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Netflix has just dropped a casting bomb that could incinerate Going Merry.<\/p>\n
Xolo Maridue\u00f1a, known for his breakout performance in Cobra Kai and DC\u2019s Blue Beetle, will be making his official entrance in the live-action adaptation of One Piece<\/a> as Portgas D. Ace in Season 3. That\u2019s right \u2013 Rubberhead\u2019s elder brother is finally getting his live-action adaptation, and his live-action version will be embodied by one of Hollywood\u2019s brightest new stars.<\/p>\n This is just a casting announcement, and it has sparked a firestorm of reactions across social networks, gaining over a million views in just one hour following a declaration by the official One Piece Netflix page.<\/p>\n Portgas D. Ace is more than just an older brother to Monkey D. Luffy. He is a legend, a Whitebeard pirate, a well-loved guardian, and one of the most emotionally charged characters that Eiichiro Oda has ever created.<\/p>\n \u201cAce\u2019s story has continued to traumatize audiences in the past two decades. Therefore, yes, expectations have been sky high.\u201d<\/p>\n First impressions are that the fandom is welcoming to Xolo. His natural congeniality and physicality were often highlighted as qualities that are paramount in making Ace a mix of big brotherly caring and hot-headed passion.<\/p>\n Season 3 of the show is scheduled to recommence filming later this year in Cape Town, South Africa, where it has been filming from the start. Netflix has not announced a release date for Season 3 yet, but now that we have this latest casting update, it\u2019s official: the fire is lit.<\/p>\n The post Netflix Just Cast Xolo Maridue\u00f1a as Portgas D. Ace and the Internet Is Losing Its Mind<\/a> appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Netflix has just dropped a casting bomb that could incinerate Going Merry. Xolo Maridue\u00f1a, known for his breakout performance in Cobra Kai and DC\u2019s Blue Beetle, will be making his official entrance in the live-action adaptation of One Piece as Portgas D. Ace in Season 3. That\u2019s right \u2013 Rubberhead\u2019s elder brother is finally getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2137130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[356616,23191,397963,354424],"class_list":["post-2137129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-cobra-kai","tag-netflix","tag-portgas-d-ace","tag-xolo-mariduena"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Netflix-Just-Cast-Xolo-Mariduena-as-Portgas-D-Ace-and.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137131,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137129\/revisions\/2137131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2137130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2137129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2137129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What Does Portgas D. Ace Mean to One Piece Fans?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
When Will We See Him<\/h2>\n