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Sigourney Weaver Reveals Just How Intense Shooting ‘Avatar 2’ Really Was · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. James Cameron recently confirmed
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Speaker 1: that these shoots from Avatar two and three are essentially
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Speaker 1: done and now one of the stars, Sigourney Weaver, has
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Speaker 1: revealed to The New York Times just how intent making
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Speaker 1: them was. The second move, in particular, explores the underwater
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Speaker 1: regions of Pandora, the planet at the heart of the franchise,
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Speaker 1: So James Cameron being who he has, decided to shoot
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Speaker 1: in deep deep water. That forced Sigourney to train with
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Speaker 1: elite military diving teams, who taught her to hold her
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Speaker 1: breath prep to six minutes so they could shoot longer sequences.
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Speaker 1: She said her age motivated her, telling The Times, I
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Speaker 1: had some concerns, but that's what the training is for,
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Speaker 1: and I really wanted to do it. I didn't want
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Speaker 1: anyone to think, oh, she's old, she can't do it.
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Speaker 1: Avatar to December of two, that's direct from Hollywood.