Colleges Interview Jackson Rathbone: News Archives: Edward's Meadow

Several Colleges nation wide got to sit down with Jackson Rathbone and ask him a couple of questions about The Last Airbender. The Corsair has excerpts of all the different interviews...

Santa Monica College: How did you prepare for your role as Sokka?

JR: There were two months or so of intense Kung Fu training in Los Angeles for three hours a day. We had two weeks of rehearsals in Philadelphia where we ran through the scenes and the process was very natural. Shyamalan is a very natural director; it was very easy to work with him.

University of Arizona: Was it fair that you couldn’t bend the elements? Do you still get the chance to fight?

It is funny since I was working with Noah Ringer [whose character can manipulate all four elements] and Nicola Peltz (who

plays his sister, the Waterbender) and they could bend elements, they joshed me for not being able to bend anything. I would say my super power is my sharp wit.

SMC: If you were able to bend the elements, which element would it be and why?

I think it would have to water. It is one of the most abundant resources we have and the human body is made up of 80 percent water and the earth about the same. I’ve always been a fan of Bruce Lee and his writings and he talks a lot about what it means to be like water.

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