00:00Zoe Saldana is opening up about the emotional and personal challenges behind her return as Nateri in Avatar Fire and Ash.
00:10The actor says stepping back into the Navi warrior's skin forced her to explore themes of trust, grief and marital tension in ways she hadn't expected.
00:21Saldana explains that Nateri's willingness to follow a partner, Jake Sully, contrasts sharply with her own personality.
00:51Is allowing to fall back in a position of weakness. And the same goes for if the roles were reversed.
00:56So Nateri does teach me that. She taught me to have that kind of humility that I wouldn't otherwise be able to acquire.
01:06But in Fire and Ash, the trust is shaken as the Sully family grouples with the devastating loss of their eldest son.
01:14The film also shifts focus to Sully children who increasingly take the lead as their parents struggle.
01:20In Fire and Ash, you see her begin to question it.
01:29And that's that's the rift that's going to happen between them.
01:32That's what's going to maybe pull them apart is the fact that, wait, I've been following you this far and I already buried a son.
01:39And I think she's finding it really hard not to blame him for that.
01:43And what through my research and experience, you know, loosely with families that have experienced a loss of this magnitude, such as losing a child, is that...
01:55Sam Worthington returns as Jake Sully along with Stefan Lang, while Orna Chaplin joins the franchise as Varang, leader of the Manquan tribe.
02:05Avata Fire and Ash arrives the theatres worldwide on December 19.
02:11You want to spread your fire across the world in the evening?
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