Avatar: The Way of Water Heightens Tension by Focusing on Its Families

In a press convention this week for Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron mentioned that after revisiting the primary movie, he needed to develop a sequel that might honor Avatar whereas pushing the universe ahead. One method he did that was by taking inspiration from stars Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington. The director and actors are all dad and mom, and “we wanted to get into the family dynamics, and the responsibilities of having kids.”

In Avatar: Way of the Water, “[Cameron] wanted to explore what this family dynamic is, the natural extension of this love story,” Worthington mentioned. Saldana additionally received very private when she described her character Neytiri’s journey: “In my personal life, when I became a parent, fear entered my realm. The fear of losing something that you love so much, you know? When I read the second script, that was her, that was Neytiri.”

Cameron was fast so as to add on, stating that “You can be fearless when you don’t have kids, but you learn fear when you have kids, when you have something greater than yourself that you could lose. And that’s what both of your characters are dealing with… You know, Sam plays a character that would leap off an [Avatar creature] leonopteryx, go flying through the air with no parachute, to land on the biggest, meanest predator on the planet, in order to solve his problem. Would he do that as a father of four? I’m thinking probably not.”

Avatar: The Way of Water opens December 16.

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