When a specific character from the 2009 original appears in Avatar: The Way of Water, many people begin to question Vin Diesel's place in James Cameron's franchise.

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In the realm of Pandora, Avatar: The Way of Water introduces a large number of new characters in addition to several returning ones

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Avatar: The Way of Water boasts a cast that is equally as talented as its predecessor, from Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) to Jake Sully (Sam Worthington and Neytiri Zoe Saldaa).

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In Avatar: The Way of Water, Vin Diesel did not play a member of Quaritch's team, despite common assumption. Corporal Lyle Wainfleet, a character from the first film, is the one in question.

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Actor Matt Gerald, who is remarkably similar to Diesel in appearance, is reprising his role as Wainfleet.

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Wainfleet is a member of the RDA security squad and aids Quaritch in their conflict with the Na'vi in James Cameron's original Avatar.

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Gerald plays the same role in Avatar: The Way of Water, although this time he plays Wainfleet in Avatar form, and the RDA security unit is back as Recombinants.

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These Avatars have had the memories of the human marines they were cloned from implanted into them.

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