Jackson Rathbone: “There is this fantastic shot, about six minutes of constant, uncut footage!”

***For more images from the event, click here!***

Nicola Peltz: “It’s going to be crazy!”

I had the extreme honor of meeting the charming Jackson Rathbone and the beautiful Nicola Peltz. It was in the courtyard of the Aventura mall, where about 300 excited fans lined up to meet and greet the young stars.  Passers by in the mall were leaning over the railings in a precarious effort to see what all the commotion was about.  No one fell, so no bending powers were required.

iRATEfilms was hanging with the media studs, lucky I wore my big boy pants as we were pretty much the only blog of our kind there. Yea, we stepped on the toes of CBS, FOX, and Primer Impacto, but, like our editor, Rick always says, we are little but we’re ruthless.

At four, the crowd erupted in a shrill squeal that shattered three store windows showering those below with shards of horrific glassy death as passers-by gawked at the spectacle below.  Yes, I am exaggerating, ever hear of poetic license?  I mean, come on, you KNOW this makes the story better.

The screams were understandable, being that some of these die-hard fans were planted as early as 5am.  Their delightful melody alerted me that Jackson and Nicola were indeed approaching. As they traversed the crimson gauntlet, I heard several, “I love you Nicola” and “Jackson, you are sexy marry me” comments.  Finally, I had them in my sights, and after a brief introduction, I got down to the interview.

SD- I have got to ask you guys…are you fans of the “Avatar: The Last Airbender” animated series?

JR- Oh yeah, I liked how all the fight scenes were so well choreographed especially.

NP- Omg, definitely…I have seen all three seasons which were amazing and it is really great being a part of the live-action interpretation!

SD-What did you take from the characters in the show that helped you portray them in the movie?

JR-Well we drew as much as we could, like, there is some of the slapstick taken out with Zuko to make the movie more realistic. I mean, there is so much in 24 episodes that has to be condensed into a movie it  was a pretty difficult task.

SD- With that said, I assume there is going to be tons of action in the movie and some of M Night’s single shot scenes?

JR- M Night is such a master of his craft. There is this fantastic shot, about 6 minutes of constant uncut footage. There are about a hundred stunt doubles flying everywhere and there are explosions going off…boom boom boom…

NP- yeah, there was ice flying everywhere too. The “bending” scenes with the elements are really cool and well done. There were so many special effects in the film going on at once. It’s going to be crazy.

SD- That sounds very epic. What was it like being there with everything going on? Were you doing your own stunts throughout the movie?

NP-  Amazing  working with M Night and everyone on the set. Yes I did do most of my own stunts throughout the movie-my stunt double Michelle is amazing and does such good job.

JR- I did most of my own stunts also. Everything was choreographed to the T so it was a challenge in itself to even practice the movements for the stunts.

NP- It was a lot of fun and a lot of exercise.

Before I realized it, the interview was over, I heard myself thanking them and said a tiny prayer in my heart as they approached the FOX crew.  The fanboy in me wanted to give each of them a great big hug and present them with a hand-stitched pillow like their super fan . . . pictured here.  But, I was on official orders from the dreaded Rick Swift to behave myself, lest he yank my front row seats at the screening.  I think any fans of great action or anime must check this one out, you know I am!

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