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?!

[romanitas.livejournal.com]

Rick Neely would make an awesome Zuko.

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

[misora.livejournal.com]

oh yes. See my previous post for details.

[lady-mercury.livejournal.com]

Leah Dizon makes me sad :(

[misora.livejournal.com]

I concur with both choices! :D

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

[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]

YAY!!!
noooo kataang!!
because IN REAL LIFE a 14 yr old girl does NOT give a 12 year old a second glance. But 16 year old boys DO attract a 14yr old girls attention!!

[nephthysmoon.livejournal.com]

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

[rosegilmore.livejournal.com]

I also like the jet. :D

[misora.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks! :D

[misora.livejournal.com]

Either Kristen Kreuk (I've always thought she was a good live-action Katara) or the other girl, Maggie Q - I think either of them would be good, but a lot of people apparently hate Kristen Kreuk. *shrug*

[misora.livejournal.com]

I think the Jet would be so sexy, esp with a bit longer hair.


*is now imagining a 3some with the Jet/Zuko/Katara actors chosen and salivating*

[franzetta.livejournal.com]

LMAO. I totally noticed that. So sly bb, I like that

But, Maggie Q's kinda oldddd...Kristen's younger but she's already going to ruin chun Li for me, I don't want her to ruin anything else =\

Also, every one of your choices for Zuko is hot.
You've been doing your research :D.

[rapturesmusic.livejournal.com]

oh fuck Rick Neely as Zuko plz.

[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, 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.)

[misora.livejournal.com]

Confirm. XD

[misora.livejournal.com]

Thanks. XD

Oh yes, what fun research it was, too. XD

[misora.livejournal.com]

Haha, thanks! :D

re: Roger Fan as Sokka

[misora.livejournal.com]

XD