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‘My character is blue, but what you see on the big screen is 100% me’

Sunday 8 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Entertainment

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‘My character is blue, but what you see on the big screen is 100% me’
Duane Evans Jr, whose mother is from Cook Islands, has landed a role in the upcoming Avatar series. 20030610/ 20030611

Duane Wichman-Evans Jr got into acting by chance. When he was three, he went with his mum Tutevera Wichman, a Cook Islander, to a casting for a health department TV commercial. As he sat there waiting for his mother to finish her audition, the casting director spotted him and said he was exactly what they needed for another commercial.

Duane Wichman-Evans Jr got into acting by chance. When he was three, he went with his mum Tutevera Wichman, a Cook Islander, to a casting for a health department TV commercial. As he sat there waiting for his mother to finish her audition, the casting director spotted him and said he was exactly what they needed for another commercial.


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