BECAUSE THERE'S NO GOOD ASIAN ACTORS, ANYWHERE, THAT CAN DO THIS

[misora]

Aaaaaand, this is why I had my doubts about this live-action Last Airbender movie idea of Shyamalan's.


The cast list: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/10/first-look-the-cast-of-the-last-airbender/


Yep. You read right. They white-washed everyone. Zuko is being played by a blond pop-star.








I think I'm going to wibble over here in the corner for a bit. ;_____;

Comments

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

I did not say anything about the potential commercial success of this movie. I am sure that it will be very commercially successful. I just said we have no way of knowing the quality. That's not at all the same thing. For example, to look at this director's last three films, The Happening was somewhat successful but an awful movie, The Lady In The Water was rather bad and did rather poorly, and The VIllage was very good and did bad in the box office.

Keep in mind that I agree with you; Katara should have been cast with an actress of ethnicity. I am merely saying that this one aspect of the film does not say anything about the entire cast, or about the film itself.

A tan? No, that is wrong for an actress who is a minor. Most likely they will use a combination of stage make-up and lighting, neither of which will harm the actress.

Well, Katara is one role that really doesn't need to go to a martial artist. She's a fighter, yes, but she uses only her water bending, which simply requires complex hand gestures.