Sigourney Weaver
She thinks her role in the ‘Avatar’ sequel is ‘silly’
Sigourney Weaver becomes a teenager again in “Avatar 2”.
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Sigourney Weaver is set to star in the ‘Avatar’ sequel as a teenager – a role she says is ‘silly’.
In the first part of “Avatar” actress Sigourney Weaver (72) played the character of Dr. Played Grace Augustine, who – Spoiler alert! – died in the same movie. Nevertheless, Weaver will also appear in the sequel “Avatar 2: The Way of Water”.
This time she plays a teenager, specifically the teenage adopted daughter of Jake (Sam Worthington, 46) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldana, 44), who goes by the name Kiri. “I can’t really talk about it, but I would say it was the biggest step I’ve ever had in acting, in every way imaginable,” Weaver said “Interview Magazines”. And further: “I think if Jim Cameron didn’t know me that well he wouldn’t have cast me in something so silly.”
Big challenge
The role of the young adopted daughter apparently challenged the 72-year-old: “I had to work in a completely different way to play this character, a very physical way.” The star director made sure that she didn’t give up anyway: “I knew that he would present me with really unique challenges, and he won’t be afraid to say what he wants.”
In preparation for the sequel, Weaver also had to do a lot of exercise: “I was older than a lot of other people and we had to do a lot of parkour. We had to do burpees. We had to do freediving.” With a trainer, she would have learned to hold her breath for long periods of time – a practice she would have continued at home with her husband. “And one day we held our breath for six and a half minutes,” Weavers said. “That’s the training. You learn that if you don’t catch your breath, you won’t die […] It’s some psychological, very, very interesting stuff.”