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Sigourney Weaver Promotes Avatar: De Feu Et De Cendres on TF1, Marking a Fourth James Cameron Collaboration

The actress underscores performance-capture work that let her embody a 14-year-old Kiri.

Overview

  • Weaver appeared on TF1’s Sept à Huit as she leads promotion for Avatar: de feu et de cendres, which opens in French cinemas on December 17.
  • She confirms she plays Kiri, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine, using performance capture to portray a teenager at age 76.
  • Weaver praises Cameron as a trusted creative partner across four decades, calling repeated collaborations one of the greatest gifts of her life.
  • She recalls standing by Cameron during tense Aliens production days in 1985, noting the film’s eventual commercial and critical success.
  • In the interview, she reflects on her own adolescence to inform Kiri’s character and voices concern about U.S. politics and climate policy under President Donald Trump.