Netflix has cast Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday and Joe Manganiello as Mr 0 in the second season of its show One Piece. They join the other new additions to the cast that comprise Charithra Chandran, Katey Sagal, Mark Harelik, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Brendan Sean Murray, Callum Kerr, Camrus Johnson, Clive Russell, Daniel Lasker, David Dastmalchian, Jazzara Jaslyn, Julia Rehwald, Rob Colletti, Ty Keogh and Werner Coetser. The actors who reprise their roles from season 1 are Inaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero, Taz Skylar, Ilia Isorelys Paulino, Jeff Ward and Michael Dorman.
Netflix made the cast announcement at an Atlanta-based Geeked Week event, where it also disclosed that popular character Chopper is coming back to the series.
Production on One Piece season 2 is underway in Cape Town. Based on Eiichiro Oda's manga series, the show revolves around Godoy's character Monkey D Luffy who embarks on an adventurous trip from his village to discover a treasure that will help him be King of the Pirates. To make the discovery, he must put together his ideal crew, find a ship, search the expansive seas, outwit dangerous adversaries and outpace the Marines.
A co-production between Netflix and Tomorrow Studios, One Piece has showrunners Matt Owens and Joe Tracz serve as co-executive producers, alongside Eiichiro Oda. The makers launched the show last August and renewed it immediately afterwards.