Before #AvatarNetflix debuts on Thursday, get familiar with the cast. In this clip, Ken Leung tells us about his character (Commander Zhao) and how he landed the role pic.twitter.com/KTMMu8l337
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-Ken Leung who stars in ATLA live action series as Commander Zhao thought he was auditioning for James Camerons ‘Avatar’ series.
-Stating “You couldn’t tell it was for Avatar, it was kind of disguised as a different project”
-He wasnt even aware of what ATLA was before joining the series and is happy that he came in not knowing anything about his animated counterpart.
-ATLA live action series debuted this past Thursday and has been dominating Netflix as their #1 series since then despite amount of hate it has generated online.