Paul Solar-Hyung Lee seems like being forged in Netflix’s Avatar: The Final Airbender is each a dream come true and an important accountability.
The American adventure-fantasy collection, which arrives on the streaming service on Thursday (Feb 22), is a live-action adaptation of the extremely acclaimed animated tv collection of the identical title created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko in 2005.
Whereas he loves the unique collection, Solar-Hyung Lee feels you will need to convey one thing totally different to the fan-favourite character he portrays, Uncle Iroh.
“You wish to do your job and fulfill that accountability of staying true to that character, however on the similar time, not mimic a personality,” he stated in an interview.
“I am not introduced on to be a mimic, I am introduced on as an artist,” added the actor, who has additionally starred in Canadian sitcom Kim’s Comfort and Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian.
Like the unique collection, the live-action is ready in a world impressed by Asian and Indigenous American cultures, through which some folks have the ability to control water, earth, hearth or air.
The Avatar is a being who protects the world by utilizing all the weather, however when the Fireplace Nation wages battle on the opposite nations, is nowhere to be discovered. The present Avatar – an airbender named Aang – is situated by two Water Tribe youngsters that assist him grasp all the weather.
Dallas Liu, who performs Prince Zuko of the Fireplace nation, believes the live-action collection is an opportunity to discover recent points of the story.
“Clearly it felt like there have been large footwear to fill. However I additionally perceive that we had been attempting to present this present its personal id,” Liu stated, including that he sought to convey new complexity to his character.
Gordon Cormier, who performs Aang, felt immediately snug with the difference’s imaginative and prescient for his character.
“I did not even actually should grow to be him. I type of simply was born that method,” stated the 14-year-old.
He feels that he and Aang have the identical hyper power – though he solely began watching the animated collection as soon as he gained the position.
The remake was initially anticipated to contain DiMartino and Konietzko, however they left because of artistic variations. The world they created has additionally spawned a film, comedian books and video video games.
In 2021, the manufacturing firm Avatar Studios was launched by Nickelodeon with the co-creators serving as co-chief artistic officers for a slate of animated movies.