People Are Sharing Their Reactions To Netflix's New "Avatar: The Last Airbender" Photos Of Fire Nation Characters, And They're Not Wrong
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On Tuesday, Netflix dropped five new photos of Fire Nation characters from its upcoming live-action "reimagining" of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. In four of the photos, fans finally get a first look at Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as General Iroh, Ken Leung as Commander Zhao, and Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula.
The series will be released in 2024 and contain eight one-hour episodes.
There's also a new shot of Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko, who fans saw a first look of back in June — when Netflix released four photos of the main cast. Here's that first photo of Zuko:
In case you need a quick refresher, here are the original three photos of Aang, Katara, and Sokka. First, there's Gordon Cormier as Twinkle Toes — er, Aang...
...Ian Ousley as Sokka (peep the boomerang on his hip)...
...and Kiawentiio as Katara.
With the founding members of the Gaang out of the way, here are the newly released photos of the Fire Nation — starting with Dallas Liu as Zuko:
For comparison, here's the live-action and animated 16-year-old hot-man side-by-side:
Next, here's Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh:
...and here he is next to the animated version of everyone's favorite uncle:
In an interview with Netflix, Dallas called Paul his "real-life Uncle Iroh." He shared, "He's the perfect Uncle Iroh. There isn't anyone that could’ve done a better job than him. But I received advice probably on the daily about anything that you can think of, from what it means to be a leader or how to present yourself as a professional on set. He's a real-life Uncle Iroh to me now."
Here's everyone's favorite uncle's younger brother — Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai...
...and here's a comparison of him and the animated self-proclaimed Phoenix King:
Dallas also said that Daniel has "the real-life presence of Fire Lord Ozai" before revealing, "The day he walked on set, he was so intimidating. I knew he was the Fire Lord, and I think everyone can agree on that. But what I received from him was validation. He made me feel I belonged to be working alongside these amazing people."
Here's Ken Leung as Commander Zhao:
Check him out next to the animated Moonslayer:
And last but never least, here's the Crown Princess of the Fire Nation herself, Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula:
Here she is next to the animated version of the 14-year-old prodigy:
When announcing the debut of the Fire Nation characters, Netflix made sure to drop the photos on TikTok and X, formerly known as Twitter. Needless to say, fans have thoughts about the flameo photos.
THE FIRE NATION HAS ARRIVED 🔥 Meet Fire Lord Ozai, General Iroh, Princess Azula and Commander Zhao in Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming in 2024. pic.twitter.com/qx3QDhocGz
— Netflix (@netflix) October 17, 2023
While some point out that original series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko departed from the Netflix live-action series due to creative differences and a few take issue with Zuko and Azula, the majority of responses have been overwhelmingly positive:
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They actually look great. Especially Ozai and Iroh omg, ripped straight out of the animation.
— Laura 💙❄️ | Certified #1 Frost Stan (@annoyed_sister) October 17, 2023
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@bitterasiandude LOOKS PERFECT AS UNCLE IROH!!!
— Eren | Caboose (@CabooseEK) October 17, 2023
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i would glady hand over the four nations to this man. pic.twitter.com/gw6aYuv9CM
— Sydnie Fatt (@sydniefatt) October 17, 2023
Twitter: @sydniefatt / Robert Falconer/Netflix © 2023
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Holy shit, this is like Matthew Lillard as Shaggy levels of perfect translation from cartoon to live-action.
— 🎃 Christian Hannahween 🎃 (@TheHannahcast) October 17, 2023
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“Nice Zuko costume but your scar is on the wrong side
— Nico Villasana (@nico_villasana) October 17, 2023
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You can really tell how much time and effort that was put into the costumes and production design 🥹
— Mushroomcloud 🕯🎃 (@Mushroomcloud16) October 17, 2023
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Maybe ozai had some good points idk
— Juanny (@kingdujuan) October 17, 2023
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The Father Lord
— 𝕃𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔻𝕀𝔸ℕ𝔼𝕏𝕀𝕊 👑 (@Dianexis) October 17, 2023
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Zukos scar should be bigger imo. Aside from that everything looks LIT
— Dresden King 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦 🏴he/him (@DresdenWarlock) October 17, 2023
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Oh yeah. This bouta be a banger. Paul as Iroh is a big W. 🔥👏🏾
— Twan (@younggothamjedi) October 17, 2023
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Fire Lord Ozai is looking fierce, I love the choice of actor
— JessyJackson Akpesiri (@Jessica_Egbedi) October 17, 2023
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Just from this picture I already know @bitterasiandude will instantly reduce me to tears#AvatarTheLastAirbender pic.twitter.com/1xAJ510YMA
— Rennywise 🤡 (@RenGeekness) October 17, 2023
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WAIT ITS THE DAD FROM KIMS CONVENIENCE PLEASE HES PERFECT FOR THIS ROLE😭😭😭IM LITERALLY GOING TO TUNE IN JUST FOR HIM😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/aPAGtYn1GT
— IMISSY🍊🍊NGIII😔 ⁷ (@yooongers1) October 17, 2023
Twitter: @yooongers1 / Robert Falconer/Netflix © 2023
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