Netflix’s Last Airbender Will Make Some Changes to Toph

The second season of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender will reintroduce audiences to Toph Beifong, a 12-year-old blind Earthbender who becomes Aang’s teacher. Like with characters from the last season, the live-action version of Toph (played by Miya Cech) will come with some changes and tweaks. During the red carpet for the sci-fi film Marshmallow, Cech talked about her approach to her upcoming role. Speaking with The Direct, she reiterated her Toph would be slightly older than her animated version—something first reported in January—and said she met with voice actor Michaela Murphy on their similar processes. She further revealed her Toph would be “slightly more feminine” than the original. ” I feel like I wanted to work into a very humanizing space for her because she was [originally] a cartoon.” In the original Avatar, Toph grew up as the daughter of two wealthy Earth Kingdom aristocrats who kept her hidden because she was blind. When Aang, Sokka, and Katara first meet her, she ... Read full article.