Overview
- Season 2 premiered on Netflix on March 10 with Chandran portraying Nefertari Vivi, also known as Miss Wednesday.
- In new interviews, she described racist online abuse after her casting and called such treatment a too-common reality for women of colour.
- She said a vocal minority targeted her online while many fans and colleagues showed support, and she felt safe on set.
- Chandran reported that some cast and crew who defended her received death threats.
- Creator Eiichiro Oda publicly called the Season 2 cast “absolutely the perfect choice,” which Chandran cited as the validation that mattered.