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.



Katara:

choice 1: Kristen Kreuk (Caucasian/Chinese)

choice 2: Maggie Q (Vietnamese/Taiwanese)



Sokka:
Roger Fan
This guy is such a cutie. I'm partial to him in this role too, as then I can claim my b/f looks like Sokka. XD


He's such a dorky goofnut, too. "Water triiiibe." XD


Zuko: This is hard. I don't see Zuko *completely* Asian (as I don't either with Azula), if only because of his pale skin and more delicate features - so I think he'd be a happa (half Asian/Caucasian). One of these three *tries not to drool*-

Rick Neely (Korean/White)

Jason Milot (Korean/French Canadian)

Mike Lewis (Indonesian/ Canadian)


God, those men are hot. What is it with half-Koreans? Fuck.

Anyway, moving on.

Happas make great choices for some of the other characters, as well.

Suki: Tiffany Hsu (Taiwanese/Caucasian)


Toph: Lara Liang (Taiwanese/Russian)



But for the old Fire Nation guys, it's back to the cultural origins.

Ozai: Andy Lau


Iroh: Tony Leung (have to fatten him up a bit, but he's in his 50s so he's perfect for this role)


Azula: Leah Dizon (French American/Chinese Filipino) Sexy deadly bitchy princess.


Mai: Chiyaki Kuriyama (Japanese, of Kill Bill fame) hahahahahaha Srsly, she's actually pretty cute, but she does that "ho-hum boooorrred" look pretty damn well. XD


Ty Lee: Devon Aoki (Japanese/Brit/German)

(she's even wearing pink! :D)

Aang: Just cast Zach Tyler Eisen already! He has the voice and everything...

He's 15 this year (born in '93), so he's fine for the role.

Zhao: Jason Isaacs. I can't help myself with this one either; his voice really made that part. Give him some chops and he's all set.



Edit: FUCK! I almost forgot Jet.

Jay Hernandez. (With longer hair and tiger hooks, obviously.)


Mmmmm.

:D




Feel free to send flames, hate mail, and death threats this way. Kthx.

Comments

[qiushuwen.livejournal.com]

Live action what?! MOVIE?!

[misora.livejournal.com]

oh yes. See my previous post for details.

[romanitas.livejournal.com]

Rick Neely would make an awesome Zuko.

Also Lara Liang would be an adorable Toph. *A*

[misora.livejournal.com]

I concur with both choices! :D

I saw Lara Liang and I was like, yes that's her! :p

[lady-mercury.livejournal.com]

Leah Dizon makes me sad :(

[misora.livejournal.com]

LOL, why? I kind of like her with her hair up like that - she looks like she could pull off the bitchy look well. XD

[eruditefics.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I don't like any of them. Well I hate Kristen Kreuk. But you can't really cast a 20 something woman for Katara and then cast the little boy as Aang. It sort of proves my point about how Aang and Katara gives me the willlies.

I like how they have Jackson and then a much younger girl to be Katara. This shows an age difference but keeps her close to age to Aang.

The rest you have picked aren't very diverse to be honest. This is an alternate world we're talking about, they don't have to all be of one race.

I do like your pic for Jet, but if Katara is supposed to be young, so that she can be Aang's girlfriend, then there can't be a Jet that old.

Your suki pick is okay I guess.

I think Azula should be played by the girl who voices her.

I think Taylor Lautner (I hate Twilight, I just like him in My Own Worst Enemy) would be a great Zuko, and do good with the stunts.

Katara is a little more difficult. I like who they picked because she's young, and if she's going to be kissing Aang, she has to be.

[misora.livejournal.com]

*shrug*

Zach Eisen isn't really a little boy anymore, though; that's an older pic of him (I couldn't find a recent one). He's 15 this year, so I think he'd be fine to play a 12 yr old.

*based the choices purposefully to not put Aang with Katara XD*

[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

I really like your options for:
Suki, Ty lee, Azula, toph, aaang, mai, any of those zuko's would rock.

Kristen as Katara?!?! ehh,, maybe. At least she looks good with zuko. haha.
but can't stand the sokka options.

[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

I also like the jet. :D

[nephthysmoon.livejournal.com]

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

[misora.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks! :D

[rapturesmusic.livejournal.com]

oh fuck Rick Neely as Zuko plz.

[misora.livejournal.com]

Confirm. XD

[miss-mouth.livejournal.com]

Chiyaki as Azula? Yes yes YES!!!!

[miss-mouth.livejournal.com]

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

[v-thundermuffin.livejournal.com]

Bravo! These are much better choices! :D

[misora.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks! :D

[upstart-crow.livejournal.com]

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.livejournal.com]

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

[strange_quark]

*Poking in from A_F*

Rick Neely needs to be Zuko, ASLDFKJ HE'S FINE.

I like your choices for a lot of these, but particularly Toph, Mai, and Suki.

Nitpicky bit about Katara and Sokka, but in my mind it's important that they're darker. They'd be great roles for Native American actors, but if not that at least Filipino or something like that. But that's just me.

[misora.livejournal.com]

Yah, the Sokka/Katara choices might be a bit older, but I'd like it if they could have found someone younger who looked like those two. They'd make adorable siblings, too. XD

And Rick Neely.....*unf.*

[drisela.livejournal.com]

Um. That Rick Neely ...
yeah, i just wet myself. :)
In the best possible way!

If he were Zuko ... I may need to watch the movie at home ...
alone ... in the dark. :P

[misora.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Can you just imagine him with the scar and FN armor???...


I may have to (badly) p-shop that. XD

[alaksandra.livejournal.com]

Wow, if Andy is Ozai, I want to be his Fire Lady, or wash-woman, or bed-warmer, or what ever he wants me to be!

[misora.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he has loads of concubines! XDDDD

[ryanitenebrae.livejournal.com]

*blink* Okay, I absolutely love most of these, and many of these are visual matches, except for, in my opinion, the actor you chose for Sokka. It just . . . honestly, it confuses me a little that you are upset about Asian characters being cast as white, yet cast two Native American characters as Asian. There's nothing even remotely wrong with that, and I really like the first actress you picked for Katara, I'm just curious.

(And the actress for Azula is rather awesome.)

[misora.livejournal.com]

LOL, Sokka and Katara aren't necessarily 'Native American'. They're most likely Inuit, which is similar but not the same (more Asian influence). Anyway, I don't know very many Native American actors/actresses (although I think Kristen Kreuk is part native Canadian, I'm not sure). Regardless, casting an Inuit character as Asian is better than casting them white, in my opinion. *shrug*

I was also typing this up at work, and didn't have a whole lot of time to search for the perfect picks, just picks I thought were better than Shyamalan's. If I found two Inuit/NA actors who matched Sokka and Katara, I'd select them in an instant.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Your choices are 3,000,000,0000 times better that Night's.

[lilacsigil.livejournal.com]

I don't know the actress you have for Azula, but she's frighteningly perfect.

For those that are interested...

[jbramx2.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to mention that a letter campaign has already started...
http://ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com/368355.html

[jbramx2.livejournal.com]

If we could find a young girl that looks JUST like this bollywood actress...



I think we'd have our Katara ready. (lady even has natural blue eyes!) Hm, maybe Miss Rai could play Katara's mother?

[misora.livejournal.com]

I love Ashi Rai. If she were younger, she'd be perfect, indeed. Sokka could be played by an Indian guy, as well.

Another Katara candidate: Ayesha Dharker.

(Even in her element!) She's gorgeous.

[kimiren.livejournal.com]

BAHAHAHAHA i feel like aang's a footnote that you were obligated to put in >XDDDDDD

your choice of aang and zhao for the win!

[misora.livejournal.com]

LOL Aang is so a footnote in my book


But srsly, Zach Eisen does a great job of VA'ing him. And he's a cute kid. Might as well shave his head and slap an arrow on it and try him out at the part, eh? XD

[disqollama.livejournal.com]

Hmm nice choices!

I do like your pick for Zhao. :D

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

I think you are awesome and should rule the world. Also, I've linked to you.

[misora.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, thanks! >:D I've often thought I would make a benevolent and just ruler. XD


However I'd also hand-pick an army of ethnically-mixed Canadian men between the ages of 21-28 for my special "harem". *snicker*

[ingridmatthews.livejournal.com]

Was linked here by a friend. May I just say that you're brilliant and your Zukos make a Fire Nation out of my pa ... uh, I mean, yeah, they work. *nods*

[misora.livejournal.com]

 


Couldn't agree with you more, esp about the last part, mon frere. ^.~

[seren-himitsu.livejournal.com]

YES! JASON ISAACS AS ZHAO! I was unhappy with how Eurocentric the casting was, but I WILL FORGIVE THEM ALL IF THEY CAST JASON ISAACS!

Sorry, bit of a fan.

I like almost all of your choices, save Kristen Kreuk, because I've watched her in Smallville and she was *painfully* bad. But I definitely like your choice for Azula and Ozai. I also think that many of the potential actors/actresses you have look a bit too old for their parts, but that's really nothing new on TV.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I was just going to say "Great" to this post and you finding and aligning all those fitting caps (IME a tedious job) and then you even added a bit of Jason. *sigh*

[ursamajor]

Here via links-tagged-avatar on delicious, and all I can say is THANK YOU, WHY WAS THIS SO HARD FOR THEM?

(Also, can I take Mike Lewis home with me? No, I mean, *now*?)