Jesse McCartney Drops Out Of ‘The Last Airbender’
Citing his busy touring schedule, Jesse McCartney has dropped out of M. Night Shyamalan’s big screen, live action movie of The Last Airbender and will not be playing the Fire Nation’s Prince Zuko. According to Shyamalan, McCartney cannot make time to begin martial arts training, however McCartney has said he already is training.
“Jesse had tour dates that conflicted with a boot camp I always hold on my films, and where the actors here have to train for martial arts,” Shyamalan said.
Did the controversy of all white actors win out? Shyamalan has now cast Dev Patel, of Slumdog Millionaire to play the part. Patel will do a great job, no doubt, but the excuse that McCartney can’t make the boot camp seems weak. Jackson Rathbone has cleared time from his New Moon filming for it, so I’ve got to wonder. Regardless, I loved the Nickelodeon series, so I’ve got high hopes for this Avatar film. Shyamalan, do it right!
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