Production for the highly-anticipated remake has also officially begun as of November 16, according to Netflix
This story was first published on August 17, 2021, and updated on November 18, 2021.
In a major win for the local entertainment scene, Netflix announced this week that they cast Singapore’s veteran theatre and television actor Lim Kay Siu to star in its new live-action TV adaptation of Nickelodeon’s animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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Lim will be take on the role of Gyatso, a kind and caring Air Nomad monk who is also a guardian, mentor and father figure to Avatar Aang.
The local actor will star alongside Filipino-Canadian actor Gordon Cormier who will be taking up the iconic role of Avatar Aang. The roles of Katara and Sokka will be played by Kiawentiio Tarbell and Ian Ousley, according to Netflix.
Dallas Liu, who also appeared in the hit Marvel movie, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, will be taking on the role of the firebender, Zuko.
Fans will also see Kim’s Convenience star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee playing Uncle Iroh, a retired Fire Nation general and Star Wars actor Ken Leung taking on the role of Commander Zhao, an ambitious Fire Nation military officer.
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Liu’s casting into an international project is also not his first. In fact, you may remember that Lim once starred alongside Chow Yun-fat and Jodie Foster in Anna And The King. He played Prince Chowfa, King Mongkut’s brother.
He has also, in the past, played a North Korean villain alongside Pierce Brosnan in the television spy movie, Night Watch.