‘Avatar: The Last Airbender‘ has plenty of characters and an extensive storyline that captivates new audiences and maintains long-time fans. The show has an engaging journey and casting. One such character in the show is Boulder, who is a fighter in the underground bending ring of the Earth kingdom and was made keeping Dwayne Johnson in mind.
The creators of the show wanted Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson to play the role of Boulder but he rejected it and wasn’t interested in doing television at that time.
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Dwayne Johnson Was Not Interested In Being A Part Of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
Boulder is a wrestler and he refers to himself in the third person. ‘Avatar: Braving the Elements‘ is a podcast done by the two actors from the franchise Janet Varney, the voice of Korra, and Dante Basco, the voice of Prince Zuko. Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko were invited to the podcast show and they discussed how the role of Boulder was made for Dwayne. He rejected the role as he was not interested in television.
Michael DiMartino revealed, “This was before he was like the Rock as we know him now, but he was definitely on that trajectory, and since [the Boulder] was modeled after him, we tried to get him to be the voice, but he was not doing television at the time.“
The Boulder isn’t voiced by Dwayne but by his fellow wrestler friend, Mick Foley. Even though The Rock rejected the role, his friend backed up the voice and did a flawless job at delivering his humorous and dynamic voice to Boulder. As the role was crafted for Dwayne, Mick cleverly impersonated all the details that could only be found in a friend’s observations.
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Live Action Of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
The live-action of the show ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ created mixed reviews among the people. Some were disappointed with the storyline, while some were satisfied. The makers of the show could think of bringing Dwayne for the role in the series that could please the audience and meet their expectations from the series.
They plan to make the live-action of the whole series as they announced the two more seasons for the Netflix version.
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