I don't think that anyone expected the movie to actually be that good tbh. But the casting is offensive, and nothing can change that.
They're not going to take a chance on new, unknown Asian child actors.
But outside of Jesse McCartney, the entire cast is total unknowns (and why not ask someone like Rain to be Zuko, if they demand some level of star power?). Two of them have had small roles in movies, but that's it. They're Hollywood nobodies. So the only difference between this cast and a cast of appropriately diverse actors/actresses is their culture.
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Date: 2008-12-11 09:39 pm (UTC)They're not going to take a chance on new, unknown Asian child actors.
But outside of Jesse McCartney, the entire cast is total unknowns (and why not ask someone like Rain to be Zuko, if they demand some level of star power?). Two of them have had small roles in movies, but that's it. They're Hollywood nobodies. So the only difference between this cast and a cast of appropriately diverse actors/actresses is their culture.