More than 700 Hollywood figures, including Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, and Jamie Lee Curtis, have signed an open letter condemning Hamas and supporting Israel.
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With wildly popular manga “One Piece” now a hit series for Netflix, fans have been sharing their ideas about dream casting for future seasons.
This has resulted in fans calling for the show to cast Jamie Lee Curtis as Dr. Kureha, a 141-year-old physician who lives on Drum Island. The character is also the mentor/adoptive mother of Tony Tony Chopper, the doctor of the Straw Hat Pirates, who is expected to be introduced in the series’ second season.
Curtis is aware of fans calling for her casting, and took to Instagram to reveal that she’s up for the role.
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“Once the strike against the greed of the [AMPTP] is settled with a fair contract, I will lobby along with the growing fan frenzy to become Doctor Kureha,” she wrote in her post, accompanying an image of the doc taken from the “One Piece” manga.
Curtis’ message was noticed by Matt Owens, he series’ co-showrunner alongside Steven Maeda, who responded with a comment.
“Mommy dearest, that’s why we sent you that figure! No need to lobby. Once we get what we deserve and get back to work let’s talk!” he wrote.
As it turns out, Curtis was well aware of the character before that fan movement built steam.
In another Instagram post, she shared a video from a junket interview promoting “Halloween Kills” last year, revealing that she was already a “One Piece” fan, and that Tony Tony Chopper was her favourite character.
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In fact, she said at the time, her daughter Ruby Guest was encouraging her to play Dr. Kureha.
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