{"id":365887,"date":"2025-12-23T17:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365887\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T17:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T17:21:08","slug":"fire-and-ash-legally-pulled-off-that-spider-kiri-kiss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365887\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire and Ash’ Legally Pulled Off That Spider-Kiri Kiss"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt\u2019s one of the most tender scenes in Avatar: Fire and Ash<\/a>. A kiss between the Na\u2019vi teenager Kiri and her family\u2019s young human ward nicknamed Spider.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut behind the scenes, the moment was shot between actors Sigourney Weaver (who is now 76) and a then-underage Jack Champion (now 21). Given that portions of Fire and Ash were filmed as much as eight years ago, director James Cameron says Champion was only 15 at the time of shooting.<\/p>\n

\n\tSo how was that scene shot? With a bit of digital help. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat we did was have Sigourney kiss somebody else and Jack kissed another minor and then we put the two together,\u201d Cameron says. \u201cThey played the scene and did everything except the kiss. I think it was OK for Sigourney to kiss him on the cheek. There are a lot of rules around intimacy stuff so that was one of the very few times that we had to do something that was just the tiniest bit inauthentic, but we had to do it because we had to do it that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Weaver, the experience of playing a teenager in The Way of Water and Fire and Ash had benefits that crossed over into her everyday life. \u201cI think the whole experience of playing a Na\u2019vi, they are so much in their bodies and that changes you,\u201d Weaver says. \u201cI certainly did feel very joyous most of the time. And I think that probably showed physically.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked about working with Cameron in 1986\u2019s Aliens and in two Avatar films, the actress says the famously mercurial director \u201chas always been such a sweetheart to me. He\u2019s such a good guy, and I think he just enjoys what he does.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWeaver adds: \u201cI\u2019ve worked with so many directors who have a horrible reputation like that, and if somebody screams at someone on the set, frankly, I go up to them and say: \u2018If you scream at one person, you scream at all of us. So please don\u2019t do that. We\u2019re all doing the best we can.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCameron has said Fire and Ash could be the last Avatar movie, depending on its box office performance, and Weaver hopes that isn\u2019t the case. \u201cI think [Avatar] 4 and 5 are so amazing. I think the saga should continue because all of them are part of one big story.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tFor more from James Cameron\u2019s wide-ranging and deep-dive interview with THR, read this week\u2019s cover story: James Cameron Is Ready to Move Beyond Avatar: \u201cI\u2019ve Got Other Stories to Tell.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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