With two major franchises bearing the Avatar name, perhaps a mix-up like this was inevitable.In Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, actor Ken Leung is featured in the role of Commander Zhao. Speaking about the series with Deadline, Leung revealed how he was unfamiliar with the original animated series when he went to audition for the show. This led to some confusion as Leung believed he was auditioning for one of the Avatar movies directed by James Cameron. Leung even noted how he figured he’d be playing a “blue” character, referring to the characters in Cameron’s Avatar films.When asked if he was a fan of the original animated series, Leung responded, “I didn’t know the original at all. I mean, maybe it’s an age thing. But, I didn’t know about it. In fact, when I first heard that it was for Avatar… first of all, the audition was not – you couldn’t tell it was for Avatar. It was kind of disguised as a different project. And when I first heard that it was for Avatar, I thought that I was going to be blue.”
With two major franchises bearing the Avatar name, perhaps a mix-up like this was inevitable.
In Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, actor Ken Leung is featured in the role of Commander Zhao. Speaking about the series with Deadline, Leung revealed how he was unfamiliar with the original animated series when he went to audition for the show. This led to some confusion as Leung believed he was auditioning for one of the Avatar movies directed by James Cameron. Leung even noted how he figured he’d be playing a “blue” character, referring to the characters in Cameron’s Avatar films.
When asked if he was a fan of the original animated series, Leung responded, “I didn’t know the original at all. I mean, maybe it’s an age thing. But, I didn’t know about it. In fact, when I first heard that it was for Avatar… first of all, the audition was not – you couldn’t tell it was for Avatar. It was kind of disguised as a different project. And when I first heard that it was for Avatar, I thought that I was going to be blue.”
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