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

[shinraisei.livejournal.com]

Oh I know--I never meant to imply that they're the only ones out there. (I also noted the cast of North of 60) But if they don't know where to look, they may have some problems casting--find the right area, and like you said, they'd be flooded for sure by Aboriginal and Asian actors for sure!

They need to come to Canada and do a casting call methinks. The councils here would promote it I'm sure. Or, from what I can recall, go to West-Central or Northern border states. :o (I just remember where all the First Nations are in Canada, not in the US. You wouldn't happen to know what the regional concentrations of First Nations/Native Americans are in the US perchance? Like for example here, the Cree, Blackfoot and Sarcee are in the Prairies (Métis as well). Haida are mostly in the Pacific coast, Iroquois and Huron are in the US and most of Quebec, Algonquin and Huron in parts of Ontario etc.)

Part of me, as a casual fan, hopes that this is just one big fake press release meant to confuse the fans. Either way, if a non-fan saw this, they'd probably be wondering "...and they didn't try a casting call elsewhere for a more diverse cast?" as well. *scratches head*

[misora.livejournal.com]

Part of me, as a casual fan, hopes that this is just one big fake press release meant to confuse the fans.

Sadly, I don't believe this is true; Hollywood is really too chicken-shit to portray an ethnically-diverse cast in a movie that's slated to become a "blockbuster" based on the TV ratings (or at the very least, a "big hit" on the big screen). I don't have any faith in them anymore. I had thought with Shyamalan at the helm, they'd portray the cast accurately, but... :(

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm ... I'm not sure if it's really an issue with regionality. Asian & aboriginal actors probably have agents and stuff who are on the lookout for potential parts -- hawkishly, one would imagine, considering there's so little to begin with -- regardless of where the actors actually live. It's hard to believe that casting companies (especially for a big-budget studio & project like this!) would be clueless about where to start when it comes to casting PoC; I mean, that's what casting agencies and actors' agents are *for*!

I'm Canadian too, so I'm not sure what the concentrations of Native Americans are in the US. *g*