'The Last Airbender' Cast on Bringing Beloved Animated Series to Life (Exclusive)

after five years in the making we're finally getting the live action The Last Airbender I mean does that come with any pressure knowing people love the show so much absolutely but I also think there's a huge load of excitement in that as well because the universe is so beloved and we get to play Such iconic characters and I think that everyone has been perfectly classed on our Series yeah yeah and also this is the first time you get to really see those fans up close and personal right and they're already going crazy yeah they are it's pretty cool I mean me myself I'm a pretty big fan of the show so even I'm really excited for this so was there any pressure for you guys signing on to it and also like are there gonna be like Easter eggs that they're fans of the original series will recognize in your show I don't even know if I'm allowed to say anything about that if there are but I had to ask right yeah yeah of course of course but yeah there's definitely been a lot of pressure it's been really scary but we've all got each other to support each other so talk to me about the cast bonding well I mean I don't even know how to explain it they're like my family yeah it's like Dallas is basically my big brother even though I already have one but I have three big brothers this is what I'm trying to say uh gallandio is basically just my older sister we're all really close and uh it's pretty cool knowing that this was such a labor of love and you guys worked so hard on it how excited are you to bring like a little sneak peek to fans finally at to Doom finally man oh my gosh it feels long for me and like you know they don't tell me nothing so I'm actually so much you can say yeah like I'm I'm just I'm I'm waiting just as much as everyone else's now if you have the choice what kind of Bender would you be in real life oh come on man I gotta be an airbender everyone knows that everybody knows that that's a well-known fact [Music] you guys really are brothers how excited are you for fans to finally see like a first look at The Last Airbender live action oh my gosh I'm so excited for something to finally be put out been waiting for this I mean the pictures are really cool I haven't seen anything you will see soon enough yes I know it's hard to keep a secret you know a good one too so now people finally get to react to what you guys been working on yes yeah it's so exciting like yeah like like getting my parents reaction or something like the only people that I can show and they're like oh my gosh that's crazy it's like I can't wait for like everyone to be able to have that experience and like share it with everyone you know it's cool to get your parents a seal of approval but to get the worlds I was there any pressure signing on to this project knowing just how Beloved the animated series was you eat pressure when you're signing on to some sort of big franchise already but I mostly just felt excitement I mean I have looked up to this character for all of my life I mean the show came out before I was born so so I was just really excited and you know I brought me to tears to think that I would be playing this beloved character so yeah yeah I just feel grateful like just like excited and like just it just yeah it's just like ready and more just in a way of like oh my gosh I can't believe I get to do this like how how crazy is that there's a cast in Brazil I hear you guys have really bonded like a family really yes yeah yeah you're in it together you know me and Dallas were like actually roommates on the show like we ended up like getting along so well like we live together and stuff and we have little sis here but she's also Mom she's also a mom of the group are you a motherly figure I am I've been told you're keeping them in line aren't you yeah now how closely will the live action follow you know the animated series what can you tell us the Panic set in real quick um it's I'm a fan of the original show and one thing that I can say is that all of us were fans of the original show beforehand including the people that wrote it including the people that acted in it like Gordon like if she wasn't born before the show came out and she still loves the show Gordon hadn't seen it before but he became a fan so fast like he he's seen it like 26 times or something he loves the show we all love the show we are all like trying to have um like it breathed in the exact same breath of the show that we all love like and it's it's so cool to be a part of a project where people actually care so much about respecting the fans respecting the material like we all are just like so we're like oh my gosh we want to make this so good he's in perfect hands then congratulations and enjoy the moment enjoy it so much [Music]

Channel: Entertainment Tonight

Views: 166,796

Keywords: Gordon Cormier, Dallas Liu, Kiawentiio Tarbell, Ian Ousley, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix

Id: C7H8gfelwU8

Length: 4min 40sec (280 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 24 2023