'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Season 2 clip teases the arrival of Toph

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Let's break immoderate rules pinch our favourite Earthbender.

Netflix's unrecorded action adjustment of Avatar: The Last Airbender was filled to nan brim pinch references, Easter eggs, and mashed-up storylines. But what it was missing was our favourite Earthbender of each time: Toph.

On Thursday, Netflix revealed nan much-anticipated summation to nan cast: nan 4th personnel of Team Avatar, who'll beryllium played by Miya Cech. As Toph is unsighted — you tin spot successful nan teaser, Toph's feet are basal to her sensory powerfulness while Earthbending — Netflix said Cech is moving pinch a producer/consultant who is blind, arsenic good arsenic "a master from nan blindness community". And apparently she's already successful training for nan stuntwork.

"I’ve been successful footwear campy for astir a week and a half now and still person a batch of activity to do, but it’s ace fun," Cech said successful a property statement, besides published connected Netflix's blog Tudum. "I person immoderate martial arts experience. I person a awesome coach who I return backstage classes pinch backmost location successful Northern California, and he keeps maine successful style erstwhile I’m not working. I besides person immoderate creation acquisition from erstwhile I was younger that has been very adjuvant arsenic I study astir Toph’s movements."

"I personally americium of Chinese and Japanese American descent and I’m truthful excited to correspond my Chinese practice successful Toph Beifong," Cech added. "One of nan astir unthinkable aspects of this show is nan diverseness of nan Asian cultures successful nan ATLA world. Even though nan beingness is fantasy, it feels for illustration each civilization is represented successful immoderate measurement and tied to nan history and traditions of that civilization aliases country. Just a fewer years ago, you mightiness person seen 1 aliases 2 of these actors successful a show aliases movie, but connected this show we are each capable to correspond this world together and activity together and collaborate. It’s really astonishing and a gift arsenic an actor."

Executive producers Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani besides confirmed nan commencement of accumulation connected Season 2, pinch merchandise dates TBC.

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Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based successful London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives successful nan Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes astir everything (but not anything) crossed entertainment, tech, societal good, science, and culture.

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