Dammit Bryke and Shyamalan, SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO AT WORK.

[misora]

Hokay. Because I think the casting of the Last Airbender is made of supreme fail, as I mentioned last post, here are my choices for the live-action roles.

Be aware, I did end up casting two characters with white actors. But the rest are appropriately matched, I think.

Comments

[nephthysmoon]

I support your casting choices. 100% They are brilliant!

[misora]

Haha, thanks! :D

[rapturesmusic]

oh fuck Rick Neely as Zuko plz.

[misora]

Confirm. XD

[miss_mouth]

Chiyaki as Azula? Yes yes YES!!!!

[miss_mouth]

Oops, didn't see that you had he as Mai...I like her much better for Azula though.

[misora]

Haha, she's quite evil in Kill Bill so I could see her as Azula too...I wanted Azula and Zuko to look slightly brother/sisterish, though.

She's a hard one to peg, for sure. (I cringe to think who she's being cast as after looking at the Last Airbender trainwreck casting list, tho.)

[v_thundermuffin]

Bravo! These are much better choices! :D

[misora]

Haha, thanks! :D

[upstart_crow]

Here from avatar_fans

Well, hell. These choices are fabulous AND they make sense.

why aren't you directing this movie?

I especially love your first choice for Zuko, your choice for Ozai (wow, great expression!) and your choice for Iroh.

And if M. Night doesn't cast Isaacs as Zhao (the only white person I would have approved of in this movie), I will ... probably not be surprised. >< AFJALJAF

[misora]

Exactly.

Zhao (esp played by Isaacs) and Aang are the ONLY characters I could see being completely white in this adaptation. For the others there's no excuse why they white-washed everyone.

Glad you like the choices. :D

[upstart_crow]

Yeah, I was willing to root for Isaacs as Zhao because his voice is just too perfect -- that and the creators designed the character with Isaacs in mind (and one white actor amid a host of people of color wouldn't have made any sort of political statement, especially not the statement this all-white casting does!). I like your choice for Aang. I don't know a lot of actors in his age range of any race, so I'm not sure who I would have picked.

M. Night's Zuko choice is the one that's driving me particularly bonkers, though. Especially considering that Zuko's voice actor was Asian.

[misora]

Actually I cast Aang's VA as himself, too. XD

But that's a really old pic of Zach Eisen. I can't seem to find a recent one, but he's like 15 years old now. :p