But never "Star Trek". I tend to be very picky, so I look for the perfect man! So if Spock and Kirk can mix, they would become my perfect man. That's the kind of guy I'd go for. I don't only go for muscles, I don't only go for brains. You just need to have a little bit of a bad boy and a geek and then you've got the perfect guy. At first, I thought it was going to be that Japanese franchise that he owns; I read for that and it disappeared.
Then, like a month later, they want to put me back on tape But I put myself on tape again and, a month later, around July , they called me and told me that in a week, I was going to L. I remember being very nervous, but he was just such a polite and approachable person. It felt like a meeting where we were getting to know each other, as opposed to an audition, where I have to put my act on. We can sit here forever discussing it, because it has a chicken vs. Bottom line, producers are business people.
Hollywood is a moneymaking machine. At the end of the day, they have to produce numbers that will help them keep their jobs and companies alive. But we as consumers have a lot more power than we think. Women need to demand better roles and get audiences to see their films. If there were more filmmakers that were female, trust me, it would be all about women.
What do know is that he's been impacted by interesting women all his life, because you can tell he's in tune with his feminine side. I've learned this about men who write good roles for women - there's a very beautiful sentimentality to them.
Their exteriors are sugarcoated with this manly presence, but deep on the inside, there's also this [fragility]. During the shortness of my career, I've managed to work with Steven Spielberg , J. Abrams , and now Jim - all directors who are known for having strong female protagonists.
They don't feel diminished by it as men; they can tap into the complexities of how woman really are. I will say is that my Avatar character, Neytiri, has been the most challenging of my entire career - physically, mentally and spiritually. It's the first time I played a non-human, I had to learn a different language, and it was hard to part with her at the end. No matter how intense other characters have been, I've only been in their skins for at most four months - never a year and a half.
Abrams, in which she played Communications Officer Uhura. In December , she starred as Neytiri, an alien warrior, in the 3D sci-fi epic Avatar , which would go on to become the world's highest-grossing film.
Director James Cameron used performance capture technology to create Saldana's computer-generated character, driven by her bodily movements and facial expressions in a studio setting.
Saldana spent months training for the athletic role, taking up horseback riding, archery and wushu martial arts. In , she landed the sole lead role in Colombiana , which featured Saldana as an assassin out to avenge the murder of her parents. In , she starred in The Words , a return to serious drama for the actress about a struggling writer, portrayed by Cooper, who plagiarizes another person's work.
She also co-directed episodes for The Rope , a web series developed by Vin Diesel about bouncers and the world of nightlife. Saldana returned to the Star Trek franchise with the sequel Into Darkness. And the following year she added comic-book hero to her list of roles, portraying the green-skinned assassin Gamora in Marvel's well-received Guardians of the Galaxy , which broke August's domestic box office records for debut earnings. The project also co-starred Diesel and Cooper, among others.
I'm done! Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images. Gamora the Merrier. Clark Collis. All rights reserved. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Sign In. TIME Health. TIME Labs. Saldana brought her fictional character to life through motion capture technology.
This visual effects fueled film has revolutionized the movie industry. Saldana continues to frequent the Dominican Republic and has two sisters, Cisely and Mariel, who appeared wtih her in a Gap advertisement. In the past year Saldana has become a fashion icon with the help of her stylist Petra Flannery.
Saldana continues to seek roles that challenge her as a woman and as an artist.
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