James Cameron gets honest about Sigourney Weaver’s performance in ‘Avatar’

Sigourney Weaver first played Dr. Grace Augustine Avatar 2009. But she was asked to play a different role in the upcoming episodes.

It was Kiri, a young Na’vi character. This was a challenge for the 76-year-old actress. But James Cameron, who is the director of the company, presented this character very well.

“She was 70 and 71 years old at the time she was capturing Kiri,” he said Peopleadding, “I mean, Kiri can catch up tomorrow. Nothing’s changed. She’s a little older now, but she’s come into a different person. She’s come into light and openness. I mean, she looks younger.”

In the interview, the filmmaker admits the challenge of Sigourney in such a role. “Because of her mind, she brought back her 14-to-15-year-old self. And the way, it was not something fun and light. It was the darkness of anxious youth,” he noted.

“She can [answer] these questions better than I can, but [Weaver] it’s about being awkward and feeling bad about not being seen, and she also conveys all of that,” James added.

Sigourney herself, in a previous interview, admitted that playing teenagers gave her the opportunity to explore her teenage years, which, for the most part, coincided.

“I was terrible,” she told him Kingdomnoting, “I was insecure – funny, so I managed to survive high school – but I didn’t have any confidence.”

But playing Kiri, Sigourney noted, gave her “an opportunity to go back and get back into that state of mind, to be in and trust myself in a different way. [with] that character.”

Avatar: Fire & Ashes It will hit the theaters tomorrow.