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Baroque Works is poised to exert significant influence in the forthcoming season on Netflix of One Piece, though the major clash won’t unfold until season 3, and a beloved, audience-beloved member has now been chosen.

The platform declared this week that the talented performer will appear in the One Piece season 3 cast and will portray Bon Clay. The role has the ability to change into an identical duplicate of any person they’ve laid a hand on with their main hand. Escola, who is non-binary and prefers they/them pronouns, will depict a interpretation of that role re-envisioned as non-binary identifying, as opposed to as a drag artist, in the live-action series, unlike the source material and animated series.

Escola will work alongside several other new cast members tasked with bringing the group to life, featuring chief Mr. 0, brought to life by Joe Manganiello, Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek, and Sendhil Ramamurthy, who will appear as the cast as the ruler of Alabasta.

Though the role is a major member of the group, the individual won’t appear until One Piece season 3. Given season 2 set to cover the Little Garden arc, this represents a significant shift in the schedule of Bon Clay’s introduction, one that could signal further changes to the story’s structure.

The actor’s combination of precise humor and deep sensitivity makes them a standout choice for the part. Besides their current animated role in the animated coming-of-age film Boys Go to Jupiter, they garnered significant recognition and multiple awards for penning and acting in the successful stage production Oh Mary!, showcasing the adaptability they’ll add to one of One Piece’s most celebrated roles.

The streaming service’s real-life One Piece show is set to return for its season two on the tenth of March, 2026.