Dev Patel Defends "The Last Airbender"

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Dev Patel stars as Prince Zuko in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender." Many critics, including me, were not that impressed, but Dev is such a sweetheart! In this interview, we talked about:

*** Why he followed up his iconic "Slumdog Millionaire" role with "The Last Airbender?"
*** Was the journey all worth it?
*** M. Night Shyamalan's decision to cast Indian actors as Fire Nation villains

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[FabienneBisel]

This movie should be remade by Peter Jackson. NOWWWW

And I need to play Katara :]

[zeldagirly22]

this doesn't need a sequel, this needs a complete REDO!

[fantasyfanatic1995]

bruh, mad respect, but you can't play zuko. there are several reasons.

1) zutara fans have been completely comprimised by this movie... as have kataang fans

2) you're just not ANGRY or ANGSTY enough to be zuko

3) you're as indian as they come, and he's as asian as they get (see the problem? cuz i do)

[Hunlover123601]

I am sorry dev... you're cute, but you're NOT zuko..... you're not like him, you can't act like him.... you don't sound like him.... you should have just kept playing slumdog millionaire things....

[InternetJockey777]

I think that James Cameron taking part of the title sort of caused the movie to not get good reviews. I think that if the title stayed the same as the original, maybe people wouldnt have minded Aang's and Sokka's names being pronounced differently. I think without the original title, the movie just looks like a parody! But even though I don't like how the movie came out, I still feel bad when I hear people saying very rude things about the actors, especially Noah, he's a sweetheart :(

[TimidBeauty17]

@yesiamdaz I would have to agree with you. Maybe they noticed how the fans felt and hopefully make the sequels better and not just by adding more effects.

[477605598]

ohhh zoo you are reason this movie sucked?

[Needless957]

dev patel overall isn't a bad actor, i don't think zuko was the right role for him though, also doesn't help that this movie was just awful. And this is from someone who loved the show and went into this movie thinking that maybe it could be ok. I really gave this film a chance and it slapped me in the face for it. Well this is definitely the shyamalan film i watch.

[mcridiculose]

i'm just throwing this out there. why do we need a big drector in order to reboot the avatar movie? kids these days are genius. they are intuitive, ingenious, and clever enough to create a storyline worthy of the last airbender, while portraying the how imperial the fire nation is (i didn't care for the race choice as an allegory by shymalan, since it took away from the entire thing) and maybe able to lower the effects and focus on the core elements. the young fans can do that no prob...

[zombiesrpussies]

Of course hes guna defend it They're not makin a slum dog2. Be responsible man, admit when ya done fucked

[MakoKitsune]

@zeldagirly22

yea they need a complete redo and also get the bending right, idk, maybe make the movie CGI or something anything but what M. Night did

[zeldagirly22]

@MakoKitsune there's been talk, but i think its sooooo stupid if the first one flopped