Emma Sullivan talks directing Netflix's One Piece.
Summary The debut of the One Piece live-action series on Netflix is surely one of the most important things that happened in the world of TV and entertainment in 2023. To accomplish such an impressive endeavor, an incredible cast of actors and a crew of artists and creators came together, including Emma Sullivan, who directed episodes 3 and 4 of the season.
How hard was it to catch up with such a vast lore and such a long-running series? I'm sure your nephews and son helped you but was it hard? Emma Sullivan: I mean, very simply put, it's bigger. It's just big. The world of One Piece is amazing. Our sets, we shot in Cape Town in South Africa, which was wonderful. Huge. The ships are like life-size, when I saw the Baratie I was very jealous that I wasn't shooting on that. But it's just massive sets, massive show, massive IP...
With Usopp, he's got such a big heart. And he's so inventive and so creative, and his stories are so wonderful. And he's brave, even when he's terrified, and you can't help but like that. Plus the actor, Jacob is lovely. Emma Sullivan: Only as much as Oda gave us, because everything went through Oda. For example, I had a scene where Kuina and young Zoro are fighting, and we shot that originally. Oda watched it, and he said, "I don't want the Kendo masks on.
And I think there is quite a lot of humor. In my episodes, it's not an outright comedy, but I love the fact that Zoro has no sense of direction. He's badass, but he doesn't know which way he's going, and he's got great one-liners. I think it's always a balancing act of the tone. But obviously, I get the scripts that I'm given, and then I interpret them tonally to what it should be.
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