Avatar: The Last Airbender Cast Are Most Excited to See This Character Make His Live Action Debut in Season 2
Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered on February 22 on Netflix. Despite receiving loads of mixed reactions, Avatar: The Last Airbender is all set to go ahead for the second and third seasons. The live-action adaptation is based on a popular Nickelodeon series of the same name.
During an interview with a media outlet, the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender spoke about what character they would want to meet in the second season of the series.
Avatar: The Last Airbender Cast Are Excited To See Toph In The Second Season
During the promotion of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the entire cast of the action-adventure drama appeared for an interview on Character Media. They spoke about the different aspects of the live-action adaptation. On being asked what character they are most excited to see in the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, the entire cast instantly spoke about the earth-bending master Toph Beifong.
Ian Ousley, who plays the character of Sokka, mentioned
Oh Common tough, you know that’s a no-brainer. Yeah Toph, it’s got to be Toph.
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee chipped in
Toph Beifong gotta come in.
Kiawentiio Tarbell added-
Toph is going to be tough
The interviewer asked-
So, 100% Toph, no deep cuts for anyone else?
Daniel Dae Kim mentioned that he would like to see Hiroshi Sato in the upcoming season, he said-
I want to meet Hiroshi Sato.
Kiawentiio further added-
I mean, honestly, I’m excited to interact with characters. Maybe we didn’t get to interact with as much in season 1, so like Azula type be you know like that whole interaction.
Toph Beifong is one of the most powerful earth-bending masters of her time. Blind since birth, the earth-bending master is overly protected by her parents Poppy and Lao Beifong. She learns how to use her earth-bending skills as an extension of her senses, which gives her the ability to see every vibration that passes through the ground.
Daniel Dae Kim Gives An Important Update About Seasons 2 and 3 Of Avatar: The Last Airbender
American actor Daniel Dae Kim plays the character of Fire Lord Ozai in the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. During a Zoom call, the 55-year-old actor provided an important update about the upcoming seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Actors including Gordon Cormier, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Ian Ousley, Kiawentiio, Dallas Liu, and Elizabeth Yu were trolled by the actor before he made the actual announcement about the second and third seasons of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Daniel Dae Kim pretended that Netflix would not be going ahead with the second season of the show only to see the sad expressions on the faces of his co-stars.
They’re not able to announce a season 2 because they would like to announce season 2 and 3 being renewed.
As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Dae Kim mentioned that both seasons 2 and 3 would take place in a single calendar year. He said-
“All three seasons of the animated series essentially take place in the course of one calendar year. There was no way we could do that. So we had to design this first season, especially, to accommodate the possibility of some time elapsing between the first and the second season.”
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While addressing the age factor of the cast of Avatar; The Last Airbender over the three seasons, Daniel Dae Kim said-
“We definitely thought about that going into season 1 so that we can accommodate for puberty, adolescence, time passing — all of those fun things that happen to real-life human beings that don’t happen to animated characters,”
Avatar: The Last Airbender can be streamed on Netflix.