| Zoe Saldana: Avatar has ‘impact’ | January 8th, 2010 |
Zoe Saldana says she understands why film lovers are still packing out cinemas around the world to see 3-D fantasy adventure Avatar.
“It has such an impact in your heart,” said the star of James Cameron’s movie, which has now taken one billion dollars worldwide.
But Zoe insisted the movie wasn’t just winning over audiences because of the way it looks, adding: “The technology can only enhance what is already there, that’s exactly what it did – we fell in love with this story primarily.”
She went on: “The visual imagery of this movie will blow you away, but it will come secondary to what director James Cameron is already known for, being an amazing story teller.”
The actress added her biggest challenge was shedding her hometown accent.
“I have a very thick New York accent – that was the most challenging thing,” she admitted. “It wasn’t the martial arts, the archery, the horseback riding or the fighting – it was that!”
From the Press Association
| Zoe Saldana: ‘Neytiri is very sexy’ | January 8th, 2010 |
Zoe Saldana has revealed that she thinks her appearance as a blue alien in Avatar is “very sexy”.
The actress has praised director James Cameron for making her look “hot” as an alien, STV reports.
The 31-year-old said: “I thought Jim did a really good job of putting Neytiri together. I thanked him for making her look hot. I mean, Neytiri is very sexy and lean with a really cute bod. I’m in pretty good shape, but I don’t look that buff.”
Saldana also admitted that she struggled to kiss her co-star Sam Worthington in the 3-D movie.
She added: “We were doing performance capture for the computers, so Sam and I had on these helmets with a boom and a camera at the end of it and we would get tangled up before our lips could touch.
“Jim would yell, ‘Cut. The actors are stuck again. Can’t you guys be more careful?’ We were like, ‘Damn it. It’s not that easy’.
“It was a riot and it was silly. Sometimes we’d just start laughing. The entire time we were all blushing.”
From Digital Spy
| Sexy alien Zoe Saldana | December 31st, 2009 |
Zoe Saldana thinks she is a “very sexy” alien.
The 31-year-old American actress who stars as Neytiri, a blue alien in 3-D animated blockbuster ‘Avatar’ – the first film from director James Cameron in 12 years – said she thought the filmmaker made her look a lot hotter than she was in real life.
She said: “I thought Jim did a really good job of putting Neytiri together. I thanked him for making her look hot. I mean, Neytiri is very sexy and lean with a really cut bod. I’m in pretty good shape, but I don’t look that buff.”
Despite looking like a sexy alien, Zoe said she struggled to kiss her love interest in the movie, Sam Worthington.
She said: “We were doing performance capture for the computers, so Sam and I had on these helmets with a boom and a camera at the end of it and we would get tangled up before our lips could touch.
“Jim would yell, ‘Cut. The actors are stuck again. Can’t you guys be more careful?’ We were like, ‘Damn it. It’s not that easy.’
“It was a riot and it was silly. Sometimes we’d just start laughing. The entire time we were all blushing.”
From Blockbuster
| Style Star of 2009: Zoe Saldana | December 31st, 2009 |
Zoe Saldana has rocked my fashion world this year. Having been in two not just major, but MAAAJOR movies this year, Star Trek and Avatar, Zoe is now not only on the top of our celebrity radars but for me, on the top of my fashion radar. Every red carpet she hits and sidewalk she graces, Zoe Saldana is absolutely stunning. Each outfit more incredible than the next. From her gown choices, to her easy denim chic you can’t find somebody more stylish this year. (see slideshow below) She truly embodies what I like to call “effortless style”. It’s an ease, a poise, a confidence, a sexy storm but quietly understated. You want to hate her but you can’t help loving her because you know there is somebody genuine behind all this glitz and glamour. (…or at least I’d like to think.)
So what is it about her that is so radiant? There are a couple fashion concepts that I believe are happening here and of course, I would assume she has a stylist who has helped her on her way to becoming the 2009 fashion power house that she is. But to me “Laurie the Image Consultant”, Zoe Saldana has a classic, elegant but dramatic sense of style. She typically sticks to a couple main colors, blacks, off whites, silver metallics and red. Consistency has worked for her because in staying with this palatte she has found the colors that are most complimentary to her coloring and hence gives this extra radiance to her skin. It’s harmony from body to material. Zoe also sticks to a couple main silhouettes. Form fitting dresses are clearly her go to dress of choice. Each dress, one after another is fitted to her feminine shape and takes turns showing off drama in her sexiest assets. Particularly her shoulders. But in contrast to the form fitting and high drama of her red carpet looks, her casual chic has a more relaxed feeling to them, yet still beyond stylish. With easy denim or soft draped pant suits, draped tees and blouses, structured jackets and platforms to boot, Zoe has mastered casual cool. My favorite part, is she wears very little jewelry, which is just another subtle reference to the classic, not overdone, always effortless looking chic she exudes. Brilliant.
You too can master your own style like Zoe. It takes understanding yourself, your body and your surroundings. Find what works for you and you can build from there. Just remember no matter what you wear, whether you’d like to emulate Zoe Saldana’s style, or rock your own chic look, the best accessory you can carry is confidence! From your Editor-in-Chic… I’ll see you on the streets!
From the Examiner
| Zoe Saldana says ‘Star Trek 2′ to start pre-production December 2010 | December 31st, 2009 |
J.J. Abrams is busy with other projects right now, but that’s not keeping Zoe Saldana (who plays Star Trek’s Uhura) from giving us a few tidbits of information about the upcoming Star Trek 2 movie plans.
Zoe Saldana, a self-proclaimed sci-fi geek who just happened to land the role of Uhura in J.J. Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek, told Collider that pre-produciton on Star Trek 2 could start as early as December of 2010.
“I spoke to J.J. and Bryan Burk, his producing partner at Bad Robot, and they are still in the middle of building the script with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, and we’ll probably be going into pre-production around this time next year.”
Of course, this does not mean that a script has been penned, or even that J.J. Abrams’ and company know exactly where they’re going with the next installment of the geek-and-non-geek-friendly reboot of the Star Trek franchise. Only the J.J. knows what he and his crew are going to make of this series, and it is unlikely that they have had the chance to solidify anything just yet.
In the meantime, J.J. Abrams has been busy with a currently secretive project as well as the foundation-laying of NBC’s new show Undercovers.
From the Examiner
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