Noah Ringer was selected to play Aang after a year-long search
“Typically I’ll find the actor and then mold the part to fit the child, but this was a pre-existing character, and I had to hope that this person existed,” Shyamalan told Variety.
The search for the right child to play Aang was a long and difficult one. Shyamalan needed to find a young, accomplished martial artist. After a year-long search, Shyamalan got lucky and came across Noah Ringer. Ringer heard about an open audition through his tae kwon do club. Shyamalan remarked that he wanted Aang’s character to fit Ringer, instead of the other way around. Because the two seem to be so similar, I think it will work pretty well.
Ringer is a first-degree blackbelt who is proficient with Eastern weapons. He already had a shaved head, just like Aang. One of the things that most drew Shyamalan to Ringer was the fact that Ringer is gentle by nature. He felt it was important for the actor portraying Aang was gentle, because Aang is a lighthearted individual in the Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
I think noah was great for that part, i can’t wait for the next movie!!! But noah need’s to be more like Aang, like a very playful kid, but other then that it is going pretty good for noah in the last air bender, oh and i live in dallas too so thet is one reson i watch the movie, but what part of dallas does he live in?