While there is a lot of hype surrounding James Cameron’s release Avatar: The Way of Water The return of lead stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana is around the corner – as well as others like Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang – we now turn our attention to the next generation of actors inhabiting the wondrous world of Pandora.
With three more sequels already announced and in development, Cameron has apparently decided to explore many more stories set on the lush alien moon. two young artists who will make Avatar starting a franchise water way — and set to play major lead roles in the upcoming movies — are Bailey Bass and Jamie Flatters.
(LR) Jamie Flatters, Jack Champion, Stephen Lang, Trinity Jo-Lee Bliss, Bailey Bass and Joel David Moore attend the world premiere of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in London, England. photo credit: Gareth Cattermole
Bailey Bass plays Tsireya, the teenage daughter of Ronal (Winslet) and Tonovari (Curtis), who struggles to understand her ties to the family once Jake and Neytiri’s middle child, Loak, enters their lives. Is. Meanwhile, Jamie Flatters as Netayim is described as the eldest of Jake and Neytiri’s boys and the “golden child” who can do no wrong.
Both actors are relatively new; Kishori Bailey is known for thriller gift of murderWhile Jamie starred in the Netflix film school for good and evilWith the likes of Charlize Theron and Michelle Yeoh.
Now, the pair is set to garner international attention as their big Hollywood ticket to fame opens in theaters this week. Ahead of the film’s release, he talks to us over a Zoom call about a filmmaking experience that changed his life for good. Excerpts:
What’s it like collaborating with James Cameron? Of course, the ‘Avatar’ franchise is his baby. How did he work with young stars like you?
Courtyard: As expected there are lot of emotional scenes in this movie. We were trying to touch on every emotion you could possibly feel, and I was trying to evoke Tsireya to the best of my ability.
what i like about gym [Cameron] It is that whenever I am doing an emotional scene, he comes and whispers to me. He understands the accent, but it makes me feel very secure, because there is a fine line between the actor and the person. And if I push it too far over the edge, the experiences are going to affect me personally and my mental health.
Bailey Bass arrives at the US premiere of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles | photo credit: Jordan Strauss
jamie: He likes his actors to be people who have the audacity to make bold decisions. Jim then takes it all and adds chaos and risk to their performance. Sometimes he wanted something extremely specific and precise, really minute details, and that was always interesting.
Bailey, your character is described as someone who follows Zoe Saldana’s Neytiri in the first part…
Courtyard: Yes, Tsireya is actually very similar to Neytiri, and I was aware of that. I often watched the first movie to pay attention to Zoe’s performance. In fact, all Na’vi… their movements and speech were heavily influenced by Zoe. Also, my character is the only daughter of Tonovri and Ronal, the king and queen of the Metkayna clan. Tsireya’s responsibilities are therefore similar to Neytiri’s responsibilities in the first film. And then of course, there’s the matter of her developing feelings for a certain person… (smile)
Bailey Bass (Tsireya), Zoe Saldana (Netiri), Jamie Flatters (Neteyam), Britain Dalton (Lok) and Sam Worthington (Jake Sully) in a scene from the film
It seems from the trailer that the level of physical action in this sequel has been increased a lot from the first part. How much training did you guys have to take?
Courtyard: Absolutely! We trained for three months before starting a scene. This included free-diving, archery, dialect coaching and I even got scuba-certified. We went to Hawaii to understand what it would be like to be in the ocean, touch the sand, and be in the wilderness. And then there were these intense gym sessions where we’re doing the burpee challenge to learn how to do more new workouts; They were the worst!
Jim is a perfectionist and he instilled that quality in us too. So we want to do the best we can and push ourselves, because then that physical strength will help us move forward. It looks so effortless when you look at it, but it took a lot of training to get to that point.
When you sign on to a mega-franchise like this, you basically give up everything that’s going to happen in your life. How do you process that?
jamie: Yes this is true. what Avatar Such wishes from young actors as the process is to basically give up their lives and take on these roles. So, clearly when we all jumped at the opportunity to do this, it meant that we got away from our schooling, university and other roles. But it gave us a kind of moral responsibility to handle our education in our time which was really a good life lesson.
Jamie Flatters poses for photographers as she arrives for the world premiere of the film ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in London | photo credit: Scott Garfitt
Courtyard:During shooting, I got into my dream school, the prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. But I had to drop out of school and be homeschooled. But when you finally get what you’ve dreamed of your whole life, you have to grab the opportunity, right?
Obviously the film boasts of many technical heights and firsts. But, what did you learn during the shooting process that you remember most clearly?
Courtyard: We were heading into uncharted territory, but Jim was very supportive. I think one of the most interesting things I learned about underwater acting is that if you part your lips a little bit, if you open your mouth a little bit, it lets the viewer in . Now I know it’s okay to relax, and how to smile underwater, which you’ll instinctively be nervous to do, because you don’t want to suffocate in water.
Avatar: The Way of Water is releasing in theaters on December 16.