Comments on: Derek Kirk Kim on The Last Airbender‘s cast

By: noah

noah — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:56:38 +0000

is there auditions for the last airbender book2 earth cause i want to audition for katara

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Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:23:28 +0000

[...] Last Thursday, I found out that the four main roles in the upcoming live-action Airbender trilogy would be played by white kids, discarding Inuit and Asian heritage in lieu of something (which I assume Paramount considers to [...]

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Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:23:39 +0000

[...] against it: the difficulty inherent in making the leap from animation to live action; the casting, at least of initially, of white actors in the four central roles; and Shymalan’s spotting track [...]

By: Kia

Kia — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:12:45 +0000

I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS FILM! I think the whiting out of this movie is so typical of Hollywood. This movie was a chance to put Asian actors (who are severely underrepresented in Hollywood) in the spotlight. But instead of casting Asians or other people of color, the main characters of the cast are all white. It’s a disgrace to the show, the spirit in which it was created and the millions of fans who love this show. Not to mention M. Night Shymalan is directing this. His career as a filmmaker is in the toilet as far as I’m concerned. But this movie either needs to be re-cast or shut down. These people must think we (the fans) are complete dumbasses. You can’t take something that so loved and change it so drastically and expect people to just accept it. They might not think it’s a big deal but obviously they don’t realize the shit-storm they’ve started by doing this…

By: Missy

Missy — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:56:17 +0000

There will be a protest at The Last Airbender Open Call on February 7th in Philadelphia, from 10AM to 4PM at the Independence Hall Visitor Center.

Independence Hall Visitor Center
“Independence Ball Room”
6th & Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106

We are asking EVERYONE who is against the all white casting, and racism in HollyWood to please come out ad use their voice. News channels will also be out..lets make an impact. It takes ONE person to change the world..it will take a group to change this movie!

By: Eamon M.

Eamon M. — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:00:16 +0000

Now even though the show was pure genius, I do believe that an all white cast is not what this movie needs, I do believe that Aang, should be played by Noah Ringer because he has experience in acting, and the martial arts, and he does resemble Aang in some way, but Im signing this petition because who in the right mind would pick Jesse McCartney has Zuko, I sure in Hell wouldn’t !

By: Chris Jones

Chris Jones — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:08:43 +0000

That was a very convincing post. I didn’t really care before, but he laid out a very strong case.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:47:10 +0000

I agree with the protest, agree with everything Derek wrote except I don’t think the casting decisions are the result of racism, it comes down to ignorant executives who don’t believe an Asian cast, or even an Asian lead, can “open” a movie. Same reason they had to put a white actor as the central hero in a movie that had JET LI and JACKIE CHAN (Forbidden Kingdom).

By: Simon DelMonte

Simon DelMonte — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:47:49 +0000

Wow, there is someone else who doesn’t like Avatar. I am the only person I know who has watched it and doesn’t love it. Though I wouldn’t call it crapola. I just find it dull.

That said, there is no excuse for an all white cast. But I don’t think our protests matter. The show’s legions of young fans are probably not going to care about who’s in the film very much. Or even that its director hasn’t made a good film in ages.

By: Nick Marino

Nick Marino — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:22:15 +0000

wow. i feel like i just got punched in the face.

this is absolutely insane. what was the casting director thinking!?!

By: agent_torpor

agent_torpor — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:08:41 +0000

I was already gonna boycott it anyway, since the cartoon is utter crapola..

Done and done, glad to help out.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:06:36 +0000

in all honesty, i wish that boycott every success. i love tha show and was heartbroken to find out that they’d whitewashed it…i’m pretty sure american audiences can enjoy movies with ethnically diverse casts. it betrays the soul of the concept, and it is truly disheartening.