Miya Cech is headed to the world of Avatar: The Final Airbender!
The 17-year-old actress will be a part of the upcoming second season of the Netflix reside motion sequence within the function of earthbender Toph Beifong.
Her newest casting information was introduced on Thursday (September 19) as a part of Netflix’s Geeked Week Stay occasion in Atlanta, Ga.
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“We make some extent of reviewing submissions individually and after numerous tapes, we each had the identical response,” Govt Producers Christine Boylan and Habbar Raisani shared in an announcement. “Miya is our Toph! Miya is an excellent performer who is aware of how one can exactly stability the sarcastic humorousness, stubbornness, and vulnerability that’s Toph Beifong. Her physicality and emotional dexterity actually put her in a category of 1.”
For these that will not know, Toph is a grasp earthbender who was born blind and educated to really feel and sense the world round her.
“I’ve been in boot camp for a few week and a half now and nonetheless have numerous work to do, however it’s tremendous enjoyable,” Miya shared. “I’ve some martial arts expertise. I’ve an incredible teacher who I take personal courses with again house in Northern California, and he retains me in form once I’m not working. I even have some dance expertise from once I was youthful that has been very useful as I study Toph’s actions.”
Miya can be working with a producer and guide who’s blind and knowledgeable from the blindness neighborhood guaranteeing they’re represented appropriately.
“I personally am of Chinese language and Japanese American descent and I’m so excited to characterize my Chinese language heritage in Toph Beifong,” the younger actress added. “One of the unbelievable features of this present is the variety of the Asian cultures within the ATLA world. Despite the fact that the universe is fantasy, it seems like each tradition is represented in a roundabout way and tied to the historical past and traditions of that tradition or nation. Just some years in the past, you might need seen one or two of those actors in a present or film, however on this present we’re all capable of characterize this world collectively and work collectively and collaborate. It’s actually wonderful and a present as an actor.”
Miya isn’t any stranger to being on Netflix as she appeared within the YA comedy You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah and the Emmy profitable sequence BEEF. She additionally lately had a recurring function on The Santa Clauses on Disney+ and starred within the Nickelodeon sequence The Astronauts and Are You Afraid of the Darkish?
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