The cast of Netflix’s 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' answer the most Googled questions from fans of the original animated series. Watch as Gordon Cormier (Aang), Kiawentiio Tarbell (Katara), Dallas James Liu (Zuko), Ian Ousley (Sokka) and Elizabeth Yu (Azula) answer questions like; How old is Aang? Where is Katara from? Is Sokka an Avatar?Season one of AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER released on February 22 and is now available to stream on Netflix.
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00:00 Hi, we're the cast of Avatar The Last Airbender,
00:02 and today we'll be answering the most Google questions about our show.
00:05 [music playing]
00:06 - OK. - Let's go.
00:11 Does Avatar The Last Airbender take place on Earth?
00:15 I wanna say yes, but it's like a different universe.
00:18 You're definitely inspired by like real places on Earth.
00:20 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Earth inspired.
00:22 Next.
00:23 [laughing]
00:25 Is Aang the most powerful Avatar?
00:28 - Absolutely not. - Not.
00:30 I think the first Avatar ever.
00:32 No, 'cause he doesn't have any knowledge of the past Avatars,
00:35 so his Avatar state would just be useless.
00:37 - My vote's Kyoshi. - Unlike me, he knows the most.
00:40 I feel like I've seen people debate about this forever.
00:42 Yeah, it's a lot.
00:43 Yeah, but I watched a YouTube video and the Avatarist said that I'm the best.
00:47 - Oh. - Well...
00:48 - Here we go. - Well, yeah.
00:50 Why is Aang bald? An Avatar.
00:51 - Oh. - Oh, it's a Tibetan monk thing.
00:53 But also, remember in Quora, whenever they were like talking about
00:57 how you can feel the waves of the like...
01:00 - Air. - Motions, the air, yeah.
01:02 How old is Aang?
01:04 - It's debatable. - Come on, guys, you should know.
01:05 - What? - Is it?
01:06 - No. - You're right, you're right.
01:07 - Is he 12 or is he 112? - I'm 112.
01:09 - Alright. - I've been on planet whatever it is for 112 years.
01:13 - There you go. - OK, you go.
01:14 How did Zuko get his scar?
01:16 Daddy problems.
01:17 Yep, his father burned his eyeball off.
01:20 It's so sweet. It was an act of love.
01:23 Totally.
01:24 [laughing]
01:26 How do you pronounce Sokka from Avatar?
01:29 [laughing]
01:31 We'll just leave it there, we'll just leave it there.
01:32 - We get Sokka a lot. - Yeah.
01:34 Um, that's really it.
01:36 And honestly, the only people that get it passed are the British folks
01:39 'cause that's how they're like--
01:41 - Sokka. - Sokka.
01:43 Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're like Sokka, so I let it pass.
01:46 Where is Katara from?
01:47 She is from the Southern Water Tribe.
01:49 Oh, OK. Who is Azula in Avatar?
01:55 I'll take this one. She is Zuko's sister
01:58 and the rightful heir to the throne.
02:00 - Oh! - Whoa, controversial, controversial.
02:02 Do you guys mind zooming in on this one?
02:04 [camera shutter clicking]
02:05 Why?
02:08 How is the Avatar The Last Airbender made?
02:11 By shooting it.
02:12 Solid, yeah!
02:14 Zoom in on here now, zoom in here, zoom in here now.
02:17 We spent a year in Vancouver, Canada,
02:20 um, shooting on a volume
02:22 and sometimes on actual locations,
02:25 somewhere in the middle of the forest
02:27 and other times in front of green screen.
02:29 This was a very long process for us all getting into character,
02:32 um, reviewing, you know, the animated series,
02:36 then moving to watch, like, a lot of dissection videos of, um, our characters
02:40 just because there's so much information out there already
02:42 and then, um, obviously putting our own take on the characters as well.
02:47 - Mm-hmm. - Bang, that was fire.
02:48 - Can you take the next one? - Yeah.
02:49 - Is Sokka an Avatar? - Yes.
02:52 - I mean... - I think--
02:53 - In his heart, for sure. - In his-- yeah.
02:55 He means lots of things, like, uh, comedy and...
02:59 - other stuff, so... - Careful.
03:00 [laughing]
03:01 Is Zuko good an Avatar? Now.
03:07 - Whoa! - Good?
03:10 What is the relationship between Katara and Aang
03:13 in Avatar The Last Airbender?
03:14 In our show, it's still just the first season as well.
03:17 Um, it's just like family relationships,
03:20 I mean, between, like, the three of us as well.
03:22 They're there for each other in every bad situation,
03:25 every good situation, and that's what family is.
03:28 In a fight between Iroh and Zuko, who would win?
03:30 I'm saying Zuko gets walked down by Aang.
03:33 I'm gonna be honest.
03:34 You see, like, the chains, he's the Dragon of the West,
03:38 he's part of some secret society later on, like...
03:42 Even though Zuko progresses, um, as a firebender throughout the series,
03:45 he's just still not strong enough, unfortunately.
03:49 I mean, he's the Dragon of the West, bro, what can you do?
03:51 - Yeah. - Include me, guys.
03:53 [laughing]
03:54 Who was Avatar before Aang?
03:57 - Avatar Roku. - That's right.
04:00 - Y'all's cycle. - Y'all's granddad.
04:01 [laughing]
04:03 Can anyone learn bending?
04:05 You have to be a bender.
04:07 Like, it's based on genetics.
04:08 - Yeah, I can't learn how to bend. - You gotta get it done.
04:10 I asked them just for, like, one really, like, silly one,
04:13 like in, like, season three, like, I can, like, leave bend,
04:16 but they turned it down for some reason.
04:18 [laughing]
04:19 [laughing]
04:20 Anybody can learn the martial arts.
04:23 - Right. - Like, for bending, like,
04:24 anybody can learn, like, Wushu, like, Northern Shaolin Kung Fu.
04:29 - Tai Chi. - Bagua, Tai Chi.
04:31 But, I mean, are you gonna end up, like, moving actual elements?
04:35 - OK. - Nice one.
04:38 What mythology is Avatar The Last Airbender based on?
04:41 So, each nation is based on its own cultures.
04:44 Eastern Asian, Western Asian, all those different, yeah.
04:46 - So, yeah. - Depends on where, yeah?
04:48 Yeah, the water tribe is based on, like, Inuit people
04:51 and indigenous peoples.
04:52 What is the most powerful nation in the Avatar?
04:54 Well, I mean...
04:55 - I'll let my sister answer this one. - Oh!
04:58 - God damn, yeah! - I wouldn't, you guys cheated.
05:02 You used the special comet thing.
05:05 OK, that's not cheating, it's using the resources, though.
05:07 You're, like, not thinking, who won?
05:09 We could've sucked the air out of all of your guys' lungs,
05:12 but we didn't because we're nice people.
05:14 With the moon, hmm?
05:16 - We'll talk about that. - They're not cheating.
05:18 Who is Sokka in Avatar?
05:20 Where is Zuko's mother?
05:24 - And where is my mom? - Where did she go?
05:26 - She... - Yeah.
05:29 I'd go, "Where your mom at?"
05:31 She lost, bro.
05:34 She's in the small Earth kingdom in the middle of nowhere.
05:36 There's so much more to get through.
05:38 No, there is not, she is long gone.
05:40 She got banished and then she got her brain washed.
05:43 Yay.
05:45 I actually read the comic of where Zuko's mom is.
05:47 And it's so interesting.
05:49 She goes, runs into the mother of faces,
05:52 - which is Ko's mother. - Right, right.
05:54 And then changes her face and then starts a whole new life
05:56 with her first love that she was actually taken from
05:59 when she was a teenager,
06:00 to marry Ozai and have kids with him.
06:03 Because her grandfather was Roku
06:06 and then they were like, "The bloodline's gonna be crazy."
06:08 - Yeah. - I love it.
06:09 - That's where she's at. - I like thinking about it.
06:11 Why is Katara so powerful?
06:14 - I mean... - Actually, hard work and commitment.
06:17 Yeah, girl bossing.
06:19 Why is Azula's fire blue?
06:21 It is blue because it burns hotter than regular fire.
06:26 - Yeah. - And that's why she's also able to lighten in bed as well,
06:29 because she's able to connect with these different levels of firebending.
06:34 Did Aang break the Avatar cycle?
06:37 Breaking, I guess, what do you guys mean by break?
06:41 No, 'cause Korra has access to it.
06:43 Yeah, but like, you disappeared, bro.
06:46 - People die. - Well, I think it's more about
06:48 when he was in the Avatar state and Azula, like...
06:51 - Yeah. - Laser-type.
06:52 If you die in the Avatar state, you break the cycle.
06:55 - Oh. - Hit him with a beam.
06:56 - No. - Yeah.
06:58 But that's more like a Korra thing.
07:00 Yeah, there's certainly another Avatar after Aang
07:03 if you continue watching the animated series.
07:06 Legend of Korra, check it out.
07:07 Does Zuko like Katara in Avatar?
07:09 OK.
07:13 Is that a no?
07:14 - I mean... - It's not a no, but it's not a yes.
07:16 I mean...
07:18 Are Avatar and Avatar The Last Airbender related?
07:23 Like, blue people? No.
07:25 What is the meaning of the name Katara in Avatar The Last Airbender?
07:31 - Oh. - Aang.
07:32 - I need to Google this question myself. - Yeah, it means girl boss.
07:35 [laughing]
07:36 Can Aang metalbend?
07:39 - Not. - He wishes he could.
07:40 - Yeah. - Then I could be the one
07:42 making fancy jewelry.
07:43 Korra is the first metalbending Avatar.
07:46 And that's the Avatar after Aang.
07:48 Are Katara and Azula related in Avatar The Last Airbender?
07:52 - Yeah. - No.
07:53 Yeah, we actually are twins.
07:55 [laughing]
07:56 - If you can't tell. - Yeah, we're separated at birth.
07:59 - It's a long story. - It's a real parent trap situation.
08:01 Yeah.
08:02 We switch places at some point, it's crazy.
08:04 I'm gonna take this one.
08:06 Who has the saddest backstory in Avatar?
08:09 It's kind of...
08:10 - OK, well, there was a genocide. - I mean, yeah.
08:13 My friends, my family, just everything is gone.
08:17 - Yeah, right, right. - So I think...
08:19 I mean, your mom's dead, but like, my whole...
08:22 - My whole nation is gone. - Yeah, literally.
08:24 Why is nobody talking about Aang's parents in ATLA?
08:28 Oh.
08:29 My parents would never know who I am,
08:31 and I would never know who my parents are.
08:32 - I thought they were adopted. - Well...
08:34 - Yeah, well... - What adopter though?
08:36 - It's based off Nomad, so it's like... - I don't know.
08:37 - Like parents... - 'Cause if bending is genetic,
08:39 - then... - Yeah, exactly.
08:40 - Yeah. - Oh.
08:41 But all the... all the, what's it, people in the Air Nation
08:44 can airbend because Kyoshi did something crazy,
08:47 I can't remember.
08:48 Or maybe it wasn't Kyoshi, no, it was Yang Chen.
08:51 That's the interesting thing about live action,
08:52 is like, the mixture of like, original material,
08:55 our material, like, comics, fans,
08:58 like, theories and stuff like that, it all gets...
09:00 Yeah, we could totally make up a sick story about this.
09:02 - Yeah. - Yeah.
09:03 - Yeah. - Bang.
09:04 Who was the Avatar before Aang?
09:06 - Roku. - Roku.
09:07 - Roku. - Great.
09:09 Why can't Katara learn firebending and Avatar The Last Airbender?
09:12 Well, she's not from the Fire Nation.
09:14 - Yeah, I have no ability to firebend, so... - That's it.
09:18 You know, that would get in the way.
09:19 - Whoa. - Whoa.
09:22 - When was the first... - Airbenders.
09:23 Avatar incarnated?
09:24 Oh, this is an interesting question 'cause it doesn't mean...
09:26 When was the first Avatar, or when was the first Avatar incarnated?
09:31 - 300 BC. - So it would be the second Avatar.
09:33 - Yeah. - This would be cut.
09:34 Yeah.
09:35 I think this one's got us all stumped, Loki.
09:38 Let us know.
09:38 Who has the hottest fire in Avatar?
09:41 We kind of just explained it.
09:43 OK, our dad was like cooking crazy...
09:47 OK, but is it blue?
09:48 That's fair.
09:50 Oh my God, I almost took it.
09:52 - I almost took it. - That's happened like...
09:53 That's happened three times.
09:55 I'm just out here like...
09:56 Sorry.
09:59 Here's the last one.
10:00 Which Avatar is immortal?
10:02 Or an Avatar spirit?
10:04 Oh yeah, I guess the Avatar spirit.
10:06 I don't think there's like an Avatar that's immortal.
10:10 Though, Kyoshi was alive 'til she was like 200 something.
10:15 - 120. - Wait.
10:16 - No, it went through. - Oh, man.
10:19 You gotta keep it in though.
10:20 And that's a wrap to...
10:22 Oh, you should've threw it.
10:24 And that's a wrap to most Googled searches for Avatar The Last Airbender.
10:28 Thank you guys and hope you have an amazing day.
10:30 [laughing]
10:31 (laughing)
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