Comments on: New image of Dev Patel as Zuko in The Last Airbender

By: Blehmeh

Blehmeh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:18:15 +0000

One line has put me off the whole film “Evil prince Zuko”, I'm sorry but Zuko has NEVER been evil, they're going to character fuck him

By: appa

appa — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:49:06 +0000

2 true. i reckon instead of the movie, they should have kept going in a little spin off sereis with the unresolved problems like Zuko's mother. The last we see is him asking ozai about it. btw wheres appa and momo?

By: Aquila

Aquila — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:06:31 +0000

Where did you get this information? In that image, Zuko is the only non-white character of the Fire Nation soldiers. Quite frankly I'm glad that a South-Asian actor is being cast as a character who isn't distinctly South-Asian. Don't you think you're being a little over-sensitive?

By: Kimiko

Kimiko — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:12:10 +0000

I too, am sad about this casting…very sad. I'm beginning to think that the only reason why M.Night took on the Avatar was because all of his other moves weren't all that good…..I mean don't get me wrong, some of them were okay but I wouldn't say they were Epic. >.> And it's quite obvious that he's trying to be known across the world as the person who brought the world's most popular cartoon(Avatar) to life!! He even stated that he wanted this to be a three-movie epic like the LOTR!

I laughed. XD

But anyway, I don't see a reason to complain anymore since that's all we can do. >.< It honestly won't change anything since they are already filming. I don't like the casting choices either, I was hoping for some sort of Asian looks as well since the cartoon simply screamed…ASIAN!!! There were no Europeans or Africans and what not on the Avatar cartoon. It was completely Asian themed that included Asians from all over the world…..Chinese, Japanese, Eskimo/Inuit, Indian, Hawaiian, Korean….etc….There were no whites..there were no blacks…..just Asian…some people don't know this….However…again, there is nothing we can do but complain…..so I stopped complaining about the casting…they won't change it no matter how pissed off the fans get…they will continue it anyway. I just hope the action is good…that's all I'm rooting for right now…I hope it's worth it….. T.T

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:48:52 +0000

i just have several questions.

did all of you throwing fits about this care when Micheal Clark Duncan played Kingpin in Daredevil?

would you rather have a cast that looks perfect but could be out acted by a second grade play? or a cast that doesnt exactly fit the bill, but has the talent to be in front of the camera?

yes, the casting is off, but for all we know, those could have been the best people for the roles (acting wise). there could have been people that might have physically fit the bill better but couldnt act in a diaper commercial.

all of you talk about how this nation should be played by only this ethnicity. well what if said ethnicity didnt show up for the casting?

would you just drop the entire nation and go with out a water tribe, or the air nomads? or what if the people that showed up

By: Ritika S

Ritika S — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:30:35 +0000

no this is wrong wrong
the katara is supposed to have dark skin while zuko is supposed to be pale as ashes
and his scar is supposed to be way more profound.
the director really doesn't know what he is doing
i mean has he seen the show? katara should be the southasian character while zuko should be azn or caucasian
and where is zuko's ponytail? that was his trademark
i wish i could have gone to play casting as katara my skins the same tone
this is what i beleive
water- cast indian
air- thai, tibet
earth- phillipino, chinese
fire- japanese
wwho's with me?

By: suPerviLLaineSs

suPerviLLaineSs — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:58:51 +0000

i love i love dev patel – he is a yummy little dumpling of goofyness. i love zuko (and dante baco) dante wudv looked right for the part as well but hes getting a little olf (i loved him as rufio!!) but i guess he looked teenage enough in take the lead.. dev wasn cast as zuko 'cos hes indian- he was cast because (blonde and caucasian) jesse mrcartney or whoever had a booking clash and m. night isnt just coincidentally indian- dev happens to be kick ass (no pun intended) at martial arts.. hes a very skilled fighter in tae kwon do- so obviously this helps:P noah is also a martial artist… both are a real inspiration- but i dont expect much out of this film- its SO difficult to make anime into live action well- i always wanted a neon genesis movie but it wud be impossible to get right- so would say, a live action sailor mooon movie.. this is a tiny bit easier as there arent really any moon scenes or giant mechas involved but its still tough to puill off- hopefully not as crap as dbz…. (i also heart jacksone rathbone!) yayy! i think the scar was a bit too light…according to this picture its hardly disfiguring enuff… hehe neways i think it wud b so cool to play princess azula cos im evil by nature and im indian so ill look like dev and im pretty arite in martial arts also:) i wish i could go to casting calls but im in australia POO:(

By: DUDE

DUDE — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:50:19 +0000

GEEZ ITS JUST A MOVIE, IN THE ORIGINAL CARTOON, NON WHITES ARE THE VILLAINS TOO SO WHY NOT MAD ABOUT THAT TOO!!!

By: Hello

Hello — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:20:08 +0000

oh so now their russian too.

By: Kishi

Kishi — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:11:29 +0000

I prefer Dante Basco to be Zuko.

I'm sticking with this:
Water = Eskimos in real world | Southeast Asian and South Asian races can also be casted
Air = Tibet in real world | East Asians can also be casted
Earth = China in real world | East Asians can also be casted
Fire = Japan in real world | East Asians can also be casted

I'm not specific as to races but at least look the part. Ugh! Please