1 00:00:03,103 --> 00:00:04,688 NARRATOR: It's finally here. 2 00:00:04,721 --> 00:00:06,222 It's the gift that keeps on giving. 3 00:00:06,373 --> 00:00:08,541 NARRATOR: Thirteen years after Avatar. 4 00:00:08,625 --> 00:00:09,709 Whoo! 5 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:13,396 NARRATOR: Its sequel is ready to take you even further. 6 00:00:13,463 --> 00:00:15,298 What will audiences see in this film 7 00:00:15,331 --> 00:00:17,100 that they've never seen in a movie before? 8 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:18,902 You show me one image from this film 9 00:00:18,952 --> 00:00:20,887 that you've seen before, and I'll give you ten bucks. 10 00:00:20,937 --> 00:00:23,907 NARRATOR: Tonight, we're taking you behind the scenes, 11 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:26,192 to the magic of Pandora. 12 00:00:26,226 --> 00:00:28,111 When I met Jim, he said, "Do you want to fall in love 13 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:30,146 with a beautiful nine foot tall blue woman?" 14 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:31,548 And I said, "Yeah, mate, no worries." 15 00:00:31,614 --> 00:00:34,934 And now they're not just two partners on the run. 16 00:00:35,185 --> 00:00:38,455 Wherever we go, this family is our fortress. 17 00:00:38,521 --> 00:00:41,174 ZOE: Now, it's two partners and children on the run. 18 00:00:41,241 --> 00:00:43,676 NARRATOR: And they're on the run, underwater. 19 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:45,228 BAILEY: I wanted to avoid it in the beginning. 20 00:00:45,295 --> 00:00:47,080 It's nerve-wracking holding your breath! 21 00:00:47,197 --> 00:00:49,916 NARRATOR: Now, we're going inside that tank. 22 00:00:49,966 --> 00:00:54,104 We were competing who was gonna hold their breath longer. 23 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:56,589 Yes, man, look at that! 24 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:59,192 NARRATOR: The unsinkable Kate Winslet 25 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:01,294 back with director James Cameron, 26 00:01:01,361 --> 00:01:03,980 25 years after Titanic. 27 00:01:04,064 --> 00:01:05,932 It's better than being in a corset for seven months 28 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:07,934 on a sinking ship, I promise you that. 29 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:12,422 NARRATOR: Sigourney Weaver, time-warping like you can't imagine. 30 00:01:12,539 --> 00:01:14,607 You know, I was thinking, how can I get Sigourney back 31 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:15,692 in this damn movie? 32 00:01:15,759 --> 00:01:19,446 He said, "Come on, we both know you're 14 at heart, 33 00:01:19,529 --> 00:01:21,581 so I don't think this is going to be a problem for you." 34 00:01:21,664 --> 00:01:25,568 NARRATOR: Now, the cast is taking you to their "Blue carpet" premiere. 35 00:01:25,852 --> 00:01:26,853 Come with me. 36 00:01:26,903 --> 00:01:30,423 NARRATOR: For the most anticipated movie sequel ever? 37 00:01:30,473 --> 00:01:32,459 Avatar: The Way Of Water is... 38 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:33,726 Worth the wait. 39 00:01:36,896 --> 00:01:38,915 NARRATOR: Here's Chris Connelly. 40 00:01:39,365 --> 00:01:41,551 [indistinct chattering] 41 00:01:42,418 --> 00:01:45,138 WOMAN 1 ON TV: Avatar which raked in 75 million dollars... 42 00:01:45,171 --> 00:01:47,557 MAN 1 ON TV: A record weekend at the country's movie theaters. 43 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,810 WOMAN 2 ON TV: Avatar shoots to the top the box office this weekend. 44 00:01:52,695 --> 00:01:56,015 NARRATOR: When Avatar first hit theaters in December of 2009... 45 00:01:56,149 --> 00:01:57,717 Yeah, check it out! 46 00:01:59,335 --> 00:02:01,855 NARRATOR: No one had seen anything like it... 47 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:04,874 Oh, my God. 48 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:12,599 NARRATOR: By 2010, it was as if everyone in the world had seen it. 49 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:14,284 I see you. 50 00:02:15,618 --> 00:02:17,003 I see you. 51 00:02:17,203 --> 00:02:18,888 JAMES: I remember, you know, I worked on that film 52 00:02:18,955 --> 00:02:22,775 for about three years before I saw one shot finished. 53 00:02:23,026 --> 00:02:24,894 We had no guarantee that it was going to work. 54 00:02:24,961 --> 00:02:27,397 So, it was a giant leap of faith you know? 55 00:02:27,463 --> 00:02:29,599 And then for that to-to be fulfilled and for people 56 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:31,501 to embrace it felt great. 57 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:34,003 NARRATOR: Years earlier, writer/director/producer 58 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:37,457 James Cameron had conquered Hollywood with Titanic. 59 00:02:37,507 --> 00:02:39,359 This is just pure bliss. 60 00:02:39,943 --> 00:02:42,162 NARRATOR: Now it was happening again. 61 00:02:42,262 --> 00:02:44,581 I remember Jim telling us to leave town 62 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:47,317 when the movie came out and, you know don't have friends 63 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,035 that tell us about box office receipts. 64 00:02:49,102 --> 00:02:51,838 I disappeared and when I came back into society, 65 00:02:51,888 --> 00:02:55,225 life had changed 180 and people looked at you different. 66 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:58,478 NARRATOR: Getting pop culture shoutouts from the men and women of SNL. 67 00:02:58,511 --> 00:03:00,230 I choose you. 68 00:03:00,296 --> 00:03:02,048 And I choose you, Neytiri. 69 00:03:02,415 --> 00:03:04,067 [audience laughing] 70 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:05,602 NARRATOR: An homage from The Simpsons... 71 00:03:06,135 --> 00:03:07,437 [instrumental music] 72 00:03:08,004 --> 00:03:09,038 plus talk shows. 73 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:10,440 How's it going there, Loki? 74 00:03:14,978 --> 00:03:16,946 Avatar hit a worldwide record. 75 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,682 I mean, it was the fastest-growing film to hit a billion dollars. 76 00:03:19,782 --> 00:03:23,369 And hit a billion dollars in 19 days. 77 00:03:23,469 --> 00:03:24,804 That's colossal. 78 00:03:25,388 --> 00:03:29,259 NARRATOR: Avatar became the top-grossing film of all time. 79 00:03:30,293 --> 00:03:33,229 Its mix of live-action and performance-capture 80 00:03:33,263 --> 00:03:36,099 a cinematic singularity in 3D. 81 00:03:36,149 --> 00:03:37,233 Amazing, isn't it? 82 00:03:37,267 --> 00:03:39,903 NARRATOR: Its ground-breaking, breathtaking visuals 83 00:03:39,969 --> 00:03:42,322 introducing viewers to Pandora. 84 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:43,373 You are ready. 85 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:46,993 NARRATOR: Zoe Saldana's Neytiri and the rest of the Na'vi, 86 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:50,880 guides to a glorious world where magical possibility 87 00:03:50,947 --> 00:03:54,584 and harmony with nature is beset by humans. 88 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:56,569 -Fire. -Firing. 89 00:03:57,887 --> 00:04:00,440 ZOE: I feel like it was the first time, at least for audiences 90 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:04,510 like myself, where we were hearing the conversation 91 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:05,995 around climate change 92 00:04:07,180 --> 00:04:10,900 and given a clear picture of what could happen. 93 00:04:14,053 --> 00:04:16,723 NARRATOR: The result was an action-filled thrill ride 94 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:18,725 set in a place so idyllic... 95 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:23,112 that just like Sam Worthington's Jake Sully... 96 00:04:23,212 --> 00:04:24,697 Welcome to your new body, Jake. 97 00:04:24,764 --> 00:04:26,749 NARRATOR: ...some never wanted to leave it, 98 00:04:26,816 --> 00:04:29,435 a feeling shared by some Avatar fans, 99 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:31,471 as articulated during this sequence 100 00:04:31,554 --> 00:04:34,407 of HBO's How to with John Wilson. 101 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:39,812 I have this serial track record of just trying to escape my reality. 102 00:04:40,063 --> 00:04:44,851 And, uh, Avatar provided that escapism 103 00:04:44,917 --> 00:04:48,821 in a way that I had never really experienced before. 104 00:04:50,073 --> 00:04:52,909 NARRATOR: A smash around the world and a Disney world attraction... 105 00:04:52,992 --> 00:04:56,379 ALL: Welcome to Pandora! 106 00:04:56,796 --> 00:05:00,249 NARRATOR: It would be such a success that Cameron mulled walking away 107 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:02,201 from moviemaking forever. 108 00:05:02,235 --> 00:05:04,937 You could have dropped the mic and said, "I'm done with filmmaking." 109 00:05:05,004 --> 00:05:08,641 Why did you want to get back in the chair and be a storyteller again? 110 00:05:08,675 --> 00:05:11,127 At certain point, I had to face that crossroads. 111 00:05:11,194 --> 00:05:12,895 You know, do I want to do another Avatar movie? 112 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:18,234 Do I want to invite lightning to come and strike the same place again? 113 00:05:18,267 --> 00:05:20,803 Of course, my final answer was "Go big or go home." 114 00:05:21,954 --> 00:05:23,389 NARRATOR: Cameron did both. 115 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:25,992 Resettling in New Zealand and deciding 116 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:30,430 to expand the franchise to as many as five films. 117 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,866 And expanding the environments of the first Avatar, 118 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:36,252 where Jim Cameron has always been drawn to, 119 00:05:36,285 --> 00:05:38,471 in the movies and in real life... 120 00:05:38,538 --> 00:05:39,822 into the deep. 121 00:05:40,957 --> 00:05:43,176 JAMES: I thought, "Alright, if I'm going to go down this rabbit hole, 122 00:05:43,259 --> 00:05:44,944 let's see how deep we can go with it, 123 00:05:44,977 --> 00:05:46,763 metaphorically and-and physically, 124 00:05:46,796 --> 00:05:48,564 because it obviously took us into the ocean. 125 00:05:48,998 --> 00:05:51,551 NARRATOR: Now, in Avatar: The Way Of Water, 126 00:05:51,684 --> 00:05:54,654 he's giving his beloved characters a family. 127 00:05:55,805 --> 00:05:57,640 I know one thing. 128 00:05:57,824 --> 00:05:58,975 [sobbing] 129 00:06:00,376 --> 00:06:04,197 Wherever we go, this family is our fortress. 130 00:06:04,714 --> 00:06:08,384 ZOE: Now they're not just, you know, two partners on the run. 131 00:06:08,418 --> 00:06:10,803 Now it's two partners and children on the run. 132 00:06:10,870 --> 00:06:13,723 So, the heart is much more compromised. 133 00:06:13,756 --> 00:06:15,708 I don't want to be late for my own party. 134 00:06:17,593 --> 00:06:19,445 NARRATOR: Years after Avatar's end, 135 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:21,731 The Way Of Water finds Jake and Neytiri, 136 00:06:21,798 --> 00:06:23,983 the lovers and heroes of the first film, 137 00:06:24,133 --> 00:06:26,035 tending to a flock of children. 138 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:29,622 What was important to you about it being a blended family? 139 00:06:29,655 --> 00:06:32,742 It's really a mixed-race family if you think about that dynamic. 140 00:06:32,775 --> 00:06:35,161 You know, Jake is-is essentially partially human. 141 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:39,999 He has a human mind in a Na'vi body, but it's really an Avatar body. 142 00:06:40,032 --> 00:06:43,369 And Neytiri is a full-blooded Na'vi 143 00:06:43,469 --> 00:06:45,822 and so how does their community look upon them 144 00:06:45,855 --> 00:06:47,740 and more importantly, their children? 145 00:06:48,024 --> 00:06:50,026 NARRATOR: The responsibilities of parenthood 146 00:06:50,093 --> 00:06:52,528 affecting their response to crisis. 147 00:06:52,845 --> 00:06:55,815 JAMES: The humans have come back, and here they are having to go war 148 00:06:55,898 --> 00:06:57,183 pick up their weapons again. 149 00:06:57,216 --> 00:06:59,452 Now they've got children. What does that look like? 150 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:02,188 I think it speaks to everyone because everyone has a family. 151 00:07:02,238 --> 00:07:04,123 I think it's about the lengths that people will go 152 00:07:04,173 --> 00:07:06,542 to make sure your family is safe and protected. 153 00:07:07,643 --> 00:07:09,729 JAMES: They're forced to leave Neytiri's home. 154 00:07:09,779 --> 00:07:12,215 They wind up taken in by a sea clan. 155 00:07:12,265 --> 00:07:14,500 We called it the fish out of water story. 156 00:07:14,584 --> 00:07:17,487 They have to learn how to adapt to being in water, 157 00:07:18,588 --> 00:07:19,889 just as our actors did. 158 00:07:22,141 --> 00:07:24,160 NARRATOR: Putting that family beneath the waves 159 00:07:24,193 --> 00:07:26,979 would require major advances in filmmaking. 160 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:30,733 And performers who were up for the unique challenge. 161 00:07:30,766 --> 00:07:33,085 I never get intimidated by Jim's crazy ideas. 162 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:34,821 I think that you always get inspired by them. 163 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:37,824 You can give me a two... a close... a loose shot. 164 00:07:37,890 --> 00:07:39,158 SAM: He doesn't have the answers. 165 00:07:39,242 --> 00:07:42,061 He has his notions of what he wants to achieve 166 00:07:42,145 --> 00:07:43,763 and then we become the Guinea pigs. 167 00:07:45,498 --> 00:07:47,083 It's very hard to say no to Jim. 168 00:07:47,183 --> 00:07:50,052 "No, I'd rather not do that. No, I'm afraid to do that." 169 00:07:50,086 --> 00:07:52,171 These are words you just don't use with him. 170 00:07:52,522 --> 00:07:54,223 Because he believes you can do it, and kind of 171 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:57,009 because he believes you can do it, you go, "Well, I better do it." 172 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:58,928 We really were well-trained for this. 173 00:07:58,961 --> 00:08:02,331 I think what makes Jim special are his dreams. 174 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:06,702 He dreams these things, and then he has the acumen 175 00:08:06,736 --> 00:08:08,254 to make them a reality. 176 00:08:08,287 --> 00:08:10,790 NARRATOR: And who better to help those dreams take shape 177 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:13,809 than the actress who joined with him 25 years ago 178 00:08:13,843 --> 00:08:16,329 for one of cinema's best-loved stories? 179 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:17,413 Only... 180 00:08:17,446 --> 00:08:19,232 JAMES: So Zoe trusts me, Sam trusts me, 181 00:08:19,265 --> 00:08:20,716 Sigourney trusts me. 182 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:24,570 And, uh, I didn't know where I was going to stand with, uh, with Kate. 183 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:27,490 They didn't know if she had any reticence about wanting to... 184 00:08:27,523 --> 00:08:29,091 to act with me again. 185 00:08:29,125 --> 00:08:31,644 NARRATOR: Kate Winslet's response, more on that later, 186 00:08:31,677 --> 00:08:34,447 would bring much of what's new about Avatar: The Way Of Water 187 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:38,117 into clear focus, part of Cameron's own evolution. 188 00:08:38,150 --> 00:08:40,853 One of the things about Jim Cameron is that 189 00:08:40,887 --> 00:08:44,974 on a movie set, I think there are few jobs that he can't do 190 00:08:45,007 --> 00:08:48,511 better or as well as anybody. 191 00:08:48,544 --> 00:08:50,563 One of them is acting. 192 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:52,582 And the other one is catering. 193 00:08:55,434 --> 00:08:56,869 NARRATOR: Cutting-edge moviemaking 194 00:08:56,903 --> 00:09:00,039 with an epic budget and mega expectations... 195 00:09:02,325 --> 00:09:04,360 its first trailer earning a ridiculous 196 00:09:04,393 --> 00:09:08,097 148 million views in the first 24 hours. 197 00:09:08,130 --> 00:09:11,450 It's yet another high-risk, high-reward moment 198 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:13,002 for James Cameron. 199 00:09:13,035 --> 00:09:16,038 You know, it's like working on a moon mission. 200 00:09:16,072 --> 00:09:17,873 We spent five years building this rocket, 201 00:09:17,907 --> 00:09:19,358 and it's either gonna blow up on the pad 202 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:20,593 or it's gonna go to the moon. 203 00:09:20,626 --> 00:09:23,129 And I couldn't, I couldn't call that right now. 204 00:09:24,363 --> 00:09:26,315 NARRATOR: As his unprecedented achievement 205 00:09:26,349 --> 00:09:28,284 awaits a world very different from the one 206 00:09:28,317 --> 00:09:30,853 that welcomed Avatar in 2009, 207 00:09:30,886 --> 00:09:33,506 can the Way Of Water exert the same pull 208 00:09:33,539 --> 00:09:35,942 on the hearts and minds of moviegoers? 209 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:37,960 Cameron says yes. 210 00:09:37,994 --> 00:09:40,913 What kind of story did you want to give the world 211 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:42,732 on this second Avatar movie? 212 00:09:42,765 --> 00:09:44,850 I think there's a conscience of the first film 213 00:09:44,884 --> 00:09:46,852 which I wanted to continue, which is around 214 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:49,372 our remaining natural spaces 215 00:09:49,405 --> 00:09:52,158 and how civilization is encroaching on them. 216 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:55,094 But I also just really fell in love with these characters, 217 00:09:55,127 --> 00:09:57,713 Jake and Neytiri, and I thought, what would that love story 218 00:09:57,747 --> 00:10:00,299 look like 15 years later? 219 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:03,402 Then, how much more powerful a story could it be? 220 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:13,729 NARRATOR: She is every bit the beating heart of the Avatar films. 221 00:10:13,763 --> 00:10:17,149 Neytiri, as portrayed via performance capture 222 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:19,535 for director James Cameron 223 00:10:19,568 --> 00:10:22,321 by the extraordinary Zoe Saldana. 224 00:10:24,607 --> 00:10:29,245 ZOE: The cadence of the scenes and how the story is carried along 225 00:10:29,278 --> 00:10:31,747 is absolutely powerful. 226 00:10:31,781 --> 00:10:34,016 NARRATOR: From J.J. Abrams' Star Trek films... 227 00:10:34,050 --> 00:10:37,203 We're receiving a stress signal from the USS Kobayashi Maru. 228 00:10:37,236 --> 00:10:40,006 NARRATOR: To James Gunn's Guardians Of The Galaxy series. 229 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:42,174 You have the bearing of a man of honor. 230 00:10:42,208 --> 00:10:44,593 NARRATOR: Saldana has been a go-to talent 231 00:10:44,627 --> 00:10:47,279 for franchise directors like Cameron. 232 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:51,784 All of whom, she believes, recognize in her a rebel spirit. 233 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:55,938 I think that there's probably something that they see in me 234 00:10:55,971 --> 00:10:57,340 that they see in themselves. 235 00:10:57,373 --> 00:11:01,427 I hear words like an outsider, a misfit, uh, an underdog. 236 00:11:01,460 --> 00:11:05,531 And these were words that I would use to describe myself 237 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:07,216 when I was younger. 238 00:11:07,249 --> 00:11:10,453 KELLEY: What I love about Zoe is that for better or for worse, 239 00:11:10,486 --> 00:11:13,673 she has a voice and she is not afraid to use it. 240 00:11:13,706 --> 00:11:17,893 She is very strong, and she's very confident. 241 00:11:17,927 --> 00:11:21,747 Above all of that, she's extremely courageous. 242 00:11:21,781 --> 00:11:25,017 ZOE: As a daughter of immigrants, as a woman of color, 243 00:11:25,051 --> 00:11:29,505 it gave me an empty, vast space 244 00:11:29,538 --> 00:11:32,858 where I can be anything that I wanted. 245 00:11:32,892 --> 00:11:36,645 But I needed the gatekeepers of these worlds 246 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:39,715 to believe in me and, and they did. 247 00:11:39,749 --> 00:11:41,050 This is our home. 248 00:11:41,083 --> 00:11:43,919 JAMES: Zoe came back and I think on her very first day 249 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:46,706 she said one of my favorite lines in the film. 250 00:11:46,739 --> 00:11:49,825 And I was like, "She's back. Neytiri's back." 251 00:11:49,859 --> 00:11:51,360 NARRATOR: So is Jake Sully. 252 00:11:51,394 --> 00:11:54,480 I got no plan, but I can protect this family, 253 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:56,165 that I can do! 254 00:11:56,198 --> 00:11:58,134 NARRATOR: Leaving his human form behind. 255 00:11:58,167 --> 00:11:59,719 Becoming a father. 256 00:11:59,752 --> 00:12:01,203 I feel her, dad. 257 00:12:01,237 --> 00:12:03,372 SAM: First one he was stuck between his allegiances 258 00:12:03,406 --> 00:12:05,474 with the humans and his allegiances with the Na'vi. 259 00:12:05,508 --> 00:12:08,127 Protect the people. 260 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,163 This time, he's stuck between his allegiances with 261 00:12:11,197 --> 00:12:13,866 remaining the legendary Na'vi warrior 262 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,252 or the responsibilities to his family. 263 00:12:16,285 --> 00:12:20,239 NARRATOR: As an actor, Sam Worthington has starred in another series, too. 264 00:12:20,272 --> 00:12:23,159 He's featured in three black ops video games 265 00:12:23,192 --> 00:12:25,611 in the Call Of Duty franchise. 266 00:12:25,644 --> 00:12:27,396 As Avatar's leading man, 267 00:12:27,430 --> 00:12:30,332 he thrives working for James Cameron. 268 00:12:30,366 --> 00:12:33,352 Look, Jim's this guy, I've always said I'm, I'm his soldier. 269 00:12:33,385 --> 00:12:35,404 Jim's this director I'll do anything for, 270 00:12:35,438 --> 00:12:37,907 but he's in the trench right there next to me. 271 00:12:37,940 --> 00:12:41,360 Well, Sam is his own soldier, He can project incredible power. 272 00:12:41,393 --> 00:12:43,896 Incredible strength, incredible leadership 273 00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:44,930 just through his voice. 274 00:12:44,964 --> 00:12:47,767 If the people harbor us, they will die. 275 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,369 And there was more of a consonance between the character 276 00:12:50,402 --> 00:12:54,540 an-and Sam's real life because now he's a father of, of two boys. 277 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:57,293 I need you to be strong, strong heart. 278 00:12:57,326 --> 00:13:02,198 JAMES: In many ways she and Sam are the rock, the core of the story. 279 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:05,584 But there's almost a whole act 280 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:08,320 that leaves the parents behind and follows the kids. 281 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:10,372 NARRATOR: For The Way Of Water's family members, 282 00:13:10,406 --> 00:13:13,142 team Avatar conducted an extensive search 283 00:13:13,175 --> 00:13:16,879 to find the next generation of Pandora inhabitants. 284 00:13:16,912 --> 00:13:18,848 I see you. 285 00:13:18,881 --> 00:13:22,151 MARGERY: We had over 15,000 submissions. 286 00:13:22,184 --> 00:13:23,552 Keep up, forest boy. 287 00:13:23,586 --> 00:13:27,106 MARGERY: 4,662 were seen. 288 00:13:27,139 --> 00:13:31,694 And we winnowed that down and 16 kids came in for tests. 289 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,864 NARRATOR: To play Jake and Neytiri's first born, 290 00:13:34,897 --> 00:13:39,034 the UK's Jamie Flatters stood out with this original monologue. 291 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:43,455 Now I can join the armed forces, pay tax, and get married. 292 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:44,723 But I can't vote. 293 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:46,742 NARRATOR: Entitled "It's time to speak" 294 00:13:46,775 --> 00:13:48,077 and got the part. 295 00:13:48,110 --> 00:13:50,713 When I flew to LA for the final round I was told, 296 00:13:50,746 --> 00:13:52,548 "Look, you're, you're just an option. 297 00:13:52,581 --> 00:13:54,450 You're going to be too old to do this." 298 00:13:54,483 --> 00:13:57,219 And when you're 16 to be told you're too old, you get very 299 00:13:57,253 --> 00:13:59,121 you know, you're in crisis, right? 300 00:13:59,154 --> 00:14:03,108 I remember getting the audition notice February of 2017, 301 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:07,646 and being so excited that I showed up a week early by accident. 302 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,565 NARRATOR: An actress and singer/songwriter. 303 00:14:09,598 --> 00:14:13,085 ♪ California sun ♪ 304 00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:17,473 NARRATOR: Trinity Bliss was just a baby when the first film came out. 305 00:14:17,506 --> 00:14:20,659 She's playing Jake and Neytiri's youngest child, Tuk. 306 00:14:21,243 --> 00:14:23,829 TRINITY: Having Jim as the director, he really takes the time 307 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:26,665 to explain to you about the Pandora around us, 308 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:29,451 so we each can really transfer ourselves 309 00:14:29,485 --> 00:14:32,021 into this amazing world that he's created. 310 00:14:32,054 --> 00:14:35,591 She's another one of these just kind of luminous people, you know? 311 00:14:35,624 --> 00:14:37,676 She never missed a line. Never missed a mark. 312 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:40,779 And yet, at the same time, she was completely spontaneous 313 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:43,732 and would just make stuff up that was completely in character. 314 00:14:43,766 --> 00:14:45,568 And some of it's in the, in the movie. 315 00:14:46,702 --> 00:14:48,671 NARRATOR: And then there was New Yorker Bailey Bass. 316 00:14:48,704 --> 00:14:51,724 Now 19, a model since she was just 2. 317 00:14:51,757 --> 00:14:53,926 I didn't have much experience, and because of that, 318 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:55,628 I thought my audition was terrible. 319 00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:59,148 NARRATOR: Now playing Tsireya, the daughter of her clan's leader. 320 00:14:59,181 --> 00:15:02,401 Avatar was my, like, big, oh, my gosh, this is happening, 321 00:15:02,434 --> 00:15:04,336 I'm becoming an actor. 322 00:15:04,370 --> 00:15:07,056 NARRATOR: This role would be a life-changer for Bailey 323 00:15:07,089 --> 00:15:08,674 in more ways than one. 324 00:15:08,707 --> 00:15:12,227 I didn't grow up... I had much when it comes to love, 325 00:15:12,261 --> 00:15:15,981 but in terms of, like, financially, we didn't have much. 326 00:15:16,015 --> 00:15:19,868 But we always got through it 327 00:15:19,902 --> 00:15:21,637 because my mom's just the best. 328 00:15:21,670 --> 00:15:23,489 And then I'm sitting in my mom's car, 329 00:15:23,522 --> 00:15:25,424 and I start tearing up 330 00:15:25,457 --> 00:15:28,510 because I reached this moment in my life, in my career 331 00:15:28,544 --> 00:15:30,613 where I can take care of my family. 332 00:15:32,314 --> 00:15:34,817 NARRATOR: Virginian, Jack Champion, who plays Spider, 333 00:15:34,850 --> 00:15:36,835 had been in a blockbuster before. 334 00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:39,922 That's him riding a bike in 2019's 335 00:15:39,955 --> 00:15:42,241 Avengers: Endgame. 336 00:15:42,274 --> 00:15:43,959 JACK: I'm in it for, like, ten seconds 337 00:15:43,993 --> 00:15:44,994 and I worked with Paul Rudd. 338 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:47,529 I was like, hey, man, I'm going to fly to LA 339 00:15:47,563 --> 00:15:49,264 to do this screen test for Avatar. 340 00:15:49,298 --> 00:15:52,201 And he's like, "Oh, that's good, kid. You know, I wish you luck." 341 00:15:52,234 --> 00:15:55,270 And then I saw him again like, "Dude, like, I did it." 342 00:15:55,304 --> 00:15:57,456 And he was like, "Oh, my gosh." 343 00:15:57,489 --> 00:15:58,824 I'm taller than him now. 344 00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:02,461 NARRATOR: On set, it was Trinity and Jack taking care 345 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:04,930 of The Ways Of Water's swear jar. 346 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:07,016 Designed to keep the language on-set 347 00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:09,685 appropriate for young ears. 348 00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:12,788 TRINITY: An F-bomb was $5 [bleep] 349 00:16:12,821 --> 00:16:16,275 and S-bomb was $1 [bleep] 350 00:16:16,592 --> 00:16:19,178 Sam, Slang? Oh geez. 351 00:16:19,461 --> 00:16:21,230 Sam was our primary contributor 352 00:16:21,263 --> 00:16:23,632 and he'd just come to me and say 353 00:16:23,666 --> 00:16:26,168 "Can I start the day with negative $40?" 354 00:16:26,201 --> 00:16:27,720 But he actually tried really hard. 355 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:29,772 He replaced some words with "hot dog." 356 00:16:29,805 --> 00:16:32,374 NARRATOR: The money raised went to a canine clinic 357 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:34,643 but, ah, what could have been. 358 00:16:35,377 --> 00:16:38,764 I'm wondering if you made any donations to the swear jar, Jim? 359 00:16:39,264 --> 00:16:40,632 I could've funded this movie 360 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:42,534 if I was donating to the swear jar. 361 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:44,570 [chuckles] 362 00:16:49,358 --> 00:16:51,010 They're not aggressive. 363 00:16:51,593 --> 00:16:53,412 Relax, marine. 364 00:16:54,363 --> 00:16:57,166 NARRATOR: Attuned to the wonders of Pandora 365 00:16:57,199 --> 00:16:59,551 imbued with a reverence for the Na'vi. 366 00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:02,021 Dr. Grace Augustine in the first Avatar... 367 00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:03,422 Come on, Grace, move! 368 00:17:03,455 --> 00:17:05,591 ...sought to ensure their safety. 369 00:17:05,624 --> 00:17:07,593 One idiot with a gun is enough. 370 00:17:07,910 --> 00:17:09,111 NARRATOR: While in human form... 371 00:17:09,144 --> 00:17:10,713 Relations with the indigenous are only getting worse. 372 00:17:10,746 --> 00:17:12,131 Yeah, that tends to happen when you use 373 00:17:12,164 --> 00:17:13,232 machine guns on them. 374 00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:16,518 NARRATOR: This tough-talking scientist worked to foil efforts 375 00:17:16,552 --> 00:17:18,170 to dislodge the Na'vi. 376 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:20,839 Parker, there is time to salvage the situation. 377 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,808 Shut your piehole! 378 00:17:23,442 --> 00:17:25,494 Or what, Ranger Rick? 379 00:17:26,078 --> 00:17:27,563 You going to shoot me? 380 00:17:27,596 --> 00:17:30,682 NARRATOR: Sigourney Weaver, three-time Oscar nominated 381 00:17:30,716 --> 00:17:33,185 actress, honored for playing another scientist 382 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:35,254 Dian Fossey in Gorillas In The Mist 383 00:17:35,287 --> 00:17:38,690 If I ever see you or your meat wagon again 384 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:41,110 you'll be lucky if you don't end up in a wooden box. 385 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:44,012 NARRATOR: Bad boss Katharine Parker in Working Girl... 386 00:17:44,046 --> 00:17:46,515 And this woman is my secretary. 387 00:17:47,649 --> 00:17:49,184 She's not. 388 00:17:49,251 --> 00:17:51,153 Oh, no? Ask her. 389 00:17:51,203 --> 00:17:55,107 NARRATOR: And Ellen Ripley in the 1986 sequel Aliens 390 00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:57,476 written and directed by James Cameron 391 00:17:57,509 --> 00:18:02,047 who 36 years ago, gave her a career-defining line. 392 00:18:02,765 --> 00:18:04,967 Get away from her, you bitch! 393 00:18:07,102 --> 00:18:10,005 NARRATOR: Securing Ripley's place in the top rank of action heroes 394 00:18:10,038 --> 00:18:13,659 female or male, and a creative partnership with Cameron 395 00:18:13,692 --> 00:18:16,044 through the first Avatar and even beyond. 396 00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:18,380 There's so many things I admire about him. 397 00:18:18,413 --> 00:18:21,984 SIGOURNEY: He's incredibly generous. He believes in us. 398 00:18:22,034 --> 00:18:23,552 He's a great friend. 399 00:18:23,585 --> 00:18:27,072 You know, I think if I was really in trouble, I'd call Jim. 400 00:18:27,706 --> 00:18:30,175 NARRATOR: Even between these friends, there's a secret 401 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:31,910 that's never been shared. 402 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:35,547 How long had you known Jim Cameron before he found out 403 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:37,566 that you had begun your career 404 00:18:37,599 --> 00:18:39,668 with a project called "Titanic?" 405 00:18:39,701 --> 00:18:41,637 I don't think I've ever told him about it. 406 00:18:41,670 --> 00:18:42,771 [laughing] 407 00:18:42,921 --> 00:18:47,793 NARRATOR: Her Titanic, a comedy, a play produced off-Broadway in 1976. 408 00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:49,778 He knows nothing about it. 409 00:18:49,812 --> 00:18:52,047 It wasn't quite as big a hit as his movie. 410 00:18:53,031 --> 00:18:54,216 Grace... 411 00:18:54,249 --> 00:18:56,768 NARRATOR: When the first Avatar ended, it seemed like 412 00:18:56,802 --> 00:18:59,738 Dr. Grace Augustine had breathed her last. 413 00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:00,806 Grace... 414 00:19:00,856 --> 00:19:03,792 NARRATOR: A lunch found actor and director hoping to reteam 415 00:19:03,826 --> 00:19:05,794 on the upcoming Avatars. 416 00:19:05,928 --> 00:19:06,995 What do you remember about that lunch? 417 00:19:07,029 --> 00:19:08,030 [laughing] 418 00:19:08,063 --> 00:19:09,581 Well, I'd already made up my mind. 419 00:19:09,615 --> 00:19:11,366 I just needed to get her to agree. 420 00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,702 NARRATOR: Cameron giving Jake and Neytiri 421 00:19:13,735 --> 00:19:15,487 an adopted teenage daughter. 422 00:19:17,372 --> 00:19:18,390 Kiri. 423 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:22,461 JAMES: The obvious choice to play that character was Sigourney. 424 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:24,163 And in fact, I wrote it for her. 425 00:19:24,229 --> 00:19:26,114 You know, I was thinking, "How can I get Sigourney 426 00:19:26,148 --> 00:19:27,449 back in this damn movie?" 427 00:19:27,482 --> 00:19:30,135 How did he tell you he wanted you to play someone 428 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:31,770 who was 14 years old? 429 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:34,122 Well, you know, he said 430 00:19:34,156 --> 00:19:37,709 "Come on. We both know you're 14 at heart." 431 00:19:37,926 --> 00:19:39,878 "So, I don't think this is going to be a problem for you." 432 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:42,748 NARRATOR: Playing a character decades younger 433 00:19:42,781 --> 00:19:45,367 it's perhaps her biggest acting challenge ever. 434 00:19:46,001 --> 00:19:48,387 SIGOURNEY: I don't think he would've offered it to me 435 00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:49,588 if we didn't know each other 436 00:19:49,621 --> 00:19:51,823 if he didn't know what a goofball I was. 437 00:19:52,407 --> 00:19:54,126 And, basically, that is who I am. 438 00:19:54,159 --> 00:19:57,796 And you know, Kiri is much more perhaps serious. 439 00:19:58,297 --> 00:20:01,400 -Earnest. -Earnest, yeah, and searching. 440 00:20:01,433 --> 00:20:02,818 Hi, mom! 441 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:05,370 NARRATOR: Just as her teen character Kiri is searching 442 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:07,456 Weaver could recall grappling with her own 443 00:20:07,489 --> 00:20:09,591 life issues as she was growing up. 444 00:20:09,942 --> 00:20:15,297 SIGOURNEY: I had, as many of us do, a very memorable adolescence. 445 00:20:15,464 --> 00:20:18,934 I was this tall when I was 11. I remember all of it so well. 446 00:20:19,218 --> 00:20:22,104 And just wanting to shrink, wanting to disappear. 447 00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:24,389 I was terribly shy. 448 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:27,476 So that sense of alienation when you're young 449 00:20:27,509 --> 00:20:30,545 that sense of, like, conflict with your mom 450 00:20:30,579 --> 00:20:34,499 maybe, or... How did those things sort of come to play? 451 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,203 I remember all of that very vividly. 452 00:20:38,403 --> 00:20:41,707 I think children feel things so strongly. 453 00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:47,079 And, I think Kiri takes things very much to heart. 454 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:49,014 So what does her heartbeat sound like? 455 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:53,969 Mighty. 456 00:20:54,386 --> 00:20:57,439 NARRATOR: Kiri's look, based on an adjustment that Weaver suggested 457 00:20:57,472 --> 00:21:00,509 to Cameron, who'd initially envisioned her as a poised 458 00:21:00,542 --> 00:21:02,978 note-perfect teen version of Neytiri. 459 00:21:03,478 --> 00:21:07,232 And I said, "That's not Kiri." 460 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:11,620 You know, Neytiri is like this incredible goddess, warrior 461 00:21:11,653 --> 00:21:14,556 who's so perfect, who's so beautiful. 462 00:21:14,740 --> 00:21:16,508 You know, she can do anything. 463 00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:21,363 I'm telling you that as a 13, 14-year-old girl, I don't ever 464 00:21:21,396 --> 00:21:24,599 imagine that I'm going to be anything like that 465 00:21:24,633 --> 00:21:26,134 and I'd rather not try. 466 00:21:26,501 --> 00:21:27,736 CHRIS: And he heard you when you said that? 467 00:21:27,769 --> 00:21:29,638 SIGOURNEY: He heard. It went from this very 468 00:21:29,671 --> 00:21:31,823 composed-looking young woman 469 00:21:31,857 --> 00:21:33,909 to what they call awkward Kiri. 470 00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:36,945 The challenge for you is that you were acting along with 471 00:21:36,979 --> 00:21:40,115 other young people who actually are children right now. 472 00:21:40,148 --> 00:21:44,119 May I just say how grateful I am to all the kids 473 00:21:44,152 --> 00:21:47,506 for accepting me as one of the group. 474 00:21:47,889 --> 00:21:51,026 I did all the physical preparation with them. 475 00:21:51,159 --> 00:21:54,846 I was determined not to be this old lady who couldn't do. 476 00:21:56,214 --> 00:21:57,933 NARRATOR: So, she committed fully. 477 00:21:57,966 --> 00:22:01,286 Doing parkour alongside her real-life co-stars. 478 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,739 Now more of a mouth open, kinda, hah! 479 00:22:04,139 --> 00:22:06,908 NARRATOR: Like Jack Champion, whom she'd auditioned with. 480 00:22:07,025 --> 00:22:10,012 She was the most warm, welcoming person, and made me 481 00:22:10,045 --> 00:22:13,648 feel really like, okay, we're having fun, instead of, like 482 00:22:13,682 --> 00:22:14,750 this is an audition. 483 00:22:14,783 --> 00:22:17,836 It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life 484 00:22:17,869 --> 00:22:23,709 because here is this beautiful boy who, we just grab 485 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:25,944 each other's hands and I fell in love 486 00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:30,148 with Jack then and even though now he's a huge tall man 487 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:33,902 that 12-year-old will always be dear to my heart. 488 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:36,038 I forget that I'm working with Sigourney 489 00:22:36,071 --> 00:22:38,473 and she just becomes Kiri, the character. 490 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,575 NARRATOR: A character born of a unique trust 491 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:42,461 between actor and director. 492 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:46,515 Jim gave me total freedom. And I just would let Kiri out. 493 00:22:46,665 --> 00:22:50,202 At this point in my work 494 00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:53,021 I know just to, to put a lot of work 495 00:22:53,055 --> 00:22:54,456 and thought in, and then you 496 00:22:54,489 --> 00:22:57,075 just get out of the way of the character. 497 00:22:57,125 --> 00:22:59,544 And so, I, I really wasn't driving this thing. 498 00:22:59,578 --> 00:23:01,780 SIGOURNEY: She was pretty much driving it. 499 00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:04,232 And I was, you know, running after her. 500 00:23:09,438 --> 00:23:11,723 Alright, the moment of truth. 501 00:23:12,407 --> 00:23:13,992 Somebody's life is about to change. 502 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:19,164 NARRATOR: One life surely did when Kate Winslet was cast 503 00:23:19,197 --> 00:23:21,049 by James Cameron in Titanic. 504 00:23:21,316 --> 00:23:24,820 I feel like this man gave me opportunity 505 00:23:24,870 --> 00:23:26,555 and belief in myself. 506 00:23:26,638 --> 00:23:29,307 Because when you're a young actor, it's terrifying. 507 00:23:29,875 --> 00:23:32,811 NARRATOR: Up to that point, she'd been an up-and-coming British film actress, 508 00:23:32,844 --> 00:23:34,996 known for critically-acclaimed movies 509 00:23:35,030 --> 00:23:36,047 Heavenly Creatures. 510 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,450 It's all frightfully romantic. 511 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:41,103 And Sense And Sensibility. 512 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:47,843 Then in 1997, Titanic made Kate Winslet, at just 22 513 00:23:47,876 --> 00:23:49,177 into a movie star. 514 00:23:49,211 --> 00:23:52,831 NEWS REPORTER 1: Titanic is expected to cruise past the $200 million 515 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:54,533 mark at the box office tomorrow. 516 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:56,268 NEWS REPORTER 2: The Oscars crowd is in a frenzy! 517 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:57,803 NEWS REPORTER 3: Are you big fans of Kate Winslet? 518 00:23:57,836 --> 00:23:59,271 ALL: Yes! 519 00:24:01,323 --> 00:24:05,177 KATE: It is a very kind of unreal feeling and without sounding daft, 520 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:08,330 I do kind of think, how come this has happened to me? 521 00:24:10,015 --> 00:24:11,500 NARRATOR: Much of that with Titanic 522 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,652 had to do with the work ethic she'd displayed. 523 00:24:14,369 --> 00:24:17,205 When did you sort of learn how strong you were? 524 00:24:17,239 --> 00:24:18,807 Well, I've always had stamina. 525 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,909 [gasping] Ah! 526 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:23,795 People have always said that about me. 527 00:24:23,845 --> 00:24:25,464 Like, "Oh, God, Kate, you're so..." 528 00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:28,116 What is it that people always say to me, "Oh, she's a trooper!" 529 00:24:28,150 --> 00:24:29,317 They always say that to me. 530 00:24:29,384 --> 00:24:31,036 They've been saying that to me for years. 531 00:24:31,102 --> 00:24:34,606 NARRATOR: As she discussed with Stephen Colbert back in 2017... 532 00:24:34,689 --> 00:24:39,444 -You were really cold? -Yeah, I was really [bleep] cold! 533 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,497 Kate Winslet. 534 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:47,135 NARRATOR: An A-lister, she'd win a best actress Oscar in 2009 535 00:24:47,169 --> 00:24:48,270 for The Reader. 536 00:24:48,303 --> 00:24:52,290 I think I was probably eight years old and staring in the bathroom mirror 537 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:54,359 and this would have been a shampoo bottle. 538 00:24:55,343 --> 00:24:57,362 Well, it's not a shampoo bottle now! 539 00:24:59,414 --> 00:25:02,984 NARRATOR: Then, two decades after Titanic, a familiar face 540 00:25:03,018 --> 00:25:05,403 resurfaced with a new project. 541 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,573 Kate had been rather public about the stress on her 542 00:25:08,657 --> 00:25:10,208 on Titanic. 543 00:25:10,659 --> 00:25:12,711 I mean, she and I have been pals since then. 544 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:15,247 We've buried that hatchet, you know, 20 years ago. 545 00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:18,049 But I didn't know that she was going to say yes to this. 546 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,651 JAKE: Let's get it done. 547 00:25:21,219 --> 00:25:24,139 NARRATOR: This was a chance to work together again. 548 00:25:24,239 --> 00:25:27,592 A proffered role for Winslet in the Avatar saga. 549 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:29,661 KATE: I play Ronal. 550 00:25:29,744 --> 00:25:34,366 Jim described her as being the fearless, tenacious warrior 551 00:25:34,449 --> 00:25:36,368 goddess, leader of the water tribe. 552 00:25:36,418 --> 00:25:39,654 And I'm just like, tick, tick, tick, tick. 553 00:25:39,721 --> 00:25:42,807 You're the first director she's ever worked with more than once. 554 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:44,910 I didn't even realize that until a few days ago 555 00:25:44,943 --> 00:25:46,211 somebody mentioned it to me. 556 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:49,114 So, I guess we can drive a stake through that old dumb myth. 557 00:25:49,164 --> 00:25:51,266 I was just excited. Yeah. My children were like... 558 00:25:51,299 --> 00:25:53,418 "Oh, mum, you have to do it. You have to do it. You have to do it." 559 00:25:53,718 --> 00:25:56,021 I said, "Okay, okay. You know, we'll read the script." 560 00:25:56,421 --> 00:25:58,924 It was almost like they didn't care what the script was like! 561 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:02,711 NARRATOR: This second Avatar film and those still to come reunite 562 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:05,413 Winslet with Cameron and the water, 563 00:26:05,447 --> 00:26:07,566 with some key differences this time. 564 00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:11,453 KATE:You know, Titanic, so much water, moving water. 565 00:26:11,486 --> 00:26:13,688 -And cold water. -And cold water. 566 00:26:13,722 --> 00:26:16,825 So there was never any way of being able 567 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:20,178 to truly predict how the water would behave. 568 00:26:21,096 --> 00:26:24,950 Whereas on Avatar... 569 00:26:24,983 --> 00:26:27,986 the tank was huge. It was secure. 570 00:26:28,053 --> 00:26:30,088 And actually, it was incredibly calm. 571 00:26:30,355 --> 00:26:32,090 It's better than being in a corset for seven months 572 00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,775 on a sinking ship. I promise you that. 573 00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:34,926 [chuckles] 574 00:26:35,477 --> 00:26:38,079 NARRATOR: Now, she put her experience to good use, 575 00:26:38,179 --> 00:26:41,199 displaying leadership to younger actors on the set. 576 00:26:41,549 --> 00:26:44,552 JAMES: She's such a powerhouse, as a star in her own right, 577 00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:47,672 I thought, well, you know, is she gonna even wanna be directed? 578 00:26:47,722 --> 00:26:50,075 It turns out that, yes and no. 579 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:52,227 The way Kate does it is, she listens very carefully 580 00:26:52,260 --> 00:26:56,331 to what I say and then she directs everyone else in the scene for me. 581 00:26:56,364 --> 00:26:59,117 It does take a female voice, almost a mother to say, 582 00:26:59,167 --> 00:27:02,287 "Okay, come on, everyone, all look at me for one second." 583 00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:04,456 "I think what Jim is going to want is to see you 584 00:27:04,506 --> 00:27:06,491 more in this kind of space, is that right, Jim?" 585 00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:09,577 BAILEY: When we were filming I was like, "Oh my gosh, she's from Titanic." 586 00:27:09,611 --> 00:27:12,180 She's an icon." I can't put it into words. 587 00:27:12,213 --> 00:27:14,366 She's Kate Winslet. You wanna learn from her. 588 00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:18,136 Every time she gives advice, I take it to heart. 589 00:27:19,421 --> 00:27:21,856 KATE: I remember being a young actor and wishing at times 590 00:27:21,906 --> 00:27:24,976 I had someone to hold my hand and say, "It's okay to make mistakes." 591 00:27:26,261 --> 00:27:28,763 NARRATOR: Winslet's character Ronal and her guidance, 592 00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:31,066 helping the film to address new issues. 593 00:27:31,099 --> 00:27:33,735 Like when Jake and the rest of the Sullys must leave 594 00:27:33,768 --> 00:27:38,323 their part of Pandora and come into contact with a different clan of Na'vi. 595 00:27:39,274 --> 00:27:42,477 KATE: That's where Jim is so brilliant, is that he constructs 596 00:27:42,510 --> 00:27:44,913 these strong female roles who are resilient. 597 00:27:44,946 --> 00:27:47,015 They're robust. They live with their heart. 598 00:27:47,065 --> 00:27:50,602 They lead with intention, and they are true leaders. 599 00:27:51,853 --> 00:27:54,506 NARRATOR: Maori actor Cliff Curtis plays her husband. 600 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:58,109 CLIFF: That negotiation between one tribe and another. 601 00:27:58,143 --> 00:28:00,145 One clan and another. One family and another. 602 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:03,782 Trying to figure out how to find an agreement. 603 00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:05,850 How are we gonna get along? 604 00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:09,337 She is, I think, understandably suspicious of anyone 605 00:28:09,387 --> 00:28:13,108 who might come in and threaten this harmony and this peace. 606 00:28:13,375 --> 00:28:18,380 She is a tenacious mother who will stop at nothing 607 00:28:18,446 --> 00:28:21,433 to protect her family and her, and her tribe. 608 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:26,087 NARRATOR: Winslet's warrior Ronal shown going into battle while pregnant. 609 00:28:26,121 --> 00:28:28,306 JAMES: From having five kids, I just thought, 610 00:28:28,339 --> 00:28:30,225 everybody's always talking about female empowerment. 611 00:28:30,275 --> 00:28:34,012 And they never show a pregnant woman doing anything physical, 612 00:28:34,579 --> 00:28:37,248 like fighting for her life or for her children's lives. 613 00:28:37,298 --> 00:28:39,467 I don't know a single pregnant woman who got pregnant, 614 00:28:39,501 --> 00:28:40,902 sat down, and did nothing. 615 00:28:40,935 --> 00:28:43,037 I climbed mountains through pregnancies. 616 00:28:43,071 --> 00:28:45,673 I mean, my goodness, I think my water broke when I was actually 617 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:47,559 like practically on the top of a mountain. 618 00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:51,846 It's amazing to see that celebrated on screen. 619 00:28:51,946 --> 00:28:54,399 Cliff Curtis' character puts his hand on her, on her belly 620 00:28:54,432 --> 00:28:57,602 and says, "You should stay back." She says, "I ride." 621 00:28:58,420 --> 00:29:02,524 Grabs her atlatl spear and then walks out and then she goes 622 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:04,192 and kicks serious ass. 623 00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:07,495 NARRATOR: 25 years after making history, Winslet and Cameron 624 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:08,863 looking out for each other. 625 00:29:08,897 --> 00:29:11,683 I told her, you know, we'd contain it so that it didn't stand 626 00:29:11,766 --> 00:29:14,185 in the way of her, you know, winning another Emmy or Oscar. 627 00:29:14,252 --> 00:29:15,904 But it's still full on. 628 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:18,506 Because, you know, no actor of Kate's stature wants to hear 629 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:22,427 that it's not full on, you know. And she of course made it full-on. 630 00:29:23,144 --> 00:29:28,082 NARRATOR: In doing so, she did for younger actors what Cameron once did for her. 631 00:29:28,716 --> 00:29:31,586 KATE: My whole thing on a set is setting everyone up to succeed. 632 00:29:31,786 --> 00:29:35,457 We all have the ability to nurture that person 633 00:29:35,490 --> 00:29:37,459 and to tell them, you can do it. 634 00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:40,678 It was lovely, him kind of letting me contribute to that. 635 00:29:43,064 --> 00:29:45,233 NARRATOR: No director has done a better job of conveying 636 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:49,988 the absolute terror of trying to survive under water, or failing to, 637 00:29:50,021 --> 00:29:51,906 than James Cameron has. 638 00:29:51,940 --> 00:29:54,576 From Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio 639 00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:57,395 gasping for life in 1989's The Abyss... 640 00:29:57,428 --> 00:29:58,813 Help! I'm scared! 641 00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,833 NARRATOR: To Danny Nucci's Fabrizio and his final, 642 00:30:01,866 --> 00:30:03,935 fatal plunge in Titanic. 643 00:30:06,704 --> 00:30:09,858 Not to mention Jack Dawson slipping off that doorframe 644 00:30:09,891 --> 00:30:11,726 into the eternal depths. 645 00:30:11,943 --> 00:30:13,428 But now? 646 00:30:16,030 --> 00:30:18,383 This looks like fun. 647 00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:21,152 When you're underwater, it's easy to pretend to be 648 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:23,905 the character and just like, stay in the scene and be like, 649 00:30:24,022 --> 00:30:26,174 "Okay, now, you know, I'm in, like, the oceans 650 00:30:26,207 --> 00:30:28,293 you know, interacting with this creature." 651 00:30:28,510 --> 00:30:32,013 NARRATOR: In Avatar: The Way of Water Cameron's performance-captured 652 00:30:32,096 --> 00:30:35,350 actors are swimming stress-free beneath the waves 653 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:37,802 with full facial expressiveness. 654 00:30:37,986 --> 00:30:40,305 TRINITY: I always looked forward to days all together there 655 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:42,974 on the surface before we go down into the scene. 656 00:30:43,024 --> 00:30:47,812 It was a very kind of Zen experience and very unifying. 657 00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:51,115 We had to look completely comfortable, as if this was 658 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:53,318 just, you know, our element. 659 00:30:54,285 --> 00:30:58,039 We really were on a journey, which you could call the way of water. 660 00:30:58,089 --> 00:31:00,074 We had to learn the way of water. 661 00:31:00,174 --> 00:31:02,210 So that we could show it convincingly. 662 00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:05,413 NARRATOR: So, how did they do that? 663 00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:08,933 The answer begins with Cameron and his love of the sea. 664 00:31:09,183 --> 00:31:11,903 CHRIS: That goes back to your... I guess your youngest days 665 00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:14,739 watching Jacques Cousteau, right? What's the genesis of it? 666 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:18,359 Jacques Cousteau made it his mission to bring the oceans to us 667 00:31:18,393 --> 00:31:23,097 so we'd take better care of them, you know, hopefully with some success. 668 00:31:24,866 --> 00:31:26,484 I was landlocked in Canada. 669 00:31:26,517 --> 00:31:28,219 I was hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean. 670 00:31:28,269 --> 00:31:32,507 I'd never seen the ocean in person, but I fell in love with it then. 671 00:31:32,607 --> 00:31:33,875 So, I learned how to scuba dive. 672 00:31:33,908 --> 00:31:37,395 My first open water dive was in the creek in my village, 673 00:31:37,962 --> 00:31:41,633 Chippawa Creek, depth 15 feet. 674 00:31:43,685 --> 00:31:48,122 NARRATOR: Freediving, plunging into the deep, unsupported by breathing apparatus 675 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:50,558 was on Cameron's mind as he pondered, 676 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:53,661 how could he get his cast to act underwater? 677 00:31:53,695 --> 00:31:57,815 I really kinda went back to free diving probably about 20 years ago 678 00:31:57,882 --> 00:32:00,568 and just really, you know, became an aficionado of it. 679 00:32:00,602 --> 00:32:03,137 And I thought, well, let's just incorporate that into the film. 680 00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:06,291 James Cameron, he's such a water person, 681 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:08,293 and adventurer, an explorer. 682 00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:11,312 And to help him see his vision come to life is pretty awesome. 683 00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:16,834 NARRATOR: Kirk Krack, a life-long freediver 684 00:32:16,868 --> 00:32:18,336 and experienced trainer, 685 00:32:18,369 --> 00:32:20,571 is capable of holding his breath underwater 686 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:22,323 for up to seven minutes. 687 00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:24,242 A skill he said he could teach 688 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:25,927 Avatar's cast and crew 689 00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:28,062 under his careful supervision. 690 00:32:28,096 --> 00:32:30,498 And here we go. Two minutes. 691 00:32:30,531 --> 00:32:32,116 I think he's half fish. 692 00:32:33,134 --> 00:32:35,720 You'll notice when you have a conversation with him 693 00:32:36,270 --> 00:32:37,905 that he breathes differently. 694 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,409 NARRATOR: He's trained Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible. 695 00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:45,964 And Margot Robbie in Suicide Squad. 696 00:32:48,182 --> 00:32:50,284 But he hasn't trained you. 697 00:32:50,318 --> 00:32:52,487 So do not do this at home. 698 00:32:52,804 --> 00:32:55,773 How long could you hold your breath before you began this movie? 699 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:59,477 I was able to sort of do a breath hold of a minute. 700 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:01,696 I wanted to avoid it in the beginning. 701 00:33:01,729 --> 00:33:03,815 It's nerve-racking, holding your breath. 702 00:33:03,848 --> 00:33:07,201 ZOE: I'm an island girl. I felt comfortable in the ocean. 703 00:33:07,235 --> 00:33:09,120 but I never really felt safe. 704 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:14,575 So, this challenge was unnerving to say the least. 705 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:19,530 NARRATOR: Starting in summer 2017 706 00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:22,166 with a trip to Hawaii and white-board sessions. 707 00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:24,485 We went to school, basically, you know, for weeks. 708 00:33:24,519 --> 00:33:28,222 All that oxygen in the lungs now gets squeezed. 709 00:33:28,256 --> 00:33:32,460 NARRATOR: Krack began to teach the ins and outs of his breath-hold technique. 710 00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:35,229 ZOE: We were in the water, 711 00:33:35,263 --> 00:33:38,266 half of the cast became certified in scuba diving. 712 00:33:38,316 --> 00:33:40,935 NARRATOR: But the bulk of training and filming took place later 713 00:33:40,968 --> 00:33:43,254 in the movie's massive water tanks. 714 00:33:43,304 --> 00:33:46,808 This one holds up to 265,000 gallons. 715 00:33:47,225 --> 00:33:49,193 KIRK: Almost all the cast trained in here. 716 00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:52,213 They prepped via a series of elite breathing techniques, 717 00:33:52,246 --> 00:33:55,566 and by inhaling an oxygen-augmented air mix. 718 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,569 It's pushing yourself to the limit in an environment 719 00:33:58,603 --> 00:34:01,572 that is foreign to all of us, you know what I mean? 720 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:03,725 You do go into this kind of meditative, 721 00:34:03,758 --> 00:34:06,811 almost trance-like state because you have to relax. 722 00:34:06,894 --> 00:34:09,497 You've got no option but to clear your mind. 723 00:34:09,530 --> 00:34:14,085 Because you use more oxygen holding that breath 724 00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:16,054 than you do thinking about other things. 725 00:34:16,087 --> 00:34:17,739 I can't even 726 00:34:18,873 --> 00:34:23,411 describe what it felt like to be 30 feet deep in that tank, 727 00:34:23,444 --> 00:34:26,314 and with everything that I was having to carry 728 00:34:26,347 --> 00:34:31,052 for Neytiri and just waiting for Jim to say action and just releasing. 729 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,209 NARRATOR: The results were, what else? 730 00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:41,496 Breathtaking for the cast at any age. 731 00:34:41,529 --> 00:34:43,948 Kirk Krack came to me and said that, 732 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:45,750 "we wrote down during your audition 733 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:47,869 that you were uncomfortable in the water. 734 00:34:47,902 --> 00:34:51,055 And you have excelled more than we could have imagined." 735 00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:53,141 And that meant a lot. 736 00:34:53,741 --> 00:34:55,910 Once you were done with the training, 737 00:34:55,943 --> 00:34:57,962 how long could you hold your breath for? 738 00:34:57,995 --> 00:35:02,500 Well, a static breath hold, where I'm lying with my face in water, 739 00:35:02,533 --> 00:35:05,319 -Six and a half minutes. -Five minutes and thirty-three seconds. 740 00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:07,555 -Three minutes. -Twenty-four seconds. 741 00:35:08,022 --> 00:35:09,607 We were competing 742 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,728 in terms of who was going to hold their breath longer. 743 00:35:13,761 --> 00:35:15,546 Somewhere between four and five minutes. 744 00:35:15,580 --> 00:35:17,498 If I had to be under there for four minutes, 745 00:35:17,532 --> 00:35:19,066 I got myself to four minutes. 746 00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:22,019 I think I'm in second or third place, 747 00:35:22,053 --> 00:35:23,554 but definitely not in first. 748 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:26,174 I think Kate Winslet held hers longer. 749 00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,626 Yes, man, look at that! 750 00:35:29,677 --> 00:35:30,895 It's not a competition. 751 00:35:32,163 --> 00:35:35,516 NARRATOR: But because of it, audiences get to see untethered joy 752 00:35:35,550 --> 00:35:39,053 and pure exhilaration in The Way of Water. 753 00:35:39,086 --> 00:35:42,073 It took months for us to get there. 754 00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:43,391 It was wonderful. 755 00:35:43,424 --> 00:35:46,711 It wasn't easy, but my god, was it rewarding. 756 00:35:46,744 --> 00:35:48,346 It was amazing. 757 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:54,285 [instrumental music] 758 00:35:55,503 --> 00:35:57,205 WOMAN 1: To your right, please. 759 00:35:57,805 --> 00:35:59,557 TRINITY: I'm feeling really excited. 760 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:01,409 - This is action. - Oh, my gosh. 761 00:36:01,442 --> 00:36:02,693 Time for the premiere. 762 00:36:02,727 --> 00:36:06,280 We're here at the world premiere, so I feel so lucky to be here for Avatar 763 00:36:06,314 --> 00:36:07,949 and part of this Avatar family. 764 00:36:09,250 --> 00:36:10,351 Come with me. 765 00:36:13,487 --> 00:36:14,856 Stars are born! 766 00:36:22,146 --> 00:36:24,332 Why do we make movies? To share them. 767 00:36:24,365 --> 00:36:26,234 And now tonight, we're finally getting to share it, 768 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,586 and people can see what we're talking about. 769 00:36:29,053 --> 00:36:30,788 MAN 1: And bank to your right please! 770 00:36:31,806 --> 00:36:35,426 Jim is so immersed in the vision of Avatar 771 00:36:35,459 --> 00:36:36,561 and what it is. 772 00:36:40,114 --> 00:36:43,734 It's an extremely clear universe that he's created. 773 00:36:45,536 --> 00:36:49,740 SIGOURNEY WEAVER: I think it's one of the most beautiful, most stunning, 774 00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:52,994 delightful, terrifying, you know, all the things you want 775 00:36:53,027 --> 00:36:54,495 in a Jim Cameron film. 776 00:36:56,247 --> 00:36:57,932 I think it's worth you dressing up 777 00:36:57,965 --> 00:37:00,835 and putting on a nice sweater, and you know, 778 00:37:00,868 --> 00:37:02,703 holding your partner's hand, and taking your kid 779 00:37:02,737 --> 00:37:05,590 and buying them popcorn and sitting together as a family. 780 00:37:05,623 --> 00:37:08,526 I just hope they go to watch it in theaters, 781 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:10,177 because they're not going to regret it. 782 00:37:10,728 --> 00:37:14,148 JAMES: We're at the, the most interesting stage of any film 783 00:37:14,181 --> 00:37:17,551 where you've done your best, there's nothing more you can do 784 00:37:17,585 --> 00:37:19,303 that you haven't thought of already. 785 00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:22,173 And it's going to go out there to the world. 786 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:23,257 You hand it over. 787 00:37:23,691 --> 00:37:26,527 And I don't know how people are going to react. 788 00:37:26,928 --> 00:37:32,316 I know the film delivers, but have tastes changed? 789 00:37:32,350 --> 00:37:34,335 You know, we're in a post-pandemic world, 790 00:37:34,368 --> 00:37:36,070 we're in a current streaming world. 791 00:37:36,103 --> 00:37:37,888 You know, we're going to have to see together. 792 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:40,508 It's an anxious time, but it's also a time of relief, 793 00:37:40,541 --> 00:37:42,593 because we've done it.