2 weeks Ago By [email protected] (Tom Power)
has announced some big-name additions to the season 2 casts of its live-action and adaptations. Revealed as part of 's live event, the streaming giant confirmed that three actors – one for season 2, and two for – will join those shows' cast rosters for their next chapters. Who is Avatar: The Last Airbender's Toph? And who's playing them? On the front, US actress Miya Cech, who some readers might recognize from on and/or Netflix's , aka one of the , has been hired to play fan-favorite character Toph.
In the animated original, the blind earthbender – one of the most naturally gifted and powerful of her generation, we'll have you know – joins Aang and the rest of Team Avatar on their quest to put an end to the Fire Nation's quest to become the world's tyrannical rulers. Cech's hiring wasn't the only -related announcement made by one of the world's during Geeked Week Live. Netflix also confirmed that production had officially started on season 2, with principal photography beginning just six months after .
It's unclear if the series' final two installments will be filmed back-to-back, but the revelation that season 2 has entered full production suggests they won't. Who are Miss All Sunday and Mr. 0 in One Piece? And which actors will portray them? As for , Netflix confirmed that its adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's beloved manga series, which has also been turned into one of the , has added two more names to its extensive cast list.
Lera Abova and Geeked Week Live host Joe Manganiello are its newest hires, with the pair set to play Miss All Sunday and Mr. 0/Crocodile in the one of the ' sophomore outing. Abova, who starred in comedy series , will play All Sunday, whose real name is Nico Robins and who's the vice president of the Baroque Works, a covert criminal syndicate set up with the sole aim of destabilizing and then conquering the Arabasta Kingdom.
Manganiello, whose credits range include 2002's movie, , , and a brief cameo as Deathstroke in the now defunct DC Extended Universe ( ), will play the Baroque Works' mob boss/warlord. Ironically, fans already knew that Abova and Manganiello would be part of season 2's cast. Yesterday (September 19), Netflix's PR team accidentally leaked the pair's hiring on its in-house Tudum website.
The information was removed not long after the error was spotted, but not before noticed and reported on the faux-pas. Those weren't the only -focused unveilings that had fans salivating at Geeked Week Live and at home, though. Per the video above, Netflix also released a behind-the-scenes recording of season 2's first table read, which teased the arrival of beloved character Chopper.
With from its manga namesake, we already had an inkling that Chopper would show up at some point. This, though, confirms the half-reindeer, half-human hybrid will make his grand entrance next season. As part of an earlier Geeked Week reveal, Jeff Ward, who plays the villainous Buggy the Clown, invited fans on a , too, before hinting that the series would return sometime in 2025.
If both shows return next year, it could be another successful 12-month period for Netflix on the iconic anime adaptation front..
