Perhaps M. Night Shyamalan is listening to your cries for ethnic diversity in the Avatar: The Last Airbender cast. Variety and MTV.com are reporting that Dev Patel, 18 year old Slumdog Millionaire star, has been casted as Zuko. Allegedly, singer (and not-so-guilty-pleasure of mine) Jesse McCartney had to back out of the Zuko role due to tour scheduling conflicts. It’s a great casting move—Patel is in high demand due to the success of Slumdog Millionaire, and who knows, maybe his black belt skills will cut costs for Shyamlan’s mandatory martial arts bootcamp for the Avatar cast, but it won’t silence protesters pushing for ethnic diversity in the movie. Regardless, I’m behind Patel. He’s come quite a ways since his days as ‘All-I-Wanna-Do-Is-Get-Laid’ Anwar on the UK teen drama Skins: