Even behind Avatar's CGI, amazing things are happening. This is hardly Sigourney Weaver's first James Cameron rodeo, so when the director said he wanted the second installment of Avatar to be an underwater extravaganza, she knew there would be extensive prep work to get herself ready for the role. She had been there before. But I'm not sure she saw herself with weights tied to her, suspended underwater, for over five minutes. In a new interview with The New York Times, Weaver goes over some of the demanding work that was required to pull off her role in the film. It started with her deep-sea diving in Key West, Florida, and in Hawaii, where she would “recline on the ocean floor while manta rays glided over her.” Sounds quaint. But Weaver had endured Cameron's style long before her days on Pandora. In Aliens, Weaver was put to the test. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 21 October, 2020