Avatar director James Cameron is begging viewers to feel free to go to the bathroom during his new movie Avatar: The Way of the Water — because he sure as s**t isn’t going to factor their pee break into the run-time!
02.07.2022 - 00:27 / etcanada.com
Sigourney Weaver is proving she’s ageless in the next “Avatar” movie.
In the new issue of Empire, all about James Cameron’s long-in-the-making sequel “Avatar: The Way of Water”, it’s revealed that Weaver will be playing new teenager character Kiri.
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In the film, Kiri is the adopted Na’vi daughter of Sam Worthington’s Jake and Zoe Saldaña’s Neytiri.
“I think we all pretty much remember what we were feeling as adolescents,” 72-year-old Weaver says of playing the teenage blue alien. “I certainly do. I was 5’ 10” or 5’ 11” when I was 11. I felt strongly that Kiri would feel awkward a lot of the time. She’s searching for who she is. I was thrilled to be given that challenge by Jim.”
Talking about the decision to cast Weaver in the role of a teenager, Cameron says, “As an acting challenge, it’s big. We’re gonna have a 60-something actor playing a character [decades younger than] her actual biological age. Sig thought it was all kinds of fun.”
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He also recalled the actress workshopping her performance with a group of teenager girls in order to capture the energy of youth.
“Sigourney just became younger,” Cameron says. “She looked younger, she had more energy, and she never quite stepped out of Kiri for our whole capture period. She had a glow on her face and lightness in her step and a fun spirit.”
Weaver had previously appeared in the original “Avatar” in 2009, playing the human character Dr. Grace Augustine.
“Avatar: The Way of Water” opens in theatres Dec. 16, and will also star Kate Winslet,
Avatar director James Cameron is begging viewers to feel free to go to the bathroom during his new movie Avatar: The Way of the Water — because he sure as s**t isn’t going to factor their pee break into the run-time!
James Cameron has defended Avatar: The Way Of Water‘s three-hour runtime, saying those who find the film too long can simply “get up and go pee”.READ MORE: Avatar 2: Everything we know about the upcoming sci-fi epicSpeaking to Empire, the director said he didn’t want to see people complaining about the upcoming sequel’s length when many are quite willing to binge-watch several hours of TV in one sitting.“I don’t want anybody whining about length when they sit and binge-watch [television] for eight hours,” he said. “I can almost write this part of the review.
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Empire, Cameron said the fact that sci-fi films take so much time to make might mean he won’t be captaining the ship on the final two movies.“The Avatar films themselves are kind of all-consuming,” he told the outlet. “I’ve got some other things I’m developing as well that are exciting.”“I think eventually over time – I don’t know if that’s after three or after four – I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in.
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Avatar films.Following the original film in 2009, four sequels have been announced to continue the story of Pandora. The first, Avatar: The Way Of Water, is set to be released in December, while the untitled third film, shot back-to-back with the sequel, is set to follow in 2024.The fourth and fifth installments are yet to enter production, although they might not be helmed by original director Cameron.Speaking to Empire, Cameron said: “The Avatar films themselves are kind of all-consuming. I’ve got some other things I’m developing as well that are super exciting.“I think eventually over time – I don’t know if that’s after three or after four – I’ll want to pass the baton to a director that I trust to take over, so I can go do some other stuff that I’m also interested in.
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Avatar: The Way Of Water.While it was known the actor would return for the sequel, her role has been left a mystery after her character, Dr. Grace Augustine, died in the original 2009 film.As revealed by Empire, Weaver will play an entirely new character in the sequel called Kiri – the adopted teenage daughter of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) who is a blue Na’vi.“I think we all pretty much remember what we were feeling as adolescents,” Weaver said.
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