Deal with it.Īs for ethnicity, we’ve tried to stay as close to the original characters as we could. (With age comes experience too casting young didn’t work out too well for that other live-action adaptation of which we will not speak.) So we’re casting a slightly more adolescent Avatar. Theories have it that the flying bison perished along with his trusty lifelong airbending companion. What of the Avatars companion, what became of him. Live action always tends to be a bit darker (tonally and literally) than animated television, and so having actors who seem a bit older wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing. Appa, the taxi of The Last Airbender series and Aangs best friend, served as one of the major plot-points of the second season.
But we think that for a “retelling” (what the creators are calling the Netflix series), it’s okay to bump the ages a bit. Now, before you get all gassed up, we’ll admit that many of our choices skew older. But for our purposes, we think we’ve already spotted some great Avatar talent in and outside Hollywood. The original Nickelodeon animated series is still beloved by fans, but the last new Avatar content came out. ) This is likely Konietzko and DiMartino’s intention. It seemed like the Avatar: The Last Airbender franchise went from 0 to 160 really fast. Netflix has cast three more roles for its live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, including fan-favorite character Uncle Iroh, the streaming service. (Think of Harry Potter in hindsight, those characters could not have been anyone else. The perfect dream cast is obviously a group of actors you’ve never seen before people who simply become the character. The team is still writing and casting the project, stating that they were seeking a faithful, “culturally appropriate” cast. Back in 2018, Netflix announced it would be adapting Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender into a live action series, helmed, thankfully, by original creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael DiMartino.