Learning how to shoot arrows takes on a whole new meaning when working on a $230 million James Cameron movie."I learned archery. I realized then, this is proven, women have better aim than men," Zoe Saldana told Moviefone at Monday's 'Star Trek' DVD and Blu-ray Disc premiere party in Hollywood, about her time on 'Avatar,' which opens Dec. 18.
"I am not a feminist -- yet --but it's true. It's really true," Saldana said.
Saldana, who plays Neytiri, one of the blue alien Na'vi who live on the planet Pandora in Cameron's film, also has said she took dialect training, weight-lifting and horse-riding in preparation for the film. 'Avatar,' a combination of live action and CGI, will be shown in 3-D and IMAX, and was shot with special cameras Cameron developed for the film.
Before 'Avatar,' Saldana played Uhura in May's 'Star Trek,' which brought her closer to what she calls her native fan-boy community.
"What it did for me personally, because I am a geek, I am addicted to martial arts and sci-fi things and books," Saldana said. "It sort of put me in that world. I felt like they found me, and I found them. I'm so happy. The biggest thrill for me this year was going to Comic-Con. Even though I was there for 'Avatar,' just to know they were so excited about 'Star Trek' and so happy with the outcome, made me feel so good."
Reader Comments (2)
EMlLYAVA at 8:43PM on Dec 23rd 2009
I went to see Avatar and came away with a Beautiful Love fantasy movie. It may have reminded me of our own American Indians at times, but other than that it was not politically motivated in my view. It was a basic simple storyline with a fairytale ending. The Special Effects were great and I'm glad that James Cameron waited a decade until technology allowed him to fulfill his dream
Dennis at 12:32AM on Jan 16th 2010
Sorry to say almost all of the archery scenes, they nock the arrow on the wrong side of the bow. Sounds insignificant but it blew the movie a bit for me. Also, if I was a big blue man, human guns would be tiny in my hands. So where did they get the full blue size weapons ? I love the 3d but this is a 12 year old movie. everyone would be better off just reading the book "Bury my heart at wounded knee" by Dee Brown it is about the same plot, but it really is history. "Nits make lice" quote by Col Chivington, the U.S. Ass that performed the Sand Creek massacre. Look it up.