Cast revealed for the live-action AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER…
…and, shockingly, they seem to have cast actors who look at least somewhat like the animated characters. Look, I don’t beat the representation drum overmuch, myself. But if you’re going to make a show that draws on Chinese/Japanese/Inuit/East Asian cultures as much as AVATAR did, the least you can do is not cast, you know, blonde people. I feel that this was a reasonable objection to make about the live-action movie. I am sympathetic to it.
Water. Fire. Air. Boomerang.
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) August 12, 2021
Introducing the first of the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender. pic.twitter.com/XC7Zyk7rCF
Gordon Cormier in particular looks like a really good casting choice for Aang, and Dallas Liu should make a good Zuko. Kiawentiio and Ian Ousley aren’t bad, mind you (they’ll look better when they get proper haircuts and costumes), but the other two stand out to me. Put me down as ‘cautiously optimistic.’ But only cautiously. So, so many things can still go wrong…
