Gordon Cormier, Ian Ousley, Kiawentiio & Dallas Liu on Avatar: The Last Airbender

Gordon Cormier, Ian Ousley, Kiawentiio & Dallas Liu on Avatar: The Last Airbender | Interview

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4 ай бұрын

The GATE sat down with Avatar: The Last Airbender stars Gordon Cormier, Ian Ousley, Kiawentiio, and Dallas Liu to talk about their characters, and what makes the new live action series so special.
Avatar: The Last Airbender premieres on ‪@Netflix‬ February 22, 2024: www.netflix.com/avatarthelast...
SYNOPSIS: Water. Earth. Fire. Air. The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope.
But like a light in the darkness, hope springs forth when Aang (Gordon Cormier), a young Air Nomad - and the last of his kind - reawakens to take his rightful place as the next Avatar. Alongside his newfound friends Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio), siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on a fantastical, action-packed quest to save the world and fight back against the fearsome onslaught of Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim). But with a driven Crown Prince Zuko (Dallas James Liu) determined to capture them, it won’t be an easy task. They’ll need the help of the many allies and colorful characters they meet along the way.
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER is a live-action reimagining of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series. Albert Kim serves as showrunner, executive producer, and writer. Jabbar Raisani and Michael Goi are executive producers and directors alongside directors Roseanne Liang (also a co-executive producer) and Jet Wilkinson. Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore serve as executive producers from Rideback.
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@TofuReacts 4 ай бұрын

Kiawentiio’s outfits are always on point! Her style 🤩!

@ejikejanefrances8681 4 ай бұрын

@khedaingush2285 4 ай бұрын

Her stylist deserves a raise. She has been giving real it girl vibes recently

@orissewitt4171 4 ай бұрын

Yes she's slaying.

@lareineii 3 ай бұрын

I knoww i love this outfit Hair makeup and face card on point ❤

@lila6739 4 ай бұрын

Gordon is so young but his interview skills blow me away! He’s so articulate!

@thegatemag 4 ай бұрын

They were all so great!

@luutas 4 ай бұрын

They where so much shyer in this after all that incident in the previous interview... They are just kids man. We are putting so much pressure on them

@ndo533 4 ай бұрын

What incident?

@julianajoharis7641 4 ай бұрын

I agree. It's kind of sad to see that all the negative backlash just from that one clip could change their demeanor a lot :(

@FireStarterAP 4 ай бұрын

@@julianajoharis7641 What happened?

@wingyi999 4 ай бұрын

@@FireStarterAP iirc I think they're referring to one interview where Kiawentiio (Katara) mentioned that they were toning down Sokka's sexism in the live action, but people took that one quote (out of a much longer interview) and blew it out of proportion. It became massive clickbait and the idea that the live action was completely removing Sokka being sexist spread everywhere - people took it as the complete truth and began bashing the live action as a result. I saw some people saying that Kiawentiio shouldn't have said anything, but like... it was such a small comment? People were saying she should've known how the internet would react but I think that's incredibly unfair to pin on such a young person. People made whole rant videos about the topic, but they didn't even bother to research the actual quote and interview.

@mnmg 4 ай бұрын

@@wingyi999yeah exactly, i too pointed to some negative comments, like they were overreacting and exaggerating that detail 🤦‍♂️ Did they even watch the og show?! Plus, it's unreleased. And 1:1 adaptation is just dumb, but so far the promos show a faithful version.

@MariVelvet_ 4 ай бұрын

Ian sounds just like sokka he’s literally perfect for him omg❤

@djulianofficial 4 ай бұрын

Agree agree! Can't wait to see his jokes

@Emoaria 4 ай бұрын

@@djulianofficialhis funniest joke so far was on my way to my tribes tribal wedding

@djulianofficial 3 ай бұрын

@@Emoaria Huh I don't get it 😂. Explain to me haha

@Emoaria 3 ай бұрын

@@djulianofficial just search up Ian Ousley drama

@tovolume 4 ай бұрын

I read that Gordon Cormier was born after the original animated series ended

@lila6739 4 ай бұрын

Kiawentiio too! She was 3 when the original series ended, but she was born after it aired.

@okamifang4059 4 ай бұрын

The life force transfer

@DoktorDadel 4 ай бұрын

wow i feel old now :'( (i was born year 2000)

@okamifang4059 4 ай бұрын

@@DoktorDadel 86 right here 😁

@Brandedboyfilmz 4 ай бұрын

You mean the avatar was reincarnated

@djulianofficial 4 ай бұрын

"Master the elements". I really love the chemistry between the cast 😊

@MariVelvet_ 4 ай бұрын

They’re literally all so perfect for their roles wow

@princess_zuzu 4 ай бұрын

Kiawentiio is so gorgeous

@sakurachan288 4 ай бұрын

3:55 Somehow Gordon was both fearless and nervous at the same time to say "genocide"? But I'm glad he went out and said it. I watched Avatar when I was even younger than Aang and didn't understand how deep it actually was. Only later in life I understood what happened to Aang's people is the most terrible thing someone could do because of the real-life genocide happening.

@cheeseboyt8672 4 ай бұрын

My heart goes out to this cast. It’s so sad that people forget that none of them are super experienced with acting, and have a lot of weight on their shoulders with this show. They all look so tense here. They are just kids. You can tell they are being more careful about what they say, after what happened last time.

@exoticeditz8863 4 ай бұрын

Same I hate how tense the atmosphere feels in this interview. The hate is just a very loud minority of people so hopefully it doesn’t get to their heads. Majority of atla fans are supportive, by the time the show comes out everyone will forget and move on

@ohitsjustme.890 4 ай бұрын

What happened last time?

@exoticeditz8863 4 ай бұрын

@@ohitsjustme.890 kiawentiio (Katara) briefly mentioned in a previous interview that the writers toned down elements of Sokka’s sexism. Clickbait articles blew what she said out of proportion and big KZfaqrs took this as an opportunity to rag on the actors. All over tiktok and twitter there are people complaining about avatar becoming “woke” or whatever

@animalfinatic9366 4 ай бұрын

exactly! But I have faith in them. There are so many haters because their negative people. But any person with a right mind can see they can have faith with this cast.

@ShaniquaUtande 4 ай бұрын

I see chemistry between Kiawentio and Dallas🔥🌊

@adrianamontalvo7472 4 ай бұрын

I think she has more chemistry with Ian 😭

@lila6739 4 ай бұрын

Then you clearly don’t have little siblings because this is exactly how you tease them.

@Emoaria 4 ай бұрын

Roses are red Violets are blue I have 5 fingers The middle one is for you

@ShaniquaUtande 4 ай бұрын

@@Emoaria Roses are red Violets are blue God made me pretty What happened to u😱

@Emoaria 4 ай бұрын

@@ShaniquaUtande roses are red Violets are blue It’s spelled Kiawentiio Are you slow?

@anono1432 4 ай бұрын

Kiawentiio is one of the most talented upcoming actresses out there and it’s sad that “fans” on twitter have already started misconstructing everything she says before she barely made it in the industry.

@YouYubeEnjoyerNum1 4 ай бұрын

What is there to misconstrue? She said the original had a lot of ‘iffy’ moments in regard to one of the character tropes that teach ‘sexism = bad.’ There’s only one way to interpret that statement. No matter how right or wrong she is, you should not say anything like that about a critically acclaimed original as an actor in an adaptation of said original, especially since it definitely doesn’t have ‘iffy’ moments besides that one with Iroh in Season 1. She doesn’t deserve any hate for this, and I haven’t seen any personal attacks on her. However, that statement was just dumb, and it’s an honest mistake that she’ll learn from. You can’t always be right and have everything be perfect.

@Brandedboyfilmz 4 ай бұрын

@@YouYubeEnjoyerNum1 i would insult you ,but your not worth my time rather I'll just let you grow to maturity

@YouYubeEnjoyerNum1 4 ай бұрын

@@Brandedboyfilmz So your first thought is to insult me and then you say, 'I'll just let you grow to maturity'. Is this comment supposed to be ironic? How exactly did I hurt you so much? My initial comment was very much on the light side, just analyzing her quote, so such a reaction speaks a lot about you, Victor.

@ZverseZ 3 ай бұрын

@@YouYubeEnjoyerNum1people are allowed to have opinions 😂 she could’ve just kept quiet but I wouldn’t call her opinions a “mistake” 😂 Unless I read ur statement wrong or something

@glendapatterson13 4 ай бұрын

Kiawentiio always looks beautiful in all the outfits I see her in. This outfit is in my top 5 favorite looks of her 🫶🏼🖤😍

@Glnn_n 4 ай бұрын

The cast is like a big brother / sister group! Love how they get along so well on and offscreen (atleast it seems like it the chemistry is there!)❤

@Com78655 4 ай бұрын

Yeah agreed! Although with Gordon and Kiawentiio it’s like older sister and little brother 😆. They all so cute and sweet. 🥰

@Hiphop618 4 ай бұрын

They’re so shy and sweet I love them 🥰

@kiwiguwrl 4 ай бұрын

The way dallas said: "I loved it" to Kiawentiio 🥺

@Verozaman 3 ай бұрын

5:03

@muthieuu 3 күн бұрын

omg🥹 i just noticed

@rftg1793 4 ай бұрын

The chemistry between them I love it sm 🥺✨ like another comment said they’re just kids and doing the best they can I feel so proud of them somehow :’)

@devanmoran 4 ай бұрын

Gordon was born to play aang (:

@annoyed_sister 4 ай бұрын

Gordon's growing so fast omg

@elkaidred0512 4 ай бұрын

Child actors do be like that. He's gonna be taller than her in book 2 watch 😂

@exposed231 3 ай бұрын

Is he half French?

@amby8719 3 ай бұрын

@@exposed231yes

@thebest3702 4 ай бұрын

Great interview and answers from Gordon too. Hopefully no more talking on plot details until it comes out.

@animalfinatic9366 4 ай бұрын

They definitely chose the right person for Aang. With all the cast actually!

@glendapatterson13 4 ай бұрын

I love this cast energy when their together ❤️

@inamuri6006 4 ай бұрын

They have amazing chemistry I love them so much

@hyunjun_staymoa 2 ай бұрын

1:45 I'M OBSESSED WITH THEIR CHEMISTRY TOGETHER 😭😭 ESPECIALLY IAN AND DALLAS

@user-gf2vq8bo3w 2 ай бұрын

just look at 5:06 gordon and kiawentio🥺

@Com78655 4 ай бұрын

I love them ❤

@vickylikesthis 4 ай бұрын

Gordon is so grown compared to when they shoot

@devanmoran 4 ай бұрын

Gordon is adorable

@arielbalangue6489 4 ай бұрын

I cant wait to see it

@leandro8265 4 ай бұрын

Gordon is amazing!⏬

@fayesversion 3 ай бұрын

With every flaw that this live action has, at the very least, they chose the right casting.. this cast is my favorite part about the show tbh, and the cgi, and effects.. it’s more of the writing that I have so many complaints about.. but this cast is such delight, and I think they did such a good job with their characters.. they’re great actors

@SaraCarrera-yf8tr 4 ай бұрын

My brother just passed, and the funeral is on the 23rd. I'm looking forward to watching the following week. Truthfully, atla is my safe space and has been helping me with moments of happiness, especially recently. 💚

@user-jt4oy1tf3i 4 ай бұрын

😢😢 ahww my condolences.. i hope the new atla show will bring you joy and put a smile on your face and help process your loss. Enjoy the show!:)

@iimary_628 4 ай бұрын

I feel sad for you, I'm so sorry! In addition to being an avatar, we have a God to guide and guide us when we need help!!! God loves you and may he comfort your heart ❤❤❤

@paulapsantos 4 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss. May God help you in this moment and confort your heart. ❤️

@Puckett. 4 ай бұрын

They seem way more calculated in their responses than before. A lot of hesitation before answers. I think showrunners told them their last interview didn’t go so well. A lot of negative reactions to how the story is changing.

@YouYubeEnjoyerNum1 4 ай бұрын

Rightfully so, they're children and not established as actors. They may even misinterpret the truth. But you'd think the showrunner of the show would be wise enough to tell them that beforehand and also know that himself.

@SpecialOrder935 4 ай бұрын

How many times did they say “ like “

@Kai-Kaci 4 ай бұрын

It's like you know like i mean like it was like.... They are kind of nervous when they talk aren't they?

@ronnies732 4 ай бұрын

They are, but there is nothing wrong with being nervous to speak. After interview, critics can be mean sometimes, I know what I am talking about i am a future journalist after all. And I would never take something out of a context without thoroughly research, without an understanding what the heck going on. They are doing amazing. And we love them for that💖

@amenda-lj2mm 4 ай бұрын

The internet hasn’t been kind to them and they are all young and inexperienced. I think as press goes on they’ll become more comfortable.

@ronnies732 4 ай бұрын

@@amenda-lj2mm the reason why social media is sucks so much hatred, so much jealousy. People are seeking for comfort and support but in the end they are getting this

@Eternal.Summers 4 ай бұрын

It's almost as if they are young with a lot of pressure and nerves. What an unnecessary way to speak of their nervousness.

@abifirmans 3 ай бұрын

Is Gordon's voice just hoarse or is he transitioning into adolescence?

@kayazuko 4 ай бұрын

Shes being careful about what she says now😂

@ssnnmmbbhhrr2993 4 ай бұрын

You happy now?

@ditto1867 4 ай бұрын

why? did something happen?

@ssnnmmbbhhrr2993 4 ай бұрын

Poor girl just said that they toned sokka's sexism down and some people took that personally@@ditto1867

@rockandfashion7207 4 ай бұрын

@@ditto1867she said in an interview that they would be toning down Sokka’s sexism (not eliminating, but toning down) and people took the opportunity to rag on the show saying it would be trash and that woke culture was ruining everything, basically blowing up what she said out of proportion. I’m guessing she received backlash from that.

@YouYubeEnjoyerNum1 4 ай бұрын

@@rockandfashion7207 she did not say "toned down", that was a news site's interpretation of her quote.