ADO Sigourney Weaver is unrecognizable as a child heroine for James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of the Water” in theaters this Wednesday
Sigourney Weaver Gets Young Again in “Avatar: The Waterway” by James Cameron — 20th Century Studios/Walt Disney Company
- In “Avatar: The Waterway,” Sigourney Weaver plays a 14-year-old teenager.
- The 73-year-old actress is nevertheless very believable in this role.
- His talent and the special effects created by James Cameron’s team make his character very endearing.
If the tê ;te de Kiri, vibrant teenager in Avatar: The Way of Waterby James Cameron, tells you something, it’s nothing surprising. This character of a 14-year-old girl is interpreted by Sigourney Weaver who celebrated; its 73 spring last October. And the craziest thing is that we believe in it so much the special effects and the talent of the actress make her character endearing.
Motion capture combined with the actress’s performance makes the spectator quickly take up the cause of this heroine full of life who must adapt to her life. a new existence in a world where she learns to; get acquainted with the ocean.
“I asked; to Sigourney for providing me with family photos and films from when she was a teenager, James Cameron tells 20 Minutes. Since she didn’t have much to worry about. its disposition, it was also based on on images of Alienof Ridley Scott that she filmed; when she was 26.” The director did not want to draw from Aliens, le retour that he made; himself in 1986, preferring the first part of which he loved “the superbly lit close-ups, being a big fan of Ridley Scott.”
Image and Voice
The process took place in three times. It took “ capturing” the 73-year-old Sigourney Weaver, regaining her appearance at; 14 years before creating the character of Kiri herself based on this preparatory work. “We wanted the viewer to completely forget about Sigourney, James Cameron insists. For this, it was also necessary to rework his voice which is very recognizable.” The actress immediately reassured the filmmaker. “You will have nothing to do do: I would be 14,” she told him. And she managed to regain the vocal timbre of a teenager after weeks of hard work. “She really spoke with a teenage voice,” said James Cameron.
She was so inhabited by her character that she didn’t was able to find the voice of Kiri at the time of postproduction and that James Cameron kept. mainly his first recordings. “What Sigourney did proves that technology can only work if it relies on the human,” When we see the dynamic Kiri riding an eel in the seabed or being scolded by his father, we completely forget that his interpreter has largely reached the age of being a grandmother. re.