The massive success of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece collaborates a brilliant plot, actors that fit perfectly in their roles, creative fight scenes, and a lot of hard work. The series has proved that there is no such thing as a live adaptation curse and the credit for this goes to the creators of the series Matt Owens, and Steven Maeda, and especially the director Marc Jobst.
Jobst began his career in theatre as an actor/director with Three Monkeys Theatre Company. In London, he performed a long-running and critically praised one-man play based on Alan Sillitoe’s novel The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner. He is most recognized for his work on Hannibal, which starred Mads Mikkelson, Netflix’s global blockbuster The Witcher, which starred Henry Cavil, and Marvel Studio’s Daredevil, Luke Cage, and The Punisher for Netflix. After working for such big franchises, his shift into the live-action adaptation world was filled with a lot of risks.
Marc Jobst Talks About How He Got To Shoot One Piece
While talking to the Hollywood Reporter Director Jobst explained his struggles that he had to go through during entering the world of One Piece. He explained how he got the audience to fall in love again with the characters. He said:
“Out of the blue, I got this phone call asking if I would be interested in coming to talk about shooting One Piece. And what Matt [Owens] told me was, it was partly because I leaned into some of that warmth and that humor [in his Luke Cage episode] that made him think of me for One Piece.”
“In world-building shows, it is really easy to spend all your time and money on that. But to me, an audience doesn’t fall in love with a set or a location. They fall in love with people. So if you can get that right, and you can get actors to play characters that the audience cares about and believes are authentic and grounded and human, then you’ve got them forever.”
Jobst was one of the most important members of the One Piece live-action adaptation team on Netflix, where he not only directed the first two episodes but also served as an executive producer.
Risks Taken By Marc Jobst
What struck Jobst the most about this series was the sense of adventure in exploring the vast world. And to make that into a live-streaming series would be one of the biggest tasks and an even bigger risk. He explained in his interview with the Hollywood Reporter:
“And when you trust people, you afford them greater risks. And for me to come in to do something like One Piece, you have to take some risks. You have to be bold. You have to dare. And when you’re working with a team of people who trust you in the risk-taking that you do, that’s worth a lot”
Director Jobst was the perfect director for the series. Significant expertise with well-known franchises and characters makes him particularly suited to take on this assignment.
