Not only is Mark Hamill beloved for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies, he’s also the renowned voice actor behind iconic villains like Batman’s Joker and Avatar: The Last Airbender’s Fire Lord Ozai. Now, as Daniel Dae Kim prepares to play the big bad in Netflix’s adaptation of Avatar, he spoke to CinemaBlend about Hamill’s voice performance and how it impacted his portrayal of the Fire Lord in Netflix’s live-action adaptation.
Hamill’s performance as Ozai in the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender is wicked, iconic and barely recognizable. He really doesn't sound like himself, much like his voice for Joker. So, when I asked Daniel Dae Kim about how his predecessor inspired his own performance as the Fire Lord, he talked about the Star Wars star's work as a voice actor overall first.
Hamill’s performance as Ozai in the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender is wicked, iconic and barely recognizable. He really doesn't sound like himself, much like his voice for Joker. So, when I asked Daniel Dae Kim about how his predecessor inspired his own performance as the Fire Lord, he talked about the Star Wars star's work as a voice actor overall first.
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00:00First of all, I think Mark Hamill, you know, is one of our best voice actors.
00:06You know, it's when I first heard him doing The Joker, I didn't know it was him.
00:12And when someone told me it was, I had a real hard time trying to compute putting those two ideas together.
00:20That's how good his work is.
00:21And so when I heard him voice Ozai, the thing that I really loved most about it was his refusal to apologize for the character.
00:32Like he went full-throated and wholehearted into what that character wanted without apology.
00:41And I thought that was something to take away.
00:51And I thought that was something to take away.