James Cameron to preemptively shoot ‘Avatar’ episodes 3 and 4 to avoid aging actors

The annual sci-fi epic blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water Avatar: The Way of Water“The box office performance continues to increase. The global box office has exceeded $600 million a few days ago. Rotten Tomatoes is currently rated at 79%. James Cameron In a recent interview, he revealed that in order to avoid the problem of aging actors, he filmed the 3rd and 4th episodes of “Avatar” first.

Past news indicated that “Avatar“The series of films is planned to launch five parts. James Cameron has made grand and clear plans for episodes 3 and 4. In an interview with “Entertainment Weekly”, he revealed that he deliberately stayed in “Avatar: Way of Water” Many questions have not yet been answered, which can be regarded as a foreshadowing of future sequels, and he has also preemptively filmed episodes 3 and 4 to avoid aging actors.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” includes many child characters, including Tuk played by Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, who joined the crew at the age of 7 and Spider, played by Jack Champion, who is now 13, and Spider, who joined the crew at 12 , is now 18 years of age. Due to the age of the characters, it is necessary to shoot many scenes of young characters at one time, so as to avoid the gap between the age of the characters and the age of the actors in the future. Especially in the future sequels, these characters will continue to appear, and many new clans will continue to be added in the future. and characters, it is understood that episode 3 is almost finished shooting,The initial cut is regarding 9 hours long。

“Avatar: The Way of Water” is now in theaters, interested readersclick hereYou can watch the full interview here.