So what was that like, watching the first episode of season 2 at Comic-Con in a room packed full of fans?
That’s the best experience on the planet! It’s awesome! It’s so, so awesome. Usually when I watch the episodes we’re in a room with the guys and we try to go “This is so amazing!” We’re telling them how cool it is, because we’re the fans when we’re watching ADR – and we’re only watching little moments, we can’t see it all together.
So I can sit there [at Comic-Con] as a fan, be there as a fan, and we’re just in this love-bubble of pure joy. I don’t know, there’s nothing better than that. If I could do that every year, I’d be like “Let’s go see a Legend of Korra episode with 5,000 people, this is amazing!”
Some people were sleeping out since midnight on the line.
No. They. Didn’t. Oh my God. I mean, God bless those people! Apparently on that line, there was a Korra fan… from like, New Zealand or something. I’m so proud! I’m like, yes! I can’t believe you’re doing this. God bless you guys. You want to go down and hug them. Where are these people? You’re awesome!
To be honest, we talked about that all day, so all Korra fans should know how much we appreciate them, and we talk about them, and we just feel so lucky.
Are there any specific funny moments from the recording booth that you can share?
I know this is a lame answer, but it’s always fun, because they… get us all in there together… There’s the big room, and David [Faustino] and I can definitely hear each other talk, because you can stick your head around the glass. It’s not walled off.
But God bless Janet [Varney]. She’s literally, because she talks the most, in a booth by itself off the side of us. The sense deprivation chamber, we call it. I HATE that room, God bless her for taking it, because if they don’t turn the sound on for you or [turn] your mic on, you’re not hearing anything!… I got in there once and I was like, “I can’t. Nope. I’m out. I’m out.”
Because there’s a joy to being with each other… I love that sense of community. And when you go into the sensory deprivation chamber it is… I mean, [Janet] is a gift in and of herself to make that so fun and airy and awesome. She’s the best.
[When] she’s in the room with us, it’s awesome. You can be like, “Hey, you’re here,” and she’s like, “I love it!” And I’m like, “I know! This is the room! Get in here! It’s a nice time!”
Is there a prop you’d like to keep from The Legend of Korra, if it were a live-action show?
Well, he’s not a prop, he’s an animal, but you gotta rock my Pabu. I love Pabu. He’s my buddy.
If you could give Bolin one piece of advice, what would it be?
I was about to say ‘Turn your trust radar on a little bit.’ That would sort of be it… but there’s something so charming about [his innocence.] How about, I’d be like, “Just be aware of your trust-meter.” I don’t want to tell him to turn it on or off, because there’s something so charming about how he goes through life. I just want him to be aware of it a little more. Be aware that a trust-meter exists.
If you could be a bender, what type of bender would you be?
Earth! I know. I mean, wrap it up. Done. That’s me. Yes. I would be like, “Oh you want a high-rise here? No problem.” I’d go into the real estate business, we could do that too. There’s many options to make money as an earthbender! It’s like, “I’m gonna build a high-rise in New York City to pay for the land in Malibu that I’m gonna build this sick house on.” There you go.
And I guess I’d have to move to China for a little bit to help them. There’s a lot of building going on in China. And since I’m an earthbender, we’re using only local resources. Just use whatever’s under the ground there, so it’s good. We’re keeping the planet green!
And I’ll bet I could do it a lot faster than anybody else. So I’d get all the high-rises build in a day… And all the profits I make, I’ll give to the people, because I’m taking jobs away. So I’d just give all my profits to everybody else.
We’re helping humanity! There you go. That’s Bolin. That’s how we role.
The Legend of Korra season 2 premieres on Friday, Sept. 13 at 7 pm on Nickelodeon.
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