Netflix's 'Avatar the Last Airbender' Prioritizes Asian American & Indigenous Representation In Recent Cast Updates

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This latest adaptation has increased focus on authenticity to the characters’ culture, strengthened by a new cast of Asian and Indigenous backgrounds. authenticity culture AvatarTheLastAirbender

After building up a cult following over the last 15 years, Nickelodeon’s Avatar the Last Airbender is set for a live-action adaptation via Netflix, set to start production next month in Vancouver. While released back in 2005 for a three-season run, the Avatar series has seen spin-offs with Nickelodeon’s The Legend of Korra and the highly-scrutinized live-action film adaptation, The Last Airbender.

ADVERTISEMENT The show released the main cast back in August. Filipino actor Gordon Cormier, who was launched into mainstream attention from his role in 2020’s The Stand, was cast as Avatar protagonist Aang, master of all four elements. Canadian Mohawk actress Kiawentiio is set to play waterbender Katara, alongside Cherokee actor Ian Ousley as her sarcastic brother Sokka. The final member of the core four, firebender Zuko, is played by PEN15’s Dallas Liu.

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