Taz Skylar , the actor who plays Sanji in the live-action One Piece , revealed that he underwent rigorous training to replicate the Straw Hat Pirates' cook's fighting style. After realizing how difficult it would be to bring Sanji's style to life, he increased his training hours several times until he achieved the desired result.
One Piece – Sanji actor underwent rigorous training for live-action action scenes
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In an interview with GamesRadar+ , Taz Skylar says there's no CGI in Sanji's scenes, as he performed all the stunts himself alongside his stunt double. He also states that he already had an athletic background, but no martial arts experience. Therefore, to learn to fight like Sanji, the actor trained for several hours a day.
"I was already training with a friend of mine here who has a black belt in taekwondo. And then when I arrived in South Africa, we started with about two hours of training a day. It was clear that it wasn't going to be enough, because I really had no martial arts training."
Soon after realizing he needed to increase his training hours, the actor enlisted the help of his personal trainer in London. He requested this extra help because there weren't enough trainers to train him five hours a day.
“So I brought my personal trainer from London, who stayed with me for about four months in South Africa in a separate Airbnb. And he would just continue the work, then the stunt trainers, including my stunt double, would train for as many hours as they were available and could dedicate to me, and then Donnie, my other trainer, would continue training me literally until the place closed, and it was like that day in and day out.”
Synopsis:
The story revolves around Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who gained a rubber body after eating the magical Gomu Gomu no Mi (the Rubber Fruit). Inspired by his childhood idol, the powerful pirate Red-Haired Shanks, he becomes a pirate and sets sail across the sea to find the mythical treasure, the One Piece, and proclaim himself the Pirate King.
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Source: GamesRadar+
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