The ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Cast on Staying True to the Original and Favorite Bending Abilities
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- Yip Yip! Gordon Cormier (Aang), Kiawentiio (Katara), Dallas Liu (Zuko), and Ian Ousley (Sokka) sat down with RT correspondent Perri Nemiroff to talk about their new show ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’. The cast detail how they are stayed true to their characters, dished on their favorite and least favorite bending abilities, and gave us an inside look at how they rode Appa. ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ is streaming on Netflix February 22!
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"where ur homies at?" was crazy 😭
I was like Damn! "That's Rough Buddy!"
Savage lol
Too soon 😩
OMG
He was quick with it too 😂
“Where your homies at” is diabolical 😂😂
He was wrong for that, but he's so right still 😅
when does it happen? i just cant hear it. idk where
@@sendL546 Ian says it in response to the first question (what element they'd most & least want to bend) 1:21
@@pointseventhreedamn💀💀
@@sendL546 fr 😭
The fact they made Sokka go through bending boot camp is so funny lmao
Sometimes people try to do unnecessary job just to make it look professional. Anyway they probably wanted to simultaneously bond their casts and make him physically stronger.
😂😂
Sokk's actor just mastered fire-bending with that "where your homies at" line. This cast was perfect.
“Where your homies at?” That’s crazy 😃
Gordon wasn’t having it..
Yeah Was Soo mad why would sokka do that😂😂
“That’s rough buddy”
“Where your homies at?”
The Avatar was too stunned to speak
If I was there, I would ask him where his Homies were at because the last time I checked, there are no water benders in the southern tribe, other than the one that was born years after the raides. And that conquest happened without Sozins comet ☄️ . And the water tribes are not practiced pacifist. Not to mention the northern water tribe almost fell, if it wasn’t for the avatar, and they had 100 years to prepare. To fight the fire 🔥 nation. And the end of the series the Earth Kingdom almost held the same fate as the air nomads. And if you wanna know how powerful one Airbender can be just read the rise of Kyoshi. Find out what one single Airbender did to a whole fleet of water tribe army. Where he literally became a folklore. And lastly, if you want to see how untethered Air-bending is, look no further than the desert 🏜️ episode. Aang was the only character that was not helpless. He had multiple ways of transporting out of the desert. He could fly on his staff, but if he didn’t have that he could jump long distances, he could speed run, and he could use the air scooter for transport. And there is a good chance. He could’ve found Appa too, but he couldn’t risk losing the rest of the Gaang so he turned back.
The best part is that he was still shook after. Like, watch Gordon's face when Dallas cuts in to give his answer. Bro was processing the emotional damage.
Airbender could bend the air out of your lungs, they’re lucky he’s kind 😂😂
Katara can bloodbend too
They can literally take the breath out of you
@@mitsuhh that had nothing to do with why I’m defending the kid being picked on but yes, I know she can lol.
Nobody is being picked on you loser. It was a friendly humorous joke. Jesus christ@@muffin0nmars534
@@mitsuhhonly during full moon
1:44 pls cast gordon in a sitcom i want him looking at the camera when things happen 💀
“where ya homies at?” thats rough buddy
I see what you did there... Girlfriend turned into the moon huh?
My favorite would be airbending as well cause they can literally take the breath out of you
I loved the zuko reference
Sokka is a player because he was with suki then princess yue/ the moon😂
This interview solidified Sokka's actor for me
he said "like" SOOO many times and right after zuko's hella eloquent answer 😭😭 but i like it it shows they ARE their characters lol
one thing i liked more about the live action than the animated one is how aang was adapting to the world 100 years later. in the animation it felt like he was just a natural at everything but in the liveaction he was actually struggling to live in the newer world that he had never experienced
Yes, how at kyoshi islands he notes the differences in world perspectives
@@10freekie2 exactly. i thought the show was about a 7 or an 8 out of 10 and that was one of the best changes.
also the zuko and the 41st division change was prob my favorite change
1:45 gordon is so done with the airbending slander 😭
poor gordon😅
air is such a strong and underrated element.
100%
“Where your homies at” was brutal 😂
I didn't understand it can you explain? Please?
@@__0AA0__he means that the air benders are dead for a reason
@@vihmoraes9237 oh thanks, maybe i didn't understand it cuz i know from the legend of korra that air bending can be quiet dangerous and dark if it was in the wrong hands. So that's why it flew over my head i always knew that they were massacred because of their pacifist way of living not from their "weak" power.
If I was there, I would ask him where his Homies were at because the last time I checked, there are no water benders in the southern tribe, other than the one that was born years after the raides. And that conquest happened without Sozins comet ☄️ . And the water tribes are not practiced pacifist. Not to mention the northern water tribe almost fell, if it wasn’t for the avatar, and they had 100 years to prepare. To fight the fire 🔥 nation. And the end of the series the Earth Kingdom almost held the same fate as the air nomads. And if you wanna know how powerful one Airbender can be just read the rise of Kyoshi. Find out what one single Airbender did to a whole fleet of water tribe army. Where he literally became a folklore. And lastly, if you want to see how powerful and Airbender is look no further than the desert 🏜️ episode. Aang was the only character that was not helpless. He had multiple ways of transporting out of the desert. He could fly on his staff, but if he didn’t have that he could jump long distances, he could speed run, and he could use the air scooter for transport. And there is a good chance. He could’ve found Appa too, but he couldn’t risk losing the rest of the Gaang so he turned back.
They don’t even realize the entire series aang was trying not to k*ll anyone with his air bending, whereas most of the series Zuko was trying to cause serious bodily harm to Aang. Even fire lord Ozai, his main dilemma wasn’t beating him in the fight. It was not k*lling him. That is how strong Aang was. He literally stopped a volcano from destroying an entire village with one breath of air.
Soo true broo
Absolutely, but we know from the comics and animated series that Zuko is extremely powerful in his own right. He is a decendant of Roku, the Avatar before Aang.
Glazing is crazy
He’s the avatar, that explains everything
Why are you censoring the world kill 😭
"Where your homies at" was DEFINITELY crazy. But holy hell, can we talk about how grounded/thoughtful these young actors are! Their answers are brilliant!
If I was Gordon I would've said "where's your mother at?" 😂.
Lmaoo🤣🤣
He can't disrespect Katara/Kia, that's how Aang is 😂
brooooooo😂😂
That works for Sokka and zuko
HELP😭
"you blowing my hair out is crazy" HAD ME DYING.
So perfect how Gordon peacefully and passively processes Ian's burn hahah so Aang, like he doesn't even know how to be that brutal
If I was there, I would ask him where his Homies were at because the last time I checked, there are no water benders in the southern tribe, other than the one that was born years after the raides. And that conquest happened without Sozins comet ☄️ . And the water tribes are not practiced pacifist. Not to mention the northern water tribe almost fell, if it wasn’t for the avatar, and they had 100 years to prepare. To fight the fire 🔥 nation. And the end of the series the Earth Kingdom almost held the same fate as the air nomads. And if you wanna know how powerful one Airbender can be just read the rise of Kyoshi. Find out what one single Airbender did to a whole fleet of water tribe army. Where he literally became a folklore. And lastly, if you want to see how powerful and Airbender is look no further than the desert 🏜️ episode. Aang was the only character that was not helpless. He had multiple ways of transporting out of the desert. He could fly on his staff, but if he didn’t have that he could jump long distances, he could speed run, and he could use the air scooter for transport. And there is a good chance. He could’ve found Appa too, but he couldn’t risk losing the rest of the Gaang so he turned back.
Gordon’s facial expressions are literally Aang lol
The DISRESPECT to Gordon ashdhgvfh lmao poor kid XDXD
his reactions are so funny
Each character sticking with their element as their favorite is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kiawentiio looks beautiful to play Katara!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
She's too beautiful for katara tbh
@@theplotarmoredtitan5781how? Katara was one of the prettiest girls on the show. Jet, Haru, and Zuko all noticed her beauty and were interested in her
@Lisa-qm5bc zoku? Now I know you ship them 2, amigo zuko had a girlfriend he didn't have eyes for anyone else
But there’s Also Jin, Jun, Ty Lee that were all baddies too
@@Lisa-qm5bc zuko?? What show were you watching grl? 😭
1:15 Gordan’s face 🤣
lmao, look at his face after, especially when Dallas starts talking. He was still processing. 🤣
How I wish the exchange at 1:22 went
Ian: “Where your homies at?
Gordon: “with your mom!”
Dallas: (to both) “That’s rough buddy”
Can we give some praise to the interviewer. She definitely tried to not ask the same questions that we have seen with every other video. ❤
The way Gordon turns around slowly and goes “H U H ?” when Ian says he wants to bend air the least will never not be hilarious
GORDON IS SO ELOQUENT AND INTELLIGENT OMGG PERFECT AANG
“Where your homies at?” is about to go down in history as an absolutely wild moment
lmaooooo
Bruh!! “Where ya hommies at”. Savage my damn mouth dropped 😂 can’t believe he said that hahaha
When Dallas said he wanted to preserve the relationship Zuko had with Iroh he absolutely nailed it!
In the cartoon I didn’t have a favorite character but in the live action Zuko was my favorite as his relationships make him the most human and relatable. And not just with Iroh the way his relationship with Jee and Ozai evolved through just 8 episodes was very impressive. Somehow then exiled prince had the most meaningful interactions with other characters.
gordon would be a really good friend i would love to be his friend not for clout not for money he seems like a genuine dude im the same age as him i think we would get along but sadly we live very far away i think and i dont think ill meet him.
Gordon's shoked pikachu face and shocked face were too relatable 😂
dawg "where ur homies at" is crazzzzzyyyyy i havent stopped laughing
Oh Aang actor.. That was so touching :,)
I'll have to say when I saw the first episode, the subtleties of acting portraying Sokka, Zuko, and Iroh are so good! It's really the fact that I knew why they were making that facial expression in hindsight because I've seen the animated series. And I think that's something I would appreciate more moving forward with Katara, Aang, and I know for sure Iroh will DESTROY me emotionally. Lol
how’d u see it already??
@@JD-ig7yx In some stroke of luck I got to go to an advanced screening!
@@everjei2 that's awesome, my biggest hope is that sokka is funny, the pace isn't rushed and the bending looks cool... We'll see!!
@@JD-ig7yx I would say Sokka and Zuko carried the first episode, at least to me! The bending felt very lethal and at times whimsical so look forward to that. I would say that the pace of the pilot is very fast, considering it technically covers 3 episodes of the animated show plus some new content so it naturally moved faster. I almost wished that in some scenes they would linger a bit more before moving on but yeah, it feels faster. From what I've heard, the staff are aware of the fast pace too, and they said that this pacing will make more sense when supplemented by the other episodes. So we'll see. Just an advice when watching: if you notice something that they removed, always think if removing something doesn't affect anything in the context of the entire live action series. Or that whenever they make changes, the change makes sense in the live action but not in the animated. Most importantly, remember to enjoy it! Don't spoil your experience by being too critical. This is the only chance we get to experience this show like it's the first time again. 🥺🥳 Once you finish all of it, then you can start critiquing. I'd bet the experience is much better that way. ENJOOOYYY! IT COMES OUT IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS AAAA✨
Yeah I’ve watched the first two episodes now and Sokka is good. Katara however… I’m kind of disappointed with her acting.
I'm already crying hearing Gordon about the part of Aang's sadness due to the genocide. Can't wait for the launch today!
Casting did a good job! They really were able to play their characters well. And Gordon was so cute the whole time huhu
Whoever put this cast together deserves a trophy. 💯🏆🍾
gordon is the realest i wish the interviewer expanded more on what he said
He’s Sokka lmao
"Where your homies at" and thats why hes our Sokka. Master of iconic comebacks lol ❤
Damn Sokka just became a fire bender, that was a BURN!🔥😂
cant wait to watch it tomorrow (:
SAMMME
you can watch it in 3 hours
I watched it. And now, I don't know what to do with my life 😢😢😢😢
Without air you cannot breathe, if you cannot breathe you
ain't doing ANY bending at all! Air resides in and all around the other elements in some form or fashion. It is truly a vital and revered force.
So Team Aang/Gordon for the win!
If I was there, I would ask him where his Homies were at because the last time I checked, there are no water benders in the southern tribe, other than the one that was born years after the raides. And that conquest happened without Sozins comet ☄️ . And the water tribes are not practiced pacifist. Not to mention the northern water tribe almost fell, if it wasn’t for the avatar, and they had 100 years to prepare. To fight the fire 🔥 nation. And the end of the series the Earth Kingdom almost held the same fate as the air nomads. And if you wanna know how powerful one Airbender can be just read the rise of Kyoshi. Find out what one single Airbender did to a whole fleet of water tribe army. Where he literally became a folklore. And lastly, if you want to see how untethered Air-bending is, look no further than the desert 🏜️ episode. Aang was the only character that was not helpless. He had multiple ways of transporting out of the desert. He could fly on his staff, but if he didn’t have that he could jump long distances, he could speed run, and he could use the air scooter for transport. And there is a good chance. He could’ve found Appa too, but he couldn’t risk losing the rest of the Gaang so he turned back.
Just one word for Ian and Dallas "ZAHEER"
No one:
Zaheer: "Guru lahima" 🤓👆
😂 I love that guy
@@daphne0515 literally, the way he was alwys talking about him whenever he possibly could 😭
dallas is so well spoken
The whole cast is well spoken🤨
Albert Kim-"Well, there’s certain things you can draw that when you’re trying to translate in live-action are incredibly complicated, both practically and financially," he said. "There are so many epic sequences in the original series that I wish we could have done, but it would have just broken the bank many times over. The Northern Air Temple episode of the first season is a finale in itself, and if we had tried to do that we would be blowing all the resources right there. So, we had to pick and the toughest part of this process was deciding what to leave behind - and I’m sure there will be fans who are not happy that they didn’t get their favorite episodes and their favorite characters, and all I can say is it pains me too."
He added, "I wish we could have done all of them, but there’s the reality of creating eight-hour-long episodes for a serialized drama and also expanding the world in places and telling new parts of the story that hadn’t been told before. That takes up time. I think people think it’s as easy as saying, 'Well there are 20 half-hour episodes of the original. That’s 10 hours. And there are eight one-hour episodes of the new show, so they only needed to make two more episodes.' But it’s not exactly one-to-one there, so that was the process we went through."
Ian: “Where your homies at?”
Gordon:”Where’s your mom at?”
🔥🔥🔥
Gordon reactions are perfect
zuki is so beautiful guys
Yeeees!! Dallas is a total babe!
@@wintersyve2000 is he bald or he were wearing a tissue tie
This Avatar live-action show should have an adaptation of the Ember Island Players episode. Just have them react to the Last Airbender movie, and it would be gold!
Maybe they should get the voice actors back for that 😂😂😂😂
So hyped!
Waiting for the episodes to air!!!
lmaoo gordon's face when ian and dallas were trashing airbenders 😭😭
this was my favourite interview so far!! great questions
Ive been an og fan since day 1, and i was worried about how they were going to keep the same trope of the characters and make it real. I think i can accept the characters being slightly different considering these are real people with real emotions. They cant act exactly like the cartoon. Definitely like the balance between staying true to the character but adding there live action feel to it. Im not worried anymore.
Missed opportunity for Aang to respond with where’s your parents at 😭😭
Gordon is so much cuteness ❤
First episode of avatar has me in tearssss but I love it so much. thank youuu, the whole cast is amazing.
A "like" word counter would go crazy on this video
It’s how genz talks
@@Lisa-qm5bcLiterally like
Ikr I literally just tried to count how many times they were saying it
gordon is perfect as aang ❤️❤️
These were EXCELLENT questions!
Air is best element like bro the spiritual connection and flying?! Sign me up!
Yesss
Air is like the best support or IGL I guess. But for actual fighting well...
Thank you Perri for asking thoughtful questions and allowing the cast the space to answer.
1:22 OOF
Wonderful so proud of you guys especially to Gordon Cormier❤❤❤
Wow, I've watched it already, and it's amazing! Fantastic live-action adaptation! I can't wait for the next season! It's action, drama, fantasy, and comedy-all in one! Amazing cinematography, amazing special effects, those animals, spirit animals just amazing, and their powers!
They're all amazing! Gordon is a brilliant actor for his young age, and he is so cute; he has a million-dollar smile too. Dallas is a versatile actor, he's amazing actor. Kiawentiio and Ian are amazing too. Paul, and Daniel are very good too. All the cast members are really doing a great job.
I love this cast so much
GORDON GOT SO COOKED BLUD WAS LEFT SPEECHLESS 😭😭😭😭😭
1:15 gordon's flabbergasted face is so hsjskls
Bro id go air bending without a second thought
Great questions and answers!
Can wait for this show 🎉🎉🎉
I’m having a hard time concentrating because of Dallas’s muscles just looking GOOD!!😩😮💨🔥🤣
6:11 THIS!!!!!!! I love how gordon mentioned about this
Aang just catching stray bullets from all sides 😭😂😭😂😭😂😂😂😂
And *_"Where your homies at?"_* is *DIABOLICAL!!!!* 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Gordon's answer to honouring the original and enhancing it was really good! Just mirrored by thoughts about Aang's character.
They are hating on air man.. air is like the best.
This 4 is growing on me so bad 😂 Netflix needs to focus on the Gaang more moving forward. Can’t wait when Zuko joins this group!
i love the fact that dallas , gordon , and ian looks casual and normal bc of their clothes , and theirs katara looking like a princess w her earrings and makeup and all that stuff 😂💜
I would choose Earth as my favorite bc it would (imo) be the most useful
"where your homies at"
Not even the lighting hurt aang that badly
1:22 Dang, that was FOUL 😭
Yes "grounded texture" Dallas Liu Zuko I will always rewatch. His Agni Kai was incredible 😇🥳
Air you can fly!
I love this show so much. I loved the original animated series and really didn't have high hopes when I saw the live version because basically all other live versions of animated shows I've watched sucked. but this one is no doubt an exception. it's so well done. and I love that Dallas already knows kungfu so he did so many cool moves in the show.
I will surely watch this on netflix!
There’s two teen wolf stars in the live action show. The mother and daughter yukimuru playing a badass kitsune on the mtv teen wolf show. Now they played a tracker and a leader of the clan of the kyoshi island leader.
I knew I recognized the mom!
Live action creators didn't want to copy paste the animated series as it is and few of the plot changes made by them are pretty good and welcoming as well. I did enjoy watching many of the changes (like Azula and Sozin's intro) as they offered different and fresh perspectives.
But it has its own demerits as well:
1) Characterisation is something that was extra ordinary in the OG series (Aang was goofy yet wise and brave but here he is shown to be always frightened and somewhat coward, Katara was passionate, strong willed but here she almost carried the same expression throughout and why on Earth did they tone down Sokka's sarcasm. He was such a lively guy.) Honestly actors playing main characters seriously needs to improve especially Aang and Katara. (PS: Maria Zhang’s acting stood out for me as she portrayed her interest in Sokka quite perfectly. Actors playing Zuko, Iroh and Ozai acted brilliantly as well.)
2) And why is the casting overloaded with Chinese/South east asian origin actors? The main theme of the original series was peace and harmony between extremely diverse nations. Probably this is why the original creators left this project sighting creative differences.
3) The OG creators had excluded visual references of the genocide against air nomads for a purpose as it was meant to be a kids show. But in netflix without such restrictions they could have explored it much deeper and it would have been fresh for us as well. I was expecting to see more of Aang's past and the wiping out of air nomads. The genocide portion could have been longer considering the effort they had put to show it visually. At least 1 episode dedicated for it would have given ample time for the buildup. However it lasted only for 25 odd minutes so it felt rushed to me.
4) There is no suspense at all in the writing. Everything was just direct and linear.
5) This has very less humour than the animated one.
Comparison with original is inevitable as the bar is set so high that it's very difficult to match those standards. So considering the above mentioned issues, the OG stands miles ahead than this live action at least for me and I wouldn't agree with anyone calling this as better than the original itself...
"Where your homies at". That's sooo Sokka. LOL.
Gordon is just so inspiring ❤
We're hours away from the streaming debut. Super psyched. I've been waiting paying and hoping for more avatar the last Air bender since they made a movie some years back. This is definitely better
He looks like shuji in pen15
perri nemiroff and the avatar gang my life is complete
Loved the series. Everyone was great. ❤ hoping for season 2 ❤
i need season 2 and 3 PLEASEEEEEE NETFLIX! we all love it, keep it up
I’m forever a Earth girl 🪨⛓️☄️⛰️
Kyoshi & Toph Beifong raised me into it
“Where your homies at” with the clip of ATLA is craaaazy
“Where yo homies at?”
“In the spirit world taking turns with your mom!!!”
Gordon Cormier is indeed a Filipino! He looks like the young version of Zaijian Jaranilla who played Santino. Congratulations!