{"id":36232,"date":"2023-08-28T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T10:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1880126"},"modified":"2023-08-28T21:58:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:58:15","slug":"doctor-who-helped-director-emma-sullivan-secure-one-piece-job","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-helped-director-emma-sullivan-secure-one-piece-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who helped director Emma Sullivan secure One Piece job"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sullivan helmed the season 12 episodes Can You Hear Me? and The Haunting of Villa Diodati in 2020. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 28 August 2023 at 10:19 AM<\/p>

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One of the directors of Netflix\u2019s upcoming live-action<\/a> One Piece series has explained how working on Doctor Who<\/a> helped secure her a job on the new show.<\/p>\n

Emma Sullivan helmed the season 12 episodes Can You Hear Me? and The Haunting of Villa Diodati in 2020 and is now one of four directors who worked on the new adaptation of the popular anime. And in a recent interview, she revealed her previous credits were instrumental in convincing producers that she was the right fit for the gig.<\/p>

\u201cI guess I was in the running for it because I had done Doctor Who and The Watch, so I had done IP that\u2019s fantasy before,\u201d she told Collider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also, I had worked in Cape Town with a film in Africa, as well, which is where we shot it. So that brought me to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sullivan added that although she was not previously familiar with One Piece, a conversation with her son convinced her that the new series was going to be a big deal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI said, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s a show about a rubber pirate\u2026\u2019 and he was like, \u2018One Piece?’\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd that\u2019s when I realised how big One Piece was.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s when I thought, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ve got to be really careful here.’\u201d<\/p>\n
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Sullivan previously explained to RadioTimes.com<\/a> that original creator Eiichiro Oda had requested some changes during production on the live-action series.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want them [the fans] to be happy, you know, but I think the only way we can do that is to make Oda happy,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen he saw stuff that he didn\u2019t like, we redid it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cSo he\u2019s the leader really, and I think if Oda says he\u2019s happy with it, then the fans will be happy. But you know, we just hope we did our best.\u201d<\/p>