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<p><b>“Hawaii Five-0</b><b>” star Daniel Dae Kim is set to play Fire Nation ruler Fire Lord Ozai in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender.”</b></p>
<p><b>Everything changed:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Kim, 53, will be a series regular along with Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley and Dallas Liu, according to</span> <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/avatar-the-last-airbender-netflix-live-action-series-daniel-dae-kim-fire-lord-ozai-1235104321/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Variety</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kim’s character is described as a “ruthlessly driven leader” who “demands that everyone live up to his impossible standards, especially his teenage son, Prince Zuko.” </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actor teased his </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CV1FWZePWE5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Instagram</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> fans on Nov. 3, showing a clip of Ozai accompanied by the caption, “It’s getting hot in here.”</span></li>
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<p><b>Not his first:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Before being cast in the live-action adaptation of “Avatar,” the actor voiced General Fong in an episode of the Nickelodeon animated series in 2016 and its video game adaptation in 2017.</span></p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kim was also behind the voice of Hiroshi Sato, a mechanical genius who invented the Satomobile, the most prominent form of transportation in Republic City, in the spin-off series &#8220;The Legend of Korra.&#8221;</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the creators of the original animated “Avatar” series, announced <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://data.nextshark.com/avatar-the-last-airbender-creators-walk-out-of-netflixs-live-action-remake-and-now-all-hope-is-lost/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in August 2020</a></span> that they would no longer be involved in the Netflix live-action adaptation, which was first announced in September 2018.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Featured Image</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT3OF_Rp2qs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">@danieldaekim</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (left), </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXShLPXfWZA" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avatar: The Last Airbender</span></a></span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (right)</span></p>


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Daniel Dae Kim to play Fire Lord Ozai in Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ live-action series