Sigourney Weaver has teased her "goofy" character in Avatar: The Way of Water, explaining how this acting job has differed from her previous onscreen roles.
In conversation with Interview magazine, Weaver briefly spoke about what it was like to return to the world of Pandora as an entirely new character. She admitted that playing Kiri, the adopted teenage daughter of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), was "the biggest stretch" she's ever had to take as an actor and that she had to approach the role in a different kind of way.
"So Avatar I can't really talk about, but I would say that it's the biggest stretch I get to play in every possible way," Weaver told the publication about her Avatar 2 role. "I think if Jim Cameron didn't know me really well, he wouldn't have cast me as something as goofy as this. I had to work in a completely different way to play this character, a very physical way."
Weaver starred in James Cameron's first Avatar movie as Dr. Grace Augustine, head of the Avatar program, but her character didn't survive the events of the first film. This time the 72-year-old actress accepted the "challenge" of playing a Na'vi named Kiri, revelling in the opportunity to channel some youthful energy and bring out her inner child.
"I think we all pretty much remember what we were feeling as adolescents," Weaver said in a previous interview with Empire magazine. "I certainly do. I was 5' 10" or 5' 11" when I was 11. I felt strongly that Kiri would feel awkward a lot of the time. She's searching for who she is. I was thrilled to be given that challenge by Jim."
Avatar: The Way of Water is set more than a decade after the events of the first film and, alongside Weaver, sees the return of Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña, reprising their respective roles as Sulley and Neytiri alongside Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, and many more.
The 2009 film will return to theaters for a limited time this September, giving audiences the chance to refresh their memories before the long-awaited sequel arrives on December 16. Filming on Avatar 3 wrapped in 2020, with that film due out on December 20, 2024, Avatar 4 in December 2026, and Avatar 5 in December 2028 — though Cameron might not helm all of the upcoming sequels.
Adele Ankers-Range is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.
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