Zutara 10 Day Challenge | Day 03: Dream Team
♔Tell (and show!) us your dream cast for Zuko and Katara
Logan Lerman as Zuko & Kaya Scodelario as Katara
Tom Felton was runner up for Zuko because Draco and Zuko are the same character. I had a hard time picking someone for Katara, so I just decided to go with the person who came to mind first.
Someone just give Logan gold eye contacts and then put bronzing make-up on Kaya, and we’re good to go.
And I think Logan and Kaya look good together soo…..i would prefer a dark-skinned actress for katara but i like kaya so this is okay
No. I am really fucking sick of whitewashing everywhere, even in fancasts— you people just don’t know enough ethnically correct actors because you’ve never fucking BOTHERED TO LOOK.
I was kind of hoping that people in the Avatar fandom would be more aware of this subject after the extreme white-washing that went on with the live action movie.
Here’s a part of the example letter to Paramount from the “Aang Ain’t White” LJ community which perfectly explains why this kind of casting is wrong:
“The Nickelodeon show “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” on which this film is based, featured Asian and Inuit characters in a fantasy setting inspired and informed by a variety of Asian and Inuit cultures. The characters fight with East Asian martial arts, have Asian or Inuit features, dress in Asian or Inuit clothing, and write with Chinese characters. The cast and setting were a refreshing departure from predominantly white American media, and were a large part of the show’s appeal as well as an inspiration to many Asian American children.
I am disappointed to read that the four actors selected to play the lead roles are all white. While the casting is not final, the statement has already been made: this film will take a culturally Asian and Inuit world and populate it with white actors. Orientalism this obvious and this dramatic is inexcusable, and I would urge Shyamalan and Paramount Pictures to reconsider their casting choices. Asian characters in a world built from Asian cultures should be played by Asian actors. ”And here are some images from the show itself, also provided by Aang Ain’t White:
There really isn’t any way you can argue that these characters are white. Just sayin’…
I POSTED THIS IN JULY. GODDAMN.
Wow, so I guess I don’t have the right to have an opinion. I don’t understand why people think it’s okay to reblog someone else’s post and tell them that they’re completely wrong even though this is a fancast. Fancast. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNcast. This is my opinion. I’m not making an Avatar movie. I’m not telling everyone, “These actors need to be in an Avatar movie or bust.” This is just a dream of mine as a fan.
I think Logan Lerman and Kaya Scodelario are amazing actors and you don’t have any right at all to tell me that I’m wrong to fancast them as these characters. I hope you reblogged every single Zutara fancasts and also told them that they’re wrong, too. Why do so many people get butthurt when movies don’t turn out the way they wanted? Movies, TV shows, and books are completely different genres and are adapted to fit one another. I’m not saying whitewashing was a necessary adaption, but if the actors are good enough WHY NOT? How about you save several millions dollars and make the movie exactly the way you want it. Go ahead.
I NEVER SAID ZUKO AND KATARA ARE WHITE. I’M NOT MENTALLY ILL. I THINK ANY AVATAR FAN CAN TELL THAT THE CHARACTERS ARE ASIAN, INDIGENOUS, INUIT, ETC. I hope you had fun trying to prove a point you didn’t need to prove.
THIS is why I hate fandoms. THIS. There is NO sense of community unless everyone agrees with your opinion. And then when someone doesn’t agree, it’s time to attack them. All I want you to agree with me is that I have the right to do/say whatever I want and you have the right as well—except to tell me that my opinion is wrong.
OH WAHHH, YOU’RE UPSET BECAUSE PEOPLE CALLED YOU OUT ON A CLEARLY RACIST POST YOU MADE, fancast or no fancast, “real” movie or not.
How about the part where you said she “just needed some bronzer” to pull of Katara’s skintone; do you have any idea how offensive that is? It’s part of being privileged, you know, to be able to tan yourself darker, and then go straight back to being “pale”. Guess what, dark-skinned people aren’t able to do that and it’s a fucking huge problem when girls are getting told left and right that they’re “too dark” to be attractive.
You clearly have no perception of how little people of color are made, in live-action television and movies, into protagonists and major characters as opposed to “token”, stereotyped side characters.
Katara was an awesome role-model for girls of color who might not feel pretty enough or competent enough or confident enough in themselves and their own capabilities because her skin color was literally a NON ISSUE in the series, she kicked major ass and the fact that you’d pick someone like Kaya Scodelario to play her is a fucking huge insult and slap in the face to Bryan and Mike’s original idea, which was actually not based off of, you know, WHITE PEOPLE.
So next time you start hating the fandom for correcting your racist opinion (yeah, it’s your opinion… it’s also racist. Deal with it), why don’t you take some time to educate yourself as to why you might be behaving offensively. And maybe actually watch a few more movies so you can pick a decent ethnic actor next time you decide to fancast a character who is clearly a person of color. Guess what, there are actually good ethnic actors out there, yet people never bother to look. How shocking.
Okay, as a Neo-Nazi, I am so offended at the fact that you are suppressing my belief that white people are superior. OBVIOUSLY Logan Lerman can not play Zuko, because he is a Jew, and who would ever fancast a Jew for any role.
