‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Series at Netflix Casts 20 Including George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho, Danny Pudi

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Selome Hailu Netflix has rounded out the cast of its upcoming live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” with 20 new additions including George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho and Danny Pudi.

Playing characters in the Water Tribe are Amber Midthunder (“Prey,” “Roswell”) as Princess Yue, the compassionate spiritual leader of the Northern Water Tribe; A Martinez (“Cowboy Bebop,” “Ambulance”) as Pakku, the veteran waterbending master of the Northern Water Tribe and a fierce defender of their traditions; Irene Bedard (“Pocahontas,” “The Stand”) as Yagoda, an empathetic healer who serves as a role model for her tribe’s female waterbenders; Joel Oulette (“Trickster,” “Ruby and the Well”) as Hahn, a strong and skilled warrior with an unwavering loyalty to his tribe; Nathaniel Arcand (“Heartland,” “FBI: Most Wanted”) as Chief Arnook, father to Princess Yue and the respected leader of their tribe; and Meegwun Fairbrother (“Burden of Truth,” “Mohawk Girls”) as Avatar Kuruk, a previous Avatar with a haunted past.

Cho, Ambudkar and Pudi all play Earth Kingdom characters, with Cho (“Partner Track”) as June, a tough and persistent bounty hunter known for her ruthless efficiency; Ambudkar (“Ghosts,” “World’s Best”) as King Bumi, the ancient and mercurial ruler of the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu; and Pudi (“Community,” “Mythic Quest”) as the mechanist, an eccentric inventor and engineer who’s doing his best to raise his son in a war-torn world.

Also in the Earth Kingdom are Lucian-River Chauhan (“Encounter,” “Heartland”) as Teo, the idealistic and high-flying son of the mechanist; and James Sie (“Stillwater”) as the cabbage merchant, a long-suffering vegetable vendor in Omashu.