Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show),
Shaun Toub (The Kite Runner, Iron Man) and
Cliff Curtis (10,000 BC) have all joined the cast of “
Avatar: The Last Airbender.”
They join a cast headed by
Noah Ringer, who plays the title role,
Nicola Peltz, who plays the Waterbender Katara,
Jackson Rathbone, in the role of Katara's brother Sokka, and
Dev Patel, who plays Prince Zuko, prince of the Fire Nation.
Mandvi is set to play the role of Commander Zhao, an ambitious and hot-tempered Fire Nation commander.
Toub is cast as Uncle Iroh, the retired Fire Nation general and devoted surrogate parent to Dev Patel's character Zuko. He is represented by Abrams Artists Agency.
Curtis is set to play the ruthless ruler Fire Lord Ozai.
In addition,
Keong Sim has been cast in the role of Earthbending Father.
Air, Water, Earth, Fire. Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.
Based on the hugely successful
Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film” The Last Airbender” is the opening chapter in Aang's struggle to survive.
This casting is basically the chocolate to help the bitter white chocolate to go down.
Please visit racebending.com to find out how and why this casting ir prejudicial, at the least and at it's worse, institutionally racist.
your full of it the casting has nothing to do with race the actors were chosen because of ability and skill not some stupid racist crap the real racists are the ones who have nothing better to do than complain when they should be grateful they actually get a movie at all NOW STICK THAT IN YOUR JUICEBOX AND SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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