Casting calls in Virginia and New York
First, there will be a casting call on February 28th, this Saturday, in Arlington, Virginia. If you're interested in attending a peaceful protest there with other supporters, a Facebook event has been created to help with organization.
From this article on the Washington Post website, the details are as follows:
The producers are looking for actors of Mongolian, Cambodian or Laotian heritage, which suggests the filmmaker is responding to previous criticism from "Avatar" fans about the cast looking a little too Caucasian. [...]
From 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, an open call for Mongolian-American males and females between the ages of 5 and 85 will be held in the party room at the River Place Apartments, located at 1011 Arlington Blvd.
From 1 to 5 p.m., a larger call for Cambodian, Laotian and Mongolian actors -- again, male and female, ages 5 to 85 -- will be held at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre at 1611 N. Kent St. [...]
If you're interested, you should e-mail a photo, your name, phone numbers, age and availability to lastairbendercasting@gmail.com. You can get more information by calling 215-574-7878.
There also appears to be a casting call scheduled to take place in Flushing, New York. It will be from 11AM to 5PM on March 1st, this Sunday, at Flushing Town Hall. The address is:
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Boulevard, at the corner of Linden Place
Flushing, NY 11354
A Facebook Group has been set up to organize supporters who want to attend. The details were forwarded to us by several supporters and are as follows:
In detail, we are looking for individuals of Cambodian, Mongolian, Chinese, Korean and Thai Descent ... MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS!!! Anyone cast in New York will be traveled to Philadelphia, given housing and per diem as well as paid for their work. This is an excellent opporunity for anyone to work with an amazing cast and director. We would appreciate any and all your help in getting this information out to the communities in New York, as this is such a wonderful opportunity. [...] MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS!!!! Acting and Dance Experience are a PLUS!!!
Sarah A. Tirado
Casting Assistant
(215) 226-1939
The Last Airbender Casting
lastairbendercasting@gmail.com
To reach Flushing Town Hall you can use NYC transit -- it's a short walk away from the end of the 7 line. The 7 is running irregularly this weekend so: take the N/Q trains to Queensboro Plaza or the E/F/G/R trains to 74th St-Roosevelt Ave and transfer to the 7 train, then ride it until the end of the line, which is the Main St stop.
If you have further transit advice please let us know!
If you live near either of these casting call locations and wish to organize a protest, please let us know and we'll direct our other supports to you!
Paramount is trying to put a bandaid on this problem by casting Asian actors in minor, background roles, in a world that will still be saved by three white heroes. Now is the time to tell them that that isn't good enough.
The pre-production window is closing. This is an excellent opportunity to show Paramount in person that their audience -- not matter what their own race may be -- won't support this project as it stands.
From this article on the Washington Post website, the details are as follows:
The producers are looking for actors of Mongolian, Cambodian or Laotian heritage, which suggests the filmmaker is responding to previous criticism from "Avatar" fans about the cast looking a little too Caucasian. [...]
From 9 a.m. until noon on Saturday, an open call for Mongolian-American males and females between the ages of 5 and 85 will be held in the party room at the River Place Apartments, located at 1011 Arlington Blvd.
From 1 to 5 p.m., a larger call for Cambodian, Laotian and Mongolian actors -- again, male and female, ages 5 to 85 -- will be held at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre at 1611 N. Kent St. [...]
If you're interested, you should e-mail a photo, your name, phone numbers, age and availability to lastairbendercasting@gmail.com. You can get more information by calling 215-574-7878.
There also appears to be a casting call scheduled to take place in Flushing, New York. It will be from 11AM to 5PM on March 1st, this Sunday, at Flushing Town Hall. The address is:
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Boulevard, at the corner of Linden Place
Flushing, NY 11354
A Facebook Group has been set up to organize supporters who want to attend. The details were forwarded to us by several supporters and are as follows:
In detail, we are looking for individuals of Cambodian, Mongolian, Chinese, Korean and Thai Descent ... MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS!!! Anyone cast in New York will be traveled to Philadelphia, given housing and per diem as well as paid for their work. This is an excellent opporunity for anyone to work with an amazing cast and director. We would appreciate any and all your help in getting this information out to the communities in New York, as this is such a wonderful opportunity. [...] MARTIAL ARTS EXPERIENCE IS A PLUS!!!! Acting and Dance Experience are a PLUS!!!
Sarah A. Tirado
Casting Assistant
(215) 226-1939
The Last Airbender Casting
lastairbendercasting@gmail.com
To reach Flushing Town Hall you can use NYC transit -- it's a short walk away from the end of the 7 line. The 7 is running irregularly this weekend so: take the N/Q trains to Queensboro Plaza or the E/F/G/R trains to 74th St-Roosevelt Ave and transfer to the 7 train, then ride it until the end of the line, which is the Main St stop.
If you have further transit advice please let us know!
If you live near either of these casting call locations and wish to organize a protest, please let us know and we'll direct our other supports to you!
Paramount is trying to put a bandaid on this problem by casting Asian actors in minor, background roles, in a world that will still be saved by three white heroes. Now is the time to tell them that that isn't good enough.
The pre-production window is closing. This is an excellent opportunity to show Paramount in person that their audience -- not matter what their own race may be -- won't support this project as it stands.