It is a very difficult task getting any inside juice on “Avatar”. James Cameron runs a tight ship. There is little or no leakage. Zoe Saldana, who plays Uhura in “Star Trek”, also plays a part in the oncoming “Avatar”. During a recent interview, she tempts Mr. Cameron’s terrible wraith by giving us some tiny spoilers. We will take what we can get.
We know that James Cameron wants to keep Avatar as big a secret as J.J. Abrams has kept Star Trek, but what can you tell us about it?
Saldana: Oh, my God, I think Avatar is going to be so amazing. Jim is just an amazing director, and he’s never ceased to impress every time. He’s known for being a true perfectionist, and he will not deliver a story until he feels really proud of it. It’s been a challenge, because we’ve been working for the last two years. Jim has been developing this [filmmaking] technology for years now, more than five years. It was something where we were learning as we were going. And it is going to be something you’ve never seen before, to the naked eye, to … It’s very much a James Cameron movie, where the essence is overall is about the future and machines and all these things, and also what happens when man gets ahead of himself and decides to take on bigger roles than his mortality can sustain.
What do you play?
Saldana: I play a character that lives on a planet that humans are inhabiting and are sort of ravaging. She’s there with her family, and she’s trying to fight to protect what belongs to them.
What a summer this is going to be for Sci-Fi fans. Thanks ScifiWire.
