Silverio Palacios<\/a>. And from the age of 9 until he was 16, Godoy traveled to California every summer for a camp that featured an acting program. \u201cIt might not sound very sophisticated in terms of an acting education, but the camp meant a lot to me,\u201d he says. \u201cI learned a lot by trying to write and act things for young people from different parts of the world with different interests.\u201d<\/p>\nSummer camp also helped Godoy practice his English, a language he\u2019d been studying from a young age. \u201cI consider myself a very privileged person,\u201d he says. \u201cMy parents were able to enroll me in a bilingual school, for which I am very grateful.\u201d His mastery of English served as a key advantage when \u201cOne Piece\u201d knocked on his door.<\/p>\n
The son of an accountant father and a stay-at-home mom, Godoy is the first person in his family to pursue a life in entertainment. That his parents nourished his creativity so early in life speaks to how much of a supportive force they\u2019ve been in Godoy\u2019s life. He calls his parents every day from wherever he is in the world.<\/p>\n
Before \u201cOne Piece,\u201d a teenage Godoy was still considering other career options. \u201cI thought, \u2018Is this acting thing something I can commit to for a longer time?\u2019 Because being an actor is difficult. But \u2018One Piece\u2019 has given me the chance to aspire to a long and successful career.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The actor says \u201cOne Piece\u201d has given him the chance at a long career in the industry.<\/p>\n
(Christina House \/ Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n
The other professional path that Godoy contemplated would\u2019ve still brought him back to acting. \u201cMy original plan was, \u2018I\u2019m going to go to film school to become a director,\u2019 because I didn\u2019t have faith that I\u2019d get the projects I wanted,\u201d he explains. \u201cI thought, \u2018If I want to play a role that really means something to me, I think I\u2019m going to have to write it myself.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Godoy admits that before entering the \u201cOne Piece\u201d universe, he didn\u2019t watch anime. To immerse himself in Luffy\u2019s worldview, he read the manga and watched the anime up to where he felt he\u2019d learned enough about the character to embody him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t want to watch all of \u2018One Piece\u2019 before we started filming because I also believe that when making an adaptation, it\u2019s important to strike a balance between respecting the original material, giving it its due \u2014 because fans have expectations of what this character should be like, and those expectations must be met. But it\u2019s also important to have enough confidence to bring something you believe is valuable to the table,\u201d Godoy says.<\/p>\n
While reading the manga, Godoy would take photos of Luffy\u2019s wildest faces to try to include them in his performance. \u201cAs an actor, one of your most important tools is your physicality, and the amazing thing about the manga is that you have a resource with visual images of things that you can physically re-create,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Once he wrapped the first season, Godoy continued watching the \u201cOne Piece\u201d anime and then branched out to other popular sagas: \u201cAttack on Titan,\u201d \u201cDeath Note\u201d and \u201cMy Hero Academia.\u201d It was also after the first installment that he started learning Japanese.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019One Piece\u2019 has had such a great impact on my life and it\u2019s something I\u2019m so grateful for that I wanted to show my appreciation to the Japanese people somehow,\u201d he explains. \u201cAnd I think the most obvious way was by learning their language.\u201d<\/p>\n
Committed to learning the language, Godoy took classes with teachers on top of the hours he dedicated to studying on his own for the last two years. He\u2019s now comfortable doing events and interviews in Japanese when he visits the country to promote the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t consider myself the most perfect speaker of the language, but I can communicate well enough to talk about any subject and express what I want to say,\u201d Godoy says. \u201cMaybe I do it a little slowly and with very simple words, but I feel confident that I can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Season 2, he felt like he knew Luffy enough to bring more of himself to the role. \u201cIn the first season I was still experimenting with how I was going to adapt this character, but from the second season onwards, I\u2019ve had a very clear vision of what I wanted to achieve and who Luffy is,\u201d Godoy explains.<\/p>\n
And who is Luffy? Godoy only fully grasped the answer before shooting Season 2. He understood that he shouldn\u2019t think of Luffy as a real person but instead as a concept that inspires other people.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIn the first season I was still experimenting with how I was going to adapt this character, but from the second season onwards, I\u2019ve had a very clear vision of what I wanted to achieve and who Luffy is,\u201d In\u0303aki Godoy says.<\/p>\n
(Netflix)<\/p>\n
\u201cLuffy is more like an ideal,\u201d he says. \u201cHe\u2019s what we all wish we could be. We all wish we could be as confident as Luffy, as brave as him, as open with people and not hold grudges, but no one will ever be exactly like him. But we all wish we could be a little bit like Luffy or have friends like Luffy.\u201d<\/p>\n
And while Godoy is flattered that people assume he\u2019s just as easygoing and self-assured as Luffy, he\u2019s still working on getting closer to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI always aspire to be like Luffy,\u201d says Godoy. \u201cBut unlike him, I do have insecurities and I do have fears, and I get very nervous about many things. But sometimes I ask myself, \u2018What would Luffy say?\u2019 in certain situations, and that inspires me and helps me keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Godoy, the physical demands of playing Luffy represented the most challenging aspects of the production. He did learn how to do a backflip but is aware of his limitations, and is keen on shouting out his stunt double, Cameron Groep. \u201cHe is Luffy in the same way that I am,\u201d he says. Still, for a shirtless scene this season, Godoy put in extra effort, \u201cI tried to get buff because that clip is going to live forever on TV!\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n
What Godoy does have a great aptitude for, however, is video games. \u201cI want to take this opportunity to say that I\u00f1aki Godoy loves video games and I think they are one of the most incredible artistic mediums there is,\u201d he says. Godoy favors Nintendo releases, especially games such as \u201cThe Legend of Zelda: Majora\u2019s Mask\u201d and \u201cSuper Mario Galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Laughing, he adds: \u201cI\u2019m a serious gamer, because there are a lot of people who say they are gamers, but they only play FIFA. I\u2019m so happy you asked me about this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking with Godoy, one discovers a grounded young artist, aware that fame is fleeting and conscious that those who love him will do so no matter the trajectory of his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn actor\u2019s career is very much about ups and downs. One day you\u2019re relevant and people watch you, and the next day you\u2019re no longer interesting,\u201d he says. \u201cRight now, I\u2019m doing an interview with you, who knows if in 10 years or less that will still happen. I\u2019m enjoying this moment and the opportunity to share a character that means so much to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tridimensional T. rex protrudes from I\u00f1aki Godoy\u2019s head while he holds a small plush toy of Monkey…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6935,146,163433,85,163432,163435,1037,46,4212,2400,142472,163434,29235,12605,36032,18186,1668,9475],"class_list":["post-331563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-character","tag-entertainment","tag-first-season","tag-il","tag-inaki-godoy","tag-incredible-actor","tag-interview","tag-israel","tag-language","tag-life","tag-luffy","tag-manga-franchise","tag-parent","tag-part","tag-piece","tag-production","tag-role","tag-thing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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