SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers through Episode 2 of “One Piece,” now streaming on Netflix. When Marc Jobst came on as director and executive producer of “One…
came on as director and executive producer of “One Piece,” Netflix and Tomorrow Studios’ adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s iconic pirate manga, he had a clear connection to the gig early on, as he had directed multiple episodes of the high-seas drama “Black Sails.” That show, which ran for four season on Starz, features several of the ships that Netflix commandeered to refashion into the bright and colorful ones used in “One Piece.
Buggy is a nemesis that teenage aspiring pirate king Monkey D. Luffy and his newfound almost-friends Nami and Zoro face early on in “One Piece,” after being thrown together during Luffy’s journey to reach the “Grand Line” in the Blue Sea and find the elusive “one piece” treasure of legendary Pirate King Gold Roger .
“The task with [adapting the character] Buggy was to both honor his clown [attitude], but never forget that he’s really dangerous and he has eaten the Devil Fruit,” Jobst said. “Also, he has a history. There’s that big moment where he’s holding the straw hat and he’s saying, ‘Shanks,’ at the hat.
“This is unquestionably the most complicated show I think any of us have ever made,” Jobst said. “Just to get the Gum Gum Whip, the Gum Gum Pistol right on the screen and not to look silly and ridiculous and like a rubber band has been a huge task. We did so much development; we did so much testing. We looked at so many different options and variations of how we could make this work. We looked at different ways of shooting it.
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