Dolly de Leon talked about her new international project
Critically acclaimed actress Dolly de Leon said that she has been wanting to talk about being part of Netflix’s live-action series adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Dolly has done several international projects already. From being in theater, movies, and TV series in the Philippines, she landed a role in Triangle Of Sadness which opened more doors for her in the international scene.
Just recently, Netflix released a cast announcement for the upcoming new season of the series Avatar: The Last Airbender and one of the cast members was Dolly. She will be playing the characters of Lo and Li, the non-firebending twin advisors of Princess Azula, portrayed by Elizabeth Yu.
In an interview with The Philippine Star, Dolly de Leon admitted that she has been dying to talk about this international project.
“I’ve been dying to share that piece of news,” Dolly said. “I’ve been telling my friends, just not friends in the press kasi di ko puwede pangunahan yung announcement, magiging anti-climactic for everybody,” the prominent actress said.
Aside from Dolly, another Filipino actor is included in this Netflix series, Jon Jon Briones. She shared that she already met Jon Jon and she adored him.
Other new cast members of the new season are Madison Hu, Dichen Lachman, Lily Gao, Terry Chen, Tantoo Cardinal, Miya Cech, Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes, and Rekha Sharma.
During the interview, Dolly de Leon shared that she already hinted at this stint when entertainment report MJ Marfori interviewed her and was asked what could be her upcoming project.
The actress said that she would be doing an international series and mentioned that MJ already interviewed one of the cast members. It was just later on when MJ realized that Dolly was talking about Fil-Canadian actor Gordon Cormier. She said that it was a good thing that the reporter did not spill this.