Jamie Lee Curtis Says She’ll ‘Lobby’ To Play Dr. Kureha In ‘One Piece’, Series’ Co-Showrunner Responds
etcanada.comWith 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. READ MORE: Offset Enlists Jamie Lee Curtis To Address Cardi B ‘Drama’ In Hilarious Parody Of Infamous James Brown Video “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.
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