Robert Rodriguez
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It's like a bunch of technical things you need to do. But the idea is to whatever performance she gives, she's such a great actress, is to capture all of that. Because then this character that doesn't even exist will will feel very emotional and you have to, you have to be tied to it. You have to feel its heart. She was the heartbeat of it. So she's acting with all this.
It's like a bunch of technical things you need to do. But the idea is to whatever performance she gives, she's such a great actress, is to capture all of that. Because then this character that doesn't even exist will will feel very emotional and you have to, you have to be tied to it. You have to feel its heart. She was the heartbeat of it. So she's acting with all this.
It's like a bunch of technical things you need to do. But the idea is to whatever performance she gives, she's such a great actress, is to capture all of that. Because then this character that doesn't even exist will will feel very emotional and you have to, you have to be tied to it. You have to feel its heart. She was the heartbeat of it. So she's acting with all this.
Acting with all that, but it just disappeared. You know, she's not even, it's like, it's not even there. Like we don't notice that this is here. It's like that. She can just perform through it.
Acting with all that, but it just disappeared. You know, she's not even, it's like, it's not even there. Like we don't notice that this is here. It's like that. She can just perform through it.
Acting with all that, but it just disappeared. You know, she's not even, it's like, it's not even there. Like we don't notice that this is here. It's like that. She can just perform through it.
I just, I just knew she had to be her. It was going to be just so easy with her. She's just so great. She, everything was just so real and everything was like, she's that character. She becomes that character who's seen this world for the first time. No special effects going to help you with that if the performance isn't there.
I just, I just knew she had to be her. It was going to be just so easy with her. She's just so great. She, everything was just so real and everything was like, she's that character. She becomes that character who's seen this world for the first time. No special effects going to help you with that if the performance isn't there.
I just, I just knew she had to be her. It was going to be just so easy with her. She's just so great. She, everything was just so real and everything was like, she's that character. She becomes that character who's seen this world for the first time. No special effects going to help you with that if the performance isn't there.
So it was all about getting the performance and casting the right actors. That's why you get Christoph Waltz there and you get Jennifer Connelly, you know, these masters and, are all on the set, Mahershala Ali, you've got an amazing cast of people. That's really the heart of it, so that the technology goes away. How hard is it to get the actors
So it was all about getting the performance and casting the right actors. That's why you get Christoph Waltz there and you get Jennifer Connelly, you know, these masters and, are all on the set, Mahershala Ali, you've got an amazing cast of people. That's really the heart of it, so that the technology goes away. How hard is it to get the actors
So it was all about getting the performance and casting the right actors. That's why you get Christoph Waltz there and you get Jennifer Connelly, you know, these masters and, are all on the set, Mahershala Ali, you've got an amazing cast of people. That's really the heart of it, so that the technology goes away. How hard is it to get the actors
We put so much of the world around them. When you see the city, we put a blue screen way in the back to just make the city keep going. But we built the sets there, the town, we built the real set, so everything was very tangible and real, and that way she had to fit into that world and be as real as that. Because if it was all done in CG, well, then now you can fudge everything.
We put so much of the world around them. When you see the city, we put a blue screen way in the back to just make the city keep going. But we built the sets there, the town, we built the real set, so everything was very tangible and real, and that way she had to fit into that world and be as real as that. Because if it was all done in CG, well, then now you can fudge everything.
We put so much of the world around them. When you see the city, we put a blue screen way in the back to just make the city keep going. But we built the sets there, the town, we built the real set, so everything was very tangible and real, and that way she had to fit into that world and be as real as that. Because if it was all done in CG, well, then now you can fudge everything.
But if you put her in a real environment, that's a real challenge. And that really helps them in Avatar because that whole place is created in Avatar. You could get away with a lot, but they wanted to commit to that kind of detail. And on the next Avatar, that's why it just feels like you're really there. It's just stunning.
But if you put her in a real environment, that's a real challenge. And that really helps them in Avatar because that whole place is created in Avatar. You could get away with a lot, but they wanted to commit to that kind of detail. And on the next Avatar, that's why it just feels like you're really there. It's just stunning.
But if you put her in a real environment, that's a real challenge. And that really helps them in Avatar because that whole place is created in Avatar. You could get away with a lot, but they wanted to commit to that kind of detail. And on the next Avatar, that's why it just feels like you're really there. It's just stunning.
And you get there by having something to work on like this to take the technology to the next level. So it was cool to be able to help, you know, uh, knowing that you're being helpful to him in his process and not just distracting him.
And you get there by having something to work on like this to take the technology to the next level. So it was cool to be able to help, you know, uh, knowing that you're being helpful to him in his process and not just distracting him.