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Postby darthdodo » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:35 am

First of all, stop critizing me for beleiving a live action film will be made... it's been announced and it's official... nothing will stop it now...

now all we need to do is encourage the film producers to make the best films possible (even though them being better than the cartoons will be a BIG impossibility)...

I came up with a casting idea for Toph...

Carlie Nettles as Toph

I came across this video on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZiRHyzjb5SI

then I looked her name up on IMDb and she's an actual actress...

I think she has amazing talent and is right for the part... she has the atitude, looks and everything! she may be a bit older, but who cares... Toph being a year or two older won't hurt the film...

it's better to get a 13 (or whatever) year old good actress than a 10 year old bad actress...

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Postby darthdodo » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:55 am

she's even got the voice of Toph!

and you know what? if people think she's too old for Toph, then I think she could play Azula, Ty Lee or Mai... :P

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Postby kaokao » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:55 am

She's cute. <3 Hard to say if I can see her as Toph though. I don't think she looks too old either. She's about the right age. But for me, I see Toph as more Asian looking. Carlie doesn't quite hit me as a Toph because of that. But you're right about the attitude and she can act, which is good.
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Postby anneavatard » Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:15 pm

I'd stick with an unknown actress.
And although she looks sweet, not quite a Toph to me.
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Postby ownkruidenier » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:52 pm

she also has the eyes
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Postby kyoshiyumi » Wed Dec 19, 2007 6:26 pm

Hmm...maybe...if they covered up the freckles with makeup... :P
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Postby sozaangfan » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:17 pm

i think she wood be good
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Postby forge » Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:12 am


she also has the eyes

That's what contact lenses are for.


By the way, if this movie gets going, how are they going to work around the ethnic changes? I'm assuming that the people in the cartoon are Asian, so are we looking at Aang becoming "Alan"? or are they going to be signing on a bunch of Asian kids?

As an extra, ages are probably going to get bumped up a bit. If they're going to be faithful to, say, Azula's character, she'd going to be a couple of years older.
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Postby kaokao » Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:44 am

Well for me, the Fire nation and the Earth nation look much more Asian than Air and Water. Toph and Zuko and Azula I would for them to be played by Asians because they look it and their culture is much more similar to them. Katara and Sokka strike me more Indian. Aang... I don't know. It's hard for me to pin him down to something.
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Postby dudett4 » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:46 am

I think she perfect for toph!!
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Postby dudett4 » Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:46 am

an amazing actress too!
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Postby kiyoshi » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:03 pm

IT is true they are starting a live action video check the interviews on the box set of the 2nd season! But yes that video shows she can express hardship just like toph has too, I'd like to see her as toph. :P
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Postby zuko614 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:58 pm

she would be perfect for toph. she looks exactly like toph.
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Postby sozinho » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:07 am

She's kind of skinny...Toph I think of as having a certain...I don't want to say stumpyness, but she's an earthbender; she's very powerfully built for a 12-year old girl. It would seem almost cruel to subject diminutive thespians like her to a rigorous 6-month bodybuilding/martial-arts training regimen required for something like an Avatar live-action movie.

Incidentally, children are usually portrayed by actors several years older than the characters they play, so age in this case is far from a big deal.
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Postby earthyuesokka10 » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:10 pm

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She would be perfect for Toph!
And I like her too and she doesn't seem annoying like most of the girl child actors out there...
And thanks for the pics, Toph Bei Fong. They look almost alike except for the freckles.
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Postby dreya » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:53 pm

yeah, the freckles. i always poick out small things like that...
shes good :) but oh the freckles just ruin it for me.
i'd love to be toph xD
or mei.
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Postby cocobee » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:10 am

Meh, I dont think she would fit to that role.. Cos Im totally
picturing all asians here. Heh=P ... She looks too.. Not asian.
But her attitude and way of acting might fit.

Just my opinion.
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Postby camj4f » Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:23 am

i dont think so she looks to old and the voice isnt to good
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Postby hondo » Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:53 pm

I reckon that Abigail Breslyn would be a better choice for the role of Toph.
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Postby ...-FTW-... » Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:14 am


hondo wrote:I reckon that Abigail Breslyn would be a better choice for the role of Toph.


She's a great actor, but like I say in all these character threads for the live action films, don't expect many, maybe only one, big name actor or actress. I think she would do very well as Toph because of her acting abilities, but she'd be too expensive for the budget. And on the fact of Toph being "stocky" and people not looking like them, did you think the guy who played King Leonidas looked like he did before 300? It's called molding the actor.
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Postby Prince_Zuko » Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:38 am

I don't know why but i think Ellen Paige would be a good actor for Toph or Katara. I just really liked her in Juno and i think she would be good as one of the two girls, or even Suki?
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Postby pane » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:27 am

Well, i dunno for toph, but i wanted to apply to cast in something! >.<
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Postby sokkaguy101 » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:26 pm

I thought that all the cast positions were open casting, meaning anyone could try for the parts? Purely because the director (not going to attempt to spell his name) said in an interview that the cast would be kids who have never been in a movie or on tv before
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Postby Tiny » Tue May 26, 2009 2:50 am

She looks great. The only problem that I'd anticipate would be her freckles - but I can hide mine with makeup (and I assure you, a redhead with freckles. Much worse).
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Postby Mijuu » Sun May 31, 2009 5:29 am

Can we get more eastern people in this film? I'm just saying...we have 3 heroic leads all being cast by white actors. In any case, Paramount specifically said in March (a letter to MAANA) as part of an example of globilization, the Earth Kingdom would be cast with Asians, East Asians, and Africans. I would like to see an Asian Toph myself, but if they do something different , I think I could roll with a middle-eastern or African Toph twist...
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