legendary pirate who is the one who inspires Luffy to become a pirate in the first place and search out the One Piece. In the manga and anime, Shanks is often seen as a key characters in the series.
The casting was announced in a video on the Netflix series’ official Twitter account. In the short video, Gadiot personally announces that he will be playing Shanks, before confirming that he is in Cape Town currently working on the production.
▍One Piece Live-Action – Shanks Says Hi!
One Piece will not be Gadiot’s first experience in stepping in the shoes of a fan beloved character: the actor previously starred in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland as a character based on the Genie from Aladdin.
Gadiot will be joining the previously announced cast of Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero Gibson, Taz Skylar, Morgan Davies, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Aidan Scott, Jeff Ward, McKinley Belcher III, and Vincent Regan. While details of the previously announced cast can be found HERE.
Steven Maeda serves as co-writer, showrunner, and executive producer of the One Piece live-action series with Matt Owens also co-writing, co-showrunner and executive producing. Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements of Tomorrow Studios are executive producers alongside Eiichiro Oda, the author of the manga series.
