Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender has found its Toph

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Miya Cech has been formed arsenic Toph successful the adjacent play of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation.

By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a newsman focusing connected film, TV, and popular culture. Before The Verge, helium wrote astir comic books, labor, race, and much astatine io9 and Gizmodo for astir 5 years.

Sep 20, 2024, 12:14 AM UTC

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It’s not wide however overmuch of Avatar: The Last Airbender’s communicative Netflix volition acceptable into the adjacent play of its live-action adaptation, but we present cognize who volition beryllium portraying the series’ instrumentality connected Toph.

During Netflix’s ongoing Geeked Week event, the streamer announced that Miya Cech (Beef, American Girl: Corinne Tan) has been formed arsenic Toph Beifong, the unsighted earthbending prodigy whose unsocial skills extremity up making her a formidable portion of Team Avatar.

Previously, enforcement shaper Jabbar Raisani teased that, overmuch similar successful the animated show, Toph’s accomplishment volition add caller complications to Team Avatar’s radical dynamics arsenic they proceed connected their quest to decision the Fire Nation. Given that Netflix’s Avatar is acceptable to extremity with its 3rd season, Toph yet popping up to go a fixture successful the amusement makes sense. And considering however the cartoon utilized awesome enactment sequences to exemplify Toph’s character, it’s apt that she’ll beryllium a item of Netflix’s bid erstwhile it returns.

The 2nd play of Netfflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is present successful production.