Emily Rudd: One Piece's only pink ball, "hatching" 3 years to win the role, beautiful real life 10/10

One Piece (Pirate Island) can be said to be the most anticipated live-action project of 2023. Of the 5 main characters, only one member is female, and Nami (played by Emily Rudd) is also the most controversial name.

One Piece is a live-action film adaptation of the popular manga series of the same name by artist Eiichiro Oda, released in 1997. After 4 decades, the work still retains its attraction and has not ended, is considered one of the manga monuments for teenagers.

Following the success of the original, the live-action film immediately caused a fever when shown on Netflix. The work currently tops the charts of the most popular TV shows in many countries, including Vietnam.

"One Piece" seems to have broken the curse, with the biggest point of praise being that the cast seems to come out of the original. Nami - the only girl up to now in the Straw Hat pirates to receive the most attention.

Nami is a thief, one of the first members to join the Straw Hat Pirates. Under Luffy's leadership, she assumes the role of the crew's navigator and is skilled at drawing and mapping the nuances of the sea to travel to the dangerous Great Sea.

Nami tends to protect herself against her emotions, making her a cold, calm, and self-controlled member of the ship. But as she spends more time with her teammates, she learns to bond, while contributing to the crazy adventures of the Straw Hat pirates.

In 2021, Emily Rudd was cast as Nami – the navigator of the Straw Hat gang in the live-action One Piece. This role immediately made Emily win the attention of a global audience and made her more popular than ever.

Emily Rudd (born 1993) is an American model and actress. She graduated from college with a degree in acting but switched to modeling after graduation. Emily worked with photographers Jared Kocka, Sara Kiesling and Peter Jamus before becoming a famous actress.

In addition to receiving attention for her role as Nami, Emily Rudd also caused a stir due to her 10/10 beauty. The 30-year-old girl has a slim and healthy appearance. Her cute and charming face is also appreciated, very suitable for playing Nami as well as capturing the audience's heart.

With a height of 1.63m, not too prominent for a model, but Emily is highly appreciated for her attractive charisma and attractive physique. She is popular on social media, attracting 1.2 million followers on her personal Instagram.

In the live-action One Piece, Emily Rudd gave a very good performance. Her appearance and way of speaking are very similar to Nami in the manga. Although there are still some limitations in her acting ability, Emily Rudd has proven that she is a talented actress and can go further in the future.

In the first series of "teaser" photos of the previous live-action One Piece , Emily Rudd's Nami was controversial for having a "stop" touch, lacking her inherent sexiness in manga and anime. But when entering the movie, Netflix's version of Nami regained quite a lot of sympathy thanks to natural acting, completely compensating for the appearance that has not yet convinced the majority of the audience.

In fact, to get the role of Nami of One Piece, it took Emily Rudd 3 years of "intrigue" to be able to win absolutely. As soon as she heard that Netflix was about to produce a live-action One Piece , Rudd immediately went to dye her hair red, then uploaded a series of videos of her youth, doing many risky moves like how to flip on social media. As a result, she was noticed for recalling Nami from appearance to dynamic personality, then easily matriculated.

According to one of the film's directors, casting Emily as Nami in the One Piece franchise was really important. After its release, the film is off to a good start with positive reviews from the public.

In conversation with ScreenRant, One Piece director Marc Jobst praised Emily Rudd for successfully taking on the iconic character: "Emily is beautiful and similar to Nami, she has depth. We care not only about beauty, but above all about beautiful, deep souls."

Emily Rudd herself has been an avid follower of One Piece for years, more than anyone else knows how to breathe life into the character of Nami. Emily initially made One Piece fans skeptical about her acting abilities, but the actress's performance erased it all. True to the director's judgment, Nami played by Emily has both beauty and acting, showing the spirit of the character.

The actress joked that she was born to play Nami. In real life, Emily is also good at navigation, directions, and being the family's navigator. "I've always been someone my family tells me to navigate. I was born to be a navigator, to be Nami."

The actress has a black belt in Karate but playing action scenes is not easy. The acrobatic scenes, she had to do over and over again, filming different angles and seeing this as a fun challenge.

IGN rated Emily Rudd's portrayal of Nami as the highlight of the film. "Emily embodies the navigator's nail-like toughness, along with a playful touch that alludes to the character's past traumas. It was her passionate emotional performance in the face of friends or enemies that breathed life into the character. Thanks to Emily, it's easy to believe that Nami cares about those around her, even if her actions prove otherwise."

Before joining this new film, Emily acted in Jamie Russell's film Secret Santa, followed by horror films Fear Street Part Two: 1978 and Fear Street: 1666.

Many people are surprised to know that the girl with sweet beauty is passionate and trained in martial arts since childhood. She used to post photos of herself practicing taekwondo as a child and regularly shared boxing training videos.

Overall, audience reviews for Emily Rudd and her role as Nami were very positive. A lot of winged praise was given to the actress. It can be said that the choice to cast Emily Rudd as Nami by Netflix and Oda-sensei is very correct. In addition, Emily Rudd in real life is quite pretty and young, thereby causing regret when Nami on the screen has not really shown her beauty.