“Avatar: The Final Airbender” stands tall as an everlasting and beloved kids’s story largely due to the teachings taught alongside the best way. Each vital character — hero and villain alike — undergoes a exceptional transformation by the top of the collection, overcoming their very own flaws and self-doubts to turn into one thing a lot larger. So there’s one thing uniquely becoming about the concept the most recent actor behind Aang, Gordon Cormier, needed to conquer a really related concern in an effort to be solid because the would-be savior of the 4 nations.
In an intensive cowl story over at Leisure Weekly, the outlet introduced an inside take a look at the whole lot that went into the manufacturing of the upcoming Netflix collection. On the prime of the listing, to no one’s shock, was assembling the core solid that may embody these fan favorites. Naturally, the various, many younger performers who threw their hats within the ring for the varied roles did not have a ton of credit to their names. However for Cormier, his doubts prolonged to his age and his personal unfamiliarity with the fabric. In keeping with the actor:
“I truly thought of not doing [the audition] as a result of I did not know what it was. I used to be a small 11-year-old, and so they have been on the lookout for a 12-year-old. So I used to be pondering, I am not going to ebook this. I do not match the casting.”
How improper he was! Now 14 years outdated (the collection concluded filming again in 2022), all the trajectory of Cormier’s profession has probably modified because of auditioning anyway. That is successful story worthy of Aang’s legacy.
“Avatar: The Final Airbender” debuts on Netflix on February twenty second, 2024.