Sigourney Weaver Talks More About "Avatar"
It's pretty difficult to not be impressed by Ms. Sigourney Weaver. But with two recent indies under her belt and a brief window in her theatrical career, the classy gal is just getting ready for "Avatar" duty.
The long-awaited and far-off "Avatar" will reunite Ms. Weaver with her "Aliens" director James Cameron. Earlier this month RT talked to Weaver about reuniting with Cameron on the live-action/animation flick, and she's continued to talk up the project with The New York Observer.
If the 57-year-old actress feels intimidated by her boss' state-of-the-art cinema toys, she sure doesn't show it: "It’s so virtual. It’s very exciting ... You know, Aliens had things you can see and touch." (Nerd tidbit: 57 years is also the time Ellen Ripley spent in hypersleep between "Alien" and "Aliens.")
And when discussing the difficulties of acting on a totally blank stage, the actress offers a logical response: "For actors, an empty stage that sort of represents a planet and things like that, it’s easy to imagine for us. We’re so used to being on an empty stage and imagining it’s some drawing room or whatever."
For the rest of the article, which should appeal to anyone who digs Sigourney, click here.
The long-awaited and far-off "Avatar" will reunite Ms. Weaver with her "Aliens" director James Cameron. Earlier this month RT talked to Weaver about reuniting with Cameron on the live-action/animation flick, and she's continued to talk up the project with The New York Observer.
If the 57-year-old actress feels intimidated by her boss' state-of-the-art cinema toys, she sure doesn't show it: "It’s so virtual. It’s very exciting ... You know, Aliens had things you can see and touch." (Nerd tidbit: 57 years is also the time Ellen Ripley spent in hypersleep between "Alien" and "Aliens.")
And when discussing the difficulties of acting on a totally blank stage, the actress offers a logical response: "For actors, an empty stage that sort of represents a planet and things like that, it’s easy to imagine for us. We’re so used to being on an empty stage and imagining it’s some drawing room or whatever."
For the rest of the article, which should appeal to anyone who digs Sigourney, click here.
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 on Apr 11 2007 07:47 AM [b]awesome[/b] Weaver is a very good actress, and a great action star for those who remember her action days. i don't know why she abandoned the genre so completly. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2007 10:05 AM [b]tidbit[/b] that is most indeed a nerd tidbit... This avatar thing is interesting. Weaver is a very versatile actress. And she didn't really abandon the action genre completely (Aliens 3, Resurrection) (Reply to this) |
 on Apr 11 2007 01:08 PM [b]James Cameron?[/b] James Cameron returns to make a film about a woman heroine, who busts the balls of all men--- and makes even Stallone and Shwarzenegger look like wussies. Would be intersting if this were to be Cameron's FIRST FLOP... just so Cameron would learn a bit of humility. Apart from "Titanic", James Cameron has NO humanity in his movies, especially towards men. His movies might be CGI EXTRAVAGANZA, but apart from that, they're cold and have that "metallic and unhuman feeling"--- which I guess, many consider to be "cool" and whatnot... I actually like Sigorney Weaver, but not from her "ball busting" roles in Cameron's films, but from everything except. (Reply to this) |
 on Apr 11 2007 01:37 PM In reply to this comment (#861070) u must not have seen all of cameron's films... and if so, then u either need to see some of them again or just don't know what you're talking about (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2007 02:57 PM In reply to this comment (#861070) Really? I found Titanic easily his movie with the least humanity and emotion. Kyle and Sarah in Terminator? The father-son relationship story in Terminator 2 was tragic, with a 'father' who could never feel. The maternal subtext of Aliens? I don't think ANYBODY who enjoys Cameron's movies enjoys them for they're 'coldness'. I enjoyed them because along with excellent action and perfectly formed stories, the characters and how IMPORTANT the characters and what they feel are. He's not Michael Bay. I didn't enjoy Titanic because the emotion was so false and contrived. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2007 05:12 PM [b]The person who badmouthed James cameron[/b] you are useless. james cameron rocks. He is the best in hollywood. Steven spielberg, george and everyone suck except he and PJ. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2007 08:34 PM While I dont think Cameron is nearly the best Hollywood has to offer, the person that badmouthed him does suck. (and his misogynistic attitude tells me he secretly sucks something in particular. Don't be ashamed, we wont judge) Heaven forbid a male action director should happen to be good at directing female action leads. This is a rareity in Hollywood, and if its Cameron's strength, than he should milk it as much as he can. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 11 2007 10:44 PM In reply to this comment (#861070) Perhaps you missed the relationship between Ripley and Newt in Aliens. If you could remain stoically uninvolved during that little girl's kidnap and rescue, you're the one who needs his humanity checked. Then there's the voluntary drowning scene in The Abyss, between two divorcees that can't stand each other, but are still in love--pretty damn dramatic portrayal of humanity, I'd say. And let's not forget when Michael Biehn's super warrior character has to own up to Sarah Connor that he's in love with her and a virgin--there's a specifically male example. If anything, Cameron rises above other directors for reasons exactly opposite of what you said. Titanic was one of Cameron's most shallow movies and only broke records because teenage girls saw it so repeatedly. But you're entitled to your wrong opinion. (Reply to this) |
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on Apr 12 2007 12:09 PM In reply to this comment (#861070) Can you say, "The Abyss"... it's all about humanity. (Reply to this) |
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on Jul 29 2007 09:03 PM James Cameron is awesome. How bizarre that we all have so many different opinions of his movies. I'm one of the few guys I know that was able to get into Titanic. It's the fricken biggest movie of all time, you can't call it a piece of ****. If you can call this movie cheesy, I don't know what. (Reply to this) |
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on Aug 02 2007 05:43 AM In reply to this comment (#861073) Iamcool2007, how can you dis Steven Spielberg? Ok, recently he's lost the plot with the third act, opting for gooey happy-endings which undermine films like A.I. and War of the Worlds, but with a CV boasting films like Schindler's List, Duel, Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, The Color Purple, Jurassic Park, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report etc etc. His earlier films (Duel, Jaws, Indiana Jones, ET) reinvented genres, and are still looked apon today as templates for successful blockbuster movies... I'm more of a fan of Ridley Scott to be honest, but no way can you call Spielberg crap! (Reply to this) |
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