Steven Yeun
Credit: Creative Commons (Yeun will voice the first Avatar on "The Legend of Korra.") Creative Commons

"The Walking Dead" star Steven Yuen will provide the voice for a new and really old character in season two of "The Legend of Korra" Wired reported today.

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Yuen will provide the voice for a character called Wan - none other than the very first incarnation of the Avatar spirit. Take a look at what Wan will look like in the next season of Korra season 2 below.

Yuen will star in two episodes in "The Legend of Korra season 2." The episodes will be set 10,000 years before his spirit was reincarnated as the current Avatar, Korra. Wan, a teenaged bender will try to preserve the balance between the mortal world and the Spirit World; his journey will culminate in his becoming the first Avatar.

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Bryan Konietzko said he chose Yuen to play Wan because of his "vocal quality and acting" range. Konietzko also praised Yuen's ability to take the character "from an innocent, naïve young man, to a trickster anti-hero, and all the way to a full-fledged action hero."

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