Last week, it was announced that One Piece Season 2 will premiere to Netflix subscription holders in March 2026, but fans can also take comfort not having to worry about the live-action show’s future beyond that. We’ve officially known since August that One Piece Season 3 is on the way, although we’d known of its existence way before then thanks to Roronoa Zoro actor Mackenyu. Now the first Season 3 casting has been revealed, and I really like who’s been chosen to play Bon Clay, a.k.a. Mr. 2.
Tony-winning actor Cole Escola has been tapped to play the high-ranking Baroque Works member ahead of One Piece heading back to Cape Town, South Africa to resume production later this year. Like the manga/anime counterpart, Escola’s Mr. 2 is described by Deadline as a “master of performance and precision, and “as dangerous as they are dazzling — a theatrical assassin who turns combat into art.” Like Escola, the Mr. 2 in Netflix’s One Piece is “envisioned as non-binary.”
