Avatar: Fire And Ash Star Oona Chaplin Explains Why Varang Is Not A Villain!
Oona Chaplin revealed that she always looked at Varang as a hero and not a villain.
There are very few movie series that capture audiences’ hearts like Avatar. Soon the world of Pandora will return on December 19, 2025, with the third chapter, Avatar: Fire and Ash. The biggest surprise is Varang, the fierce leader of the new Fire Clan, played by Oona Chaplin. She is not just another bad guy with a scary face. Behind the flames and anger lives a woman carrying deep wounds, and audiences are about to meet the most complex character the franchise has ever shown.
Oona Chaplin Gets Real About Playing Varang In Avatar: Fire And Ash
As per reports, Oona Chaplin never saw Varang as the bad guy in Avatar: Fire and Ash. To her, Varang is a strong woman shaped by deep pain, loss, and a fierce sense of what is right. Oona Chaplin loved talking with director James Cameron about Varang’s past. Those discussions showed how Varang’s life was broken by being torn away from nature and her people. That kind of hurt feels familiar to everyone.
For Varang, that pain turned into anger and a belief that she is completely separate from others. The actor says that feeling of “separation” is actually the root of every fight and war. Varang is scared, but instead of trying to heal, she attacks whatever frightens her. That is what makes her dangerous. Still, the actor has huge respect for the character.
In the eyes of her own clan, Varang is a true hero. She pulled her people together after disaster, gave them pride again, started a new religion, built a new way of living, and stood up fearlessly against the sky people. She is a revolutionary leader who changed everything on Pandora.
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Excited to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash? Well, gear up because it will be released in the Indian theatres on December 19 in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.
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First Published: December 04, 2025 3:05 PM
