Avatar: Last Airbender Star Teases Mature Netflix Live-Action Adaptation
Actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee feels pretty confident in Netflix's mature approach to its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation. Sun-Hyung Lee, perhaps best known for his performances in the hit Canadian sitcom Kim's Convenience and The Mandalorian, stars in the upcoming series as Iroh, the kind-hearted uncle to the troubled Fire Nation crown prince Zuko who tries to mentor his nephew to take a better path than his father. Gordon Cormier is leading the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender in the titular role alongside Kiawentiio Tarbell, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu, Elizabeth Yu, Daniel Dae Kim, Maria Zhang, Ken Leung and Yvonne Chapman.
Originally created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in an Asiatic world divided into four regions, each of whom have telekinetic abilities to control one of four natural elements. The series primarily focuses on 12-year-old Aang, the last of the Air Nomads who is awoken from suspended animation by Southern Water Tribe siblings Katara and Sokka and embarks on a journey with the two to get a handle on controlling all four elements to bring peace to the world as the Fire Nation continues to ravage it. Sleepy Hollow alum Albert Kim is leading the charge on the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series and one star is giving insight for how he's approaching the material.
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In a recent interview with ComicBook.com, star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee offered new details on the in-production Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action adaptation. The Uncle Iroh actor teased that the creative team are taking a more mature approach to the Netflix series, keeping with the themes of the
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