EXCLUSIVE: Azula is currently being cast for Season 1 of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last AirbenderW

EXCLUSIVE: Azula is currently being cast for Season 1 of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last AirbenderWe have confirmation that everyone’s favorite Fire Nation Princess will appear in the first season of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, and that casting for the role is currently taking place.Unlike for the four main roles of Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Zuko, we don’t have details like the character age and ethnicity, nor have public casting calls gone up. It’s possible they still will, and casting for this role is yet to begin, or they’re already taking place completely closed and it was only public (but not open, since the characters/show being auditioned for were kept a secret) for the four main characters.We can make some guesses though. Princess Azula is the younger sister of Prince Zuko. This makes it almost certain the casting call for her will be the same ethnicity as it was for him, which was East Asian or South Asian, with the role going to 20-year-old Chinese-Indonesian-American actor Dallas Liu. In the original series, Zuko was 16 while Azula was 14. In the new series, Zuko is 17, so aged up by one year, and played by an actor who was 19 at the time of casting. Another point of comparison is that in the original series, Katara and Sokka were 14 and 15 respectively, while in the live-action show they’re 14 and 16. So, it’s possible Azula will be kept the same like Katara, or aged up by ~1 year like Sokka and Zuko. Her actor could be the exact age of the character like Aang and Katara, or slightly older like Sokka and Zuko. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being an ~18yo actor playing a ~16yo Azula, since the role is quite complex and demanding, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a 14yo actor playing a 14yo Azula. There’s precedent for both!Another thing to keep track of is that Azula only had cameos in Book One: Water of the original series. One was in the audience during Zuko’s Agni Kai with Ozai, which took place three years before the series, when she was 11. The other is in the very last scene of the season, where she’s introduced as the new villain when Ozai dispatches her to capture Zuko and Iroh. It’s possible they’re casting early just for small moments like this, but keep in mind it’ll be one to two years before she would be a main character in Season 2 of the live-action series (assuming each season adapts one original season) and so the actor chosen will be older by then. I see this as the most likely outcome, with maybe even a separate, younger actor chosen for the flashback (Same for Zuko? Or maybe even de-aged with makeup and/or CGI?) since they seem to be going for a faithful, “authentic” remake. In that case, it’s cool that they’re putting in the effort to cast Azula now. However, it’s also possible her role will be slightly expanded in this version of the story because they’re casting such a major character now. Again, it feels like there’s precedent for both with what we know so far about the show’s goals and plans. We’ll have to wait and see!I should also note that this just happens to be the next casting I’ve been told about behind closed doors. It doesn’t guarantee the order of casting, i.e. other characters like Iroh, Zhao, Suki, Yue, etc. could be taking place in any order as well at the moment, I just haven’t heard anything else yet. This is a pretty cool one to hear about though, and definitely gets me hyped! What about you?Filming starts in November and is set to run through May 2022. -- source link

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