
Kim announced his casting on Instagram, captioning his post with the ominous words, “It’s gettin’ hot in here,” prompting responses from costars Gordon Cormier (Aang) and Dallas Liu (Zuko). He also played Hiroshi Sato in the popular spinoff show, The Legend of Korra. He voiced General Fond in both the original show and in a video game tie-in. Interestingly, this isn’t Kim’s first foray into the Avatar universe. Ozai’s drive to conquer and unite the world under firebender rule is a family burden - he believes that it’s his destiny to finish a war started by his ancestors.” Sounds spot on. He had abdicated the fire nation throne to Azula in his grand bid, and failed. Ozai was defeated, chained and powerless.

The Netflix version of Ozai won’t deviate much from the one we already know from the original. Per Variety, Netflix’s Fire Lord Ozai is the “ruthlessly-driven leader of the Fire Nation who demands everyone live up to his impossible standards, especially his teen son, Prince Zuko. Answer (1 of 4): Why would it not First, he was the only credible claimant from the ruling family.
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They haven’t missed on the casting so far - something that let Shyamalan’s movie down - and now they’ve added their first adult. The Avatar And The Firelord (season three, episode six originally aired October 26, 2007). After a recent resurgence of the franchise after Netflix began streaming the animated show, the platform is hoping a new live-action version can take things to new heights. Night Shyamalan’s disappointing big-screen adaptation in 2010.
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Ozai was voiced by Mark Hamill in the animated series and played for the first time in live-action by Cliff Curtis ( Fear The Walking Dead) in M. Azula Hair Piece - Cosplay - Fire Nation - Avatar the Last Airbender. He becomes the fifth actor to be confirmed in the main cast, alongside Gordon Cormier (Aang), Kiawentiio Tarbell (Katara), Ian Ousley (Sokka), and Dallas Liu (Zuko). Lost and Hawaii Five-0 veteran Daniel Dae Kim has joined Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series as the show’s main antagonist Fire Lord Ozai, the all-powerful leader of the Fire Nation and father of Prince Zuko and Azula. The four nations of Air, Water, Earth and Fire lived in harmony until the Fire Nation declared war.

By Ashley Hurst 8 months ago Follow Tweet Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked.
