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Michaela Jill Murphy on Playing Toph Beifong

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Nickelodeon

Animation & Manga, Tv & Film, Leisure, After Shows

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Join Janet and Dante as they continue to celebrate the remarkable Toph Beifong by sitting down with Michaela Jill Murphy (aka Jessie Flower), the original voice of Toph. In this rebroadcast, Michaela shares insights into her life before and after joining the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and how much she relates to Toph's bold personality. This episode promises to be a compelling and insightful conversation about the beloved character and her real-life counterpart - you won't want to miss. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hello friends, benders and non-benders alike. Welcome to Braving the Elements Nickelodeon's

0:24.9

podcast about all things Avatarverse. I'm Janet Varney.

0:28.9

I'm Dante Bosco. Last week we got to learn more about the backstory behind how

0:33.3

Mike and Brian came up with Toff as a character which was so incredible. And this

0:37.5

week we're riding the Bayfung train to hear from the actress who brought Toff's

0:40.6

voice to life. That's right. We're talking about Michaela Jill Murphy, formerly known as Jesse Flowers.

0:46.2

This was a conversation that you don't want to miss.

0:48.6

Welcome finally to Braving the Elements. Michaela Murphy.

0:57.6

Hello.

1:00.6

Finally here. Finally here. So nice. Oh my gosh. I feel like I could take a deep breath

1:08.1

of relief. Oh, she's finally on the podcast. This is so fun. It feels like you've been with

1:13.5

us the whole time. I know. I have been in spirit. In spirit. But you don't even

1:18.4

get to us till now. I know. Well, it's funny. A lot of people do say, you know, they're

1:23.3

like, oh, right. And then Toff comes in blah, blah, blah. And like the first season,

1:25.8

I'm like, no, no, no, not the first season. You've got to wait till episode six in the

1:29.2

second season. They're like, what? I'm like, yeah, she comes in almost halfway through.

1:32.3

And they're like, that's crazy. I feel like nothing even started. And I was like, they

1:35.2

were just setting everything up. And then as soon as she gets there, they just start knocking

1:38.6

it all down. Like, you just got a lot of build up. But it's worth it. Well, we know that

1:44.1

we didn't have you as Toff in season one because we had she was main. Yeah, exactly.

1:49.4

That is such a wonderful character. I had forgotten. That's one of those characters that

1:52.8

sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. If it's been a long time since you've watched book

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