Sigourney Weaver talks 'Prayers for Bobby,' 'Avatar 2,' 'Ghostbusters 3,' and Ridley

[DIIl]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/12/2...alien-prequel/


Has James Cameron reached out to you about being in the next Avatar film? I know your character, Grace, was killed…
Well, I wouldn’t use that word. I wouldn’t use that word — she was changed. You know, it’s science fiction, so we saw something happen to her, and we don’t quite know what it is. She definitely went into the Tree of Souls, right? It’s science fiction. What looks like death, who knows? I think Jim is just starting to write [the sequels] now.

Did you accompany Cameron when he went down to the Amazon to screen the film to indigenous tribes who are waging fights against corporations?
Yes. I think he felt like the same story is unfolding on our planet, and unfortunately that struggle is not going well either. You know, they’re planning to build 60 dams along the Amazon and its tributaries for a kind of power that is so old-fashioned, you know, hydro-electric power. So it’s heartbreaking, but I know Jim wants to go down there now and make a documentary about those people.

I was struck by how he said he took to heart that some tribal leaders objected to the violence of Avatar. Might the sequel be less of a battle epic?
It’s hard for me to see that with Jim and his love of weapons.

You were quoted as saying that James Cameron didn’t win the Oscar for Best Director because “he didn’t have breasts.” Do you stand by that?
Oh, I just made a crack! Because, of course, all of us who worked on Avatar felt that he should win Best Director and Best Picture. And, you know, ultimately I certainly loved The Hurt Locker, and I am a great fan of Kathryn Bigelow’s. It felt like women in the community really wanted a woman director to win … I felt that he should have won as director, but not at the expense of her losing. I think they should have split that prize.

[Palulukan_Taronyu]

Interesting! Thanks for that!

[Jeremiah]

I can't see her not being in the sequels. Just because she no longer has a physical body doesn't mean she no longer exists. Something tells me Grace has some part to play yet.