One Piece: Luffy doesn’t wear sandals in the Netflix series, and for good reason
One Piece hero Monkey D. Luffy wears a straw hat and sandals, but not in the Netflix series.
Netflix is working on a One Piece film adaptation with real actors. There are also the first pictures and one of them shows that Monkey D. Luffy is wearing sturdy shoes. Of course, that differs greatly from the fact that he usually only walks around in sandals. Why is there this change?
One Piece: Luffy is safety-conscious, so he doesn’t wear sandals on Netflix
Where’s the trademark? They may not be as important as the Straw Hat, but the kicks are part of Luffy. In the manga and also in the anime, the pirate and hero always have sandals on their feet. But there is no trace of them in this picture:
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Instead sneakers: In the picture we can clearly see that Luffy isn’t wearing sandals here, but some normal, closed sneakers. A lot of fans noticed that and thought about it aloud.
Now there’s an explanation: Emily Rudd (Nami) comments on the many questions about Luffy’s sandals on Instagram and provides a plausible explanation. It’s because all the actors did as many of the stunts themselves as possible.
“All of us did as much of our stunt work ourselves as was allowed (and when we didn’t, it was for safety, which is where our incredible and beyond talented stunt team came into play).
Sandals are unfortunately not the safest footwear to do stunt work in and we didn’t want you all to miss out on the outstanding work that Iñaki Godoy can and has done.”
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There you have it: Unfortunately, doing anything in sandals that goes beyond hanging out and walking is rather difficult in the real world. The actor’s safety comes first, of course, and we hope the stunts will be suitably cool.
More information about the Netflix film adaptation of One Piece can be found here:
When is the One Piece series coming to Netflix? Unfortunately, that is not yet certain. We know it’s coming to Netflix, but we don’t know when. The film adaptation may already start this year, i.e. 2023.
How do you feel about the decision? Do you mourn behind the sandals?
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