When taking on the role of Uncle Iroh in the Netflix live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender, actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee can really only think of one thing he was asked to change by showrunner Albert Kim: the accent.
“Albert actually was the one who broached and said, ‘let’s do it without the accent,’ ” Lee said in an interview with CBC News. “And I was actually relieved because I’m not a mimic. I’m not a robot. I’m not hired that way — I am a performer, and I need to bring my elements to it.”
Something as small as that may not
