There’s quite a bit we know about One Piece Season 2 , including that Joe Manganiello has been tapped to play Crocodile , the hook-handed antagonist who ate the Sand-Sand Fruit and is one of Monkey D. Luffy’s oldest enemies in the manga and anime. While we’re still a ways off from the next season premiering on the 2025 TV schedule and getting to see how Manganiello will look as the live-action Crocodile, I’m pretty jazzed that in real life, the True Blood alum ran into one of the most badass actors from Season 1.
Now my fingers are crossed in the hope that these two share screen time on One Piece someday. While attending the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight, which, like One Piece , can be streamed with a Netflix subscription , Manganiello ran into Steven John Ward.
If the name doesn’t sound familiar, maybe you’ll recognize the name of his One Piece character: Dracula Mihawk. Yes, Ward played the world’s greatest swordsman in one of the best shows on Netflix , and now he’s been able to meet one of the newest One Piece actors who’ve come board. Check out the Instagram picture commemorating the occasion: A post shared by JOE MANGANIELLO (@joemanganiello) A photo posted by on But there’s more tying Crocodile and Mihawk together besides simply existing in the same world.
Early on in One Piece , both their characters are among the Warlords of the Sea, i.e. pirates who have been pardoned and given significant leeway, provided that they carry out directives from the.