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Avatar: Fire and Ash
gets its first official image, revealing Neytiri looking more fierce than ever in James Cameron’s sequel.
Empire shares the first image from the third Avatar movie, with Zoe Saldaña’s Neytiri pulling back the string on her bow with a fierce expression on her face, along with what could be blood. Check out the image below:
Saldaña also teases what’s to come for Neytiri in the story for Fire and Ash, revealing that she is still reeling from the loss of Neteyam, and this has some major repurcussions on her dynamics with those around her:
“That pain is seamlessly followed up on. And because it doesn’t really have anywhere to go, and doesn’t go away, rage can also come from it. [The Sullys] are going to be tested as a family. Not only would everything that’s happening compel her to question the bond she has with her husband, but also her bond with herself, her people, her land, and the way the Na’vi are. She’s going to question everything.”
While Saldaña is careful not to reveal too much about how Neytiri will be interacting with the Ash People in the upcoming film, the actor says that her character will “meet her match” with Varang, the new clan’s leader, played by Oona Chaplin. Cameron himself also shares a few words about Saldaña’s performance in Fire and Ash, teasing that audiences are in for a powerful leading turn from the franchise veteran:
“Zoe is incandescent in this film. With Emilia Pérez, she’s finally getting recognised as the top-tier actor we’ve always known she is. But in [Fire And Ash], that goes way beyond what you’ve seen before.”
More to come…
Source: Empire