fuego
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Post by fuego on Dec 6, 2007 10:48:06 GMT -5
that the main problem....people want to be like they see in the show....which is easy cause no one can argue bad against a cartoon/anime but when you start moving to live-action, people dare I say, want to keep it PC or at least tailored from borred tradtions.
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Post by wildimagination on Dec 6, 2007 11:51:58 GMT -5
I know my absolute first choice for Fire Lord Ozai (especially now that we've ses were like ten years older. Ora if sheen him) - Daniel Dae Kim. No question. In my mind he *is* Fire Lord Ozai. Lang in Smallwville? arry Poyyer) could be Mai.bout Lana L Hey, he DOES look like Ozai! What about the girl who plays Lana Lang in Smallville? She'd be able to pull off Ursa if she was older. Or Katie Leung (Cho from Harry Potter) could be Mai.
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Post by WyrmKing on Dec 6, 2007 14:03:09 GMT -5
Not all actors have to be a certain race, as long as they look the part and could act. That sounded so racist. No, Avatar is in anime style. In anime style, the Asian race and the White race look pretty much the same. Obviously, this is not true in real life. Having white actors in an Asian-inspired fantasy setting is like having an all-black cast in Lord of the Rings with it's medieval Europe-inspired setting.
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Post by Hinata Uzumaki IS BACK on Dec 23, 2007 16:54:45 GMT -5
grey delisle IS Azula
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Post by Sakura on Dec 23, 2007 18:53:35 GMT -5
Ok I looked, but couldn't find another thread like this, well I'm tired so... Jake Gyllenhaal as Sokka? I dunno, they b oth have humor. Grey Delisle wold make a good Azula. I just wanted to add that Grey Delise is in fact the actor for Azula. There are many, many cool anime guys that would make awesome Zukos. ;D
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Post by tatgrrl24 on Mar 2, 2008 17:27:19 GMT -5
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Post by admirality on May 14, 2008 13:28:10 GMT -5
No one been on here for ages pity I like this thread.... Ne hue I hav been looking around and I have some more suggestions Zhao - Sean BeanOzai - Hugh Jackman or Gerard Butler they both pass the Admirality hot test Hakoda - Johnny Depp Ozai cud be Johnny but I just think Hakoda is a better match Ozai too hunky Combustion man - Vin Diesel but taller Ai ........ I likes my latest selections.... I will hav to think up more....
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Post by nymphadora on May 14, 2008 13:34:12 GMT -5
I would like unknowns in the movies, but I like those picks admirality. Sean Bean always has those Zhao-ish roles, but I would like him to be Jason Isaacs. They should keep the voice actor if the person is willing to do the movies and actually looks like their character, IMO. Like I don't think that Grey Delisle could be Azula, because she is not very close to being 14. I wonder how accurately they'll cast the ages. hm....
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Zidaneski
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Post by Zidaneski on May 19, 2008 18:57:14 GMT -5
How about the girl on the far left for Katara. Sounds just like her and she is darker than she looks in the pic.
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Post by username on May 19, 2008 19:01:21 GMT -5
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Post by bagpipe turtle on May 19, 2008 19:07:09 GMT -5
Jason Isaacs? Well, we'd all be used to the voice.
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Azula's Flames
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Post by Azula's Flames on May 19, 2008 21:08:32 GMT -5
I know shes far too old but Gong Li would make a perfect Azula (dont get me wrong I adore Grey but she cant play the part in the film) especially if youve seen her in Memoirs of a Geisha She would make a good Ursa or Jun too Ken Wantanabe for Ozai? Or maybe Chow Yun Fat No one except Dante should be Zuko (oh his voice.. *knees melt*) Or maybe this guy who already played a confused prince mommas boy with daddy issues, Jay Cho (ignore the caption lol) OK so I baisically reunited the cast of Curse of the Golden Flower but they are a bit similar to the Fire Royals Zhang ZiYi and Michelle Yeoh (Ursa??) have to be inthere somewhere too) And I agree that the WT should be played by Inuits or Native American actors (there was an Inuit thing on the TV today and I was all 'OMG waterbenders!')
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Post by Victim ~*of *~Circumstances on May 20, 2008 3:48:00 GMT -5
Woah, this thread....it lives! Anyway, got some actors to consider. Jun-Maggie Cheung Andy Lau- Mackenzie Rosman- Had an actress that would be perfect for Mai but it was in a previous old thread...can't find it.T_T My next choice was Isabella Leong
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gambitia
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Post by gambitia on May 20, 2008 22:43:13 GMT -5
I've always imagined real-life Azula looking like Amy Lee. I have no idea why. I don't see why a multi-racial cast is so bad...after all, one of the reasons Avatar's been hailed as a great show for kids is because it's incredibly diverse and also free from racial stereotypes. Katara and Sokka are obviously darker-skinned, but I could see them being played by Hispanic actors, or black actors, or Inuit actors (are there actually Inuit actors? I don't recall ever hearing of any, and they're a pretty small population if I remember 7th grade geography right). But whatever. To take a previous example, I wouldn't mind a mixed-race cast in Lord of the Rings. In some characters, it would make more sense. The only thing that does need consistency is siblings. Siblings must be the same race. I've never seen it in a movie, but I've seen a ton of plays where siblings are different races and it bugs me so much because biology does not work that way.Even if most of the show takes inspiration from Asia, it doesn't mean that it would look ridiculous to have non-Asian actors. I didn't think any outfits in the first season were particularly Asian in design; the FN armor looked like pretty standard armor. Katara and Sokka's outfits looked like something you could probably find in early northern Europe or the extremely-white-and-pale Scandinavia :/ Heck, some of Azula's moves are based on a French fighting form, so it's not like it'd be ridiculous. If the movie sets looked like Hidden Crouching Tiger Lizard something-or-other, or any of the various martial arts movies I've never seen, then it would look ridiculous to have non-Asian actors. But I somehow doubt the designs will scream 'ASIAAAAAAAA' as much as that. But, I don't know. I assume all the Disney brats are out of the running because Nick and Disney are rivals, but...I don't want Disney brats in my movies. ANYWAY. Actor picks for me...I don't know if any of these people are actually good actors. I don't even know who half these people are. I just know that they look like what I want the characters to look like. Mai: Sonia Couling. She's got the right height and the right long body. She looks like she'd also have a good "I'm bored" face too. Jin: Aime Teegarden. She needs a dye job, obviously, but she has the right sort of sweet girl-next-door charm. She also appears quite busty . Jin could also be played by Anna Paquin, I think, but that just might be me loving Anna Paquin. That mom in "Zuko Alone": I honestly don't know. She just looks like it...that's all I have. I need to watch more movies. Or find a better database of actors...
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Post by username on May 21, 2008 14:25:41 GMT -5
The problem with a white Zuko/Azula would mean Iroh wouldn't be asian. Iroh's probably the most obviously asian major character.
But if the Fire Nation royal family was white, Hugo Weaving would make a good Ozai.
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