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Why Acting in Front of Green Screens on ‘Avatar 2’ was Never a Problem for Zoe Saldana · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, the sequel to Avatar,
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  Speaker 1: one of the most profitable films ever made, finally revealed
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  Speaker 1: its first glimpse of footage to fans at the CinemaCon,
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  Speaker 1: thirteen years after the original hit theaters. Many of the
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  Speaker 1: stars from the first film are back, including Zoey Sildana.
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  Speaker 1: Zoey's performance is brought to life through motion captured technology,
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  Speaker 1: and even though Avatar's planet Pandora is incredibly lush and vibrant,
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  Speaker 1: that mean Zoey spent months on end shooting on a
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  Speaker 1: green scream, having to pretend everything was there rather than
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  Speaker 1: seeing it. But that wasn't really a problem, she tells
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  Speaker 1: the CinemaCon crowd. This world has to become alive in
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  Speaker 1: your imagination. Obviously, there are reference pictures, and our director
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  Speaker 1: James Cameron is constantly showing you a very rough version
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  Speaker 1: of what the environment looks like. But you've been prepped
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  Speaker 1: yourself so much, and you believe so much in Pandora.
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  Speaker 1: That's not that difficult of a journey for you to make.
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  Speaker 1: Avatar to the Way of Water hits theaters December sixteen.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.