Exclusive: Avatar stars reveal behind the scenes of filming the billion-dollar blockbuster

Director James Cameron’s adventure, action, and fantasy film Avatar is currently the highest-grossing movie of all time with more than $2.85 billion in revenue from the global box office.

Recently, before the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water was officially released in theaters in December, the first film of the blockbuster Avatar franchise was remastered and re-released in theaters with 4K quality.

Avatar has had a huge impact on the way Hollywood produces blockbuster movies in the 2010s and beyond.

`Avatar won an Oscar for outstanding cinematography using a 3D digital camera. Before that, no film shot with digital cameras had ever won an Oscar for cinematography. Two out of three works won

He also pointed out: `Three of the four films that won Oscars in the next four years were all released in 3D format. After that, people had the feeling that the wave of 3D films seemed to have ended. But in reality it was not.

`When the first color movie came out, people flocked to theaters to watch color movies. I think when Avatar came out, people also flocked to theaters because they were curious about what a 3D movie looked like. Today,

According to Cameron, Avatar has made a major impact on the way a film is shown in theaters, helping audiences and critics become familiar with advances in advanced filmmaking technology.

Taking on important roles in Avatar is a cast of familiar names in Hollywood such as Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez and Stephen Lang.

Talking about his impression when watching the movie for the first time, male lead Sam Worthington said: `I was impressed with the filmmaking technology. Jim once described to me that the movie would take makeup work to a new level. This once

`But then I remember the moment when I saw myself and Sigourney and Zoe with blue skin. And it was still us, real down to every pore. Everything was captured and recreated with precision by technology.

Actress Sigourney Weaver said: `For me, as an audience member, the 3D technology used in the movie stunned me. I remember when watching the part where Sam’s character had to tame his Ikran, himself.

In Avatar, Michelle Rodriguez plays Trudy Chacón – a veteran female pilot tasked with transporting goods and soldiers to Pandora.

`I realized, from the moment I witnessed Jim talking enthusiastically about animals and their colors, that there would be no barrier to stop this man from translating beauty. Because beauty is a quantity.

When watching the movie, for a moment I was speechless.

For actor Stephen Lang, Avatar is like a novel with every detail imprinted in his mind.

When he first read the script, Sam Worthington had difficulty envisioning everything about Pandora.

Worthington expressed: `For me, every day of filming is a happy memory. I’m like a 5-year-old boy standing in front of a giant playground, and then the director says ‘run in there’. I have to constantly

Actress Sigourney Weaver talks about her first day on set.

Zoe Saldana tells the story of receiving a call from James Cameron while… changing his diaper.

Saldana continued: `I had the opportunity to work with my idol – the father of many on-screen heroines like Sarah Connor or Ellen Ripley. Then I realized I would have to prepare a lot for the role.

`Villain boss` Stephen Lang expressed his appreciation when James Cameron trusted him and gave him autonomy in many scenes.

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