I just discovered the most insane piece of news.. In the movie adaptation of the hit Nickelodeon series, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jesse McCartney has been offered the role of Prince Zuko, and he is currently in negotiations for the role.
Now if you've never watched the show before, it may not seem very shocking, but fans of the cartoon will know what I'm talking about. The Fire nation (sort of like the Nazis of WWI) are attacking the others (Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe- Air Nomads have already been wiped out) and Prince Zuko is the official heir to the throne of Fire Nation. There is only one person who is powerful enough to defeat the king of the Fire nation, and that person is the Avatar (this little monk person). Zuko was exiled from his own country, so he's on the mad rampage to capture the Avatar. Basically, he's nuts, shoots fire from his hands, is consumed by anger which makes him evil, and has really really bad hair.
Now think of Jesse McCartney. See my point?
Plus, almost every character in the series is either Asian or Inuit, but the director - M Night Shyamalan - has idiotically decided to use white actors for all the leads. He has even cast Jasper from Twilight as the bumbling idiot Eskimo boy. This might seem strange for any other director, but we must keep in mind that this is the very man who brought us 'The Village' (a movie about crazy animals that eat people in a village), 'Lady In The Water' (a movie about a crazy animal chasing a crazy woman that lives in a swimming pool), and 'The Happening' (a movie about crazy trees that make people go crazy and kill themselves). So, considering that, his decision seems perfectly normal. Casting Caucasions for Asian roles. What's the big diff, other than the fact that it's completely different from the series?
I adore Jesse, but it's just not very right for him to play the role of a deranged fire-manipulating boy. It's not right (and no, Whitney, it's not okay either).
This... to this?
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Now if you've never watched the show before, it may not seem very shocking, but fans of the cartoon will know what I'm talking about. The Fire nation (sort of like the Nazis of WWI) are attacking the others (Earth Kingdom and Water Tribe- Air Nomads have already been wiped out) and Prince Zuko is the official heir to the throne of Fire Nation. There is only one person who is powerful enough to defeat the king of the Fire nation, and that person is the Avatar (this little monk person). Zuko was exiled from his own country, so he's on the mad rampage to capture the Avatar. Basically, he's nuts, shoots fire from his hands, is consumed by anger which makes him evil, and has really really bad hair.
Now think of Jesse McCartney. See my point?
Plus, almost every character in the series is either Asian or Inuit, but the director - M Night Shyamalan - has idiotically decided to use white actors for all the leads. He has even cast Jasper from Twilight as the bumbling idiot Eskimo boy. This might seem strange for any other director, but we must keep in mind that this is the very man who brought us 'The Village' (a movie about crazy animals that eat people in a village), 'Lady In The Water' (a movie about a crazy animal chasing a crazy woman that lives in a swimming pool), and 'The Happening' (a movie about crazy trees that make people go crazy and kill themselves). So, considering that, his decision seems perfectly normal. Casting Caucasions for Asian roles. What's the big diff, other than the fact that it's completely different from the series?
I adore Jesse, but it's just not very right for him to play the role of a deranged fire-manipulating boy. It's not right (and no, Whitney, it's not okay either).
This... to this?---------->>>
2 comments:
To be honest it am upset with the desision because i despise pretty boy Jesse, and adore the fire shooting banished prince with a 6-pack Prince Zuko (i even liked him in the 1st season, when he had the bad ponytail). I dont think Jesse McSingalong can play the banished prince and i cant imagine him with a scar on the side of his face
It had to be that Jesse would have attracted more tween and teen girls. At least the Slumdog Millionaire guy knows a martial art (can't remember which one) supposedly. But yeah, a bit sad about the lack of Asian actors.
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