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James Cameron<\/figcaption>photo: Gareth Cattermole (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nJames Cameron<\/span> is never going to pass on the opportunity to take a jab at another major franchise<\/span>and Stranger Things’ <\/em>ticket has just been called. The blockbuster director says one of the major motivations behind the back-to-back filming of Avatar<\/em> 2-4 was to avoid the \u201cStranger Things<\/em> effect,\u201d or when your young actors look too old to play children due to the natural aging process. <\/p>\n\u201cOtherwise, you get\u2014and I love Stranger Things\u2014<\/em>but you get the Stranger Things<\/em> effect, where they’re supposed to still be in high school [but] they look like they’re 27,\u201d Cameron tells Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/span>. \u201cYou know, I love the show. It’s okay, we’ll suspend disbelief. We like the characters. But, you know.\u201d<\/p>\nHis main concern was for Jack Champion\u2014who plays the Spider\u2014who over the course of shooting was \u201cgrowing like a weed.\u201d Champion snagged the role when he was 12, and wrapped filming the Avatar<\/em> sequels four years later at 16. <\/p>\n Now, this whole \u201caging-out\u201d worry seems moot when you’re utilizing technology that enables 73-year-old Sigourney Weaver<\/span> to play a teenager in The Way Of Water<\/em>, but sure. However, Cameron could not heck Champion’s aging, and even throughout Avatar: The Way Of Water<\/em><\/span>the changes between the actor from ages 14 and 16 still peek through all those visual effects.<\/p>\n\u201cIn some scenes, I’m 14, and then in the next scene, I’m 16,\u201d Champion says in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/span>. \u201cSo I’m like, ‘Wait a second, I look slightly more pudgy.’ And then in another scene, I’m 2 inches taller with abs. It’s a little weird sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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\u201cThey did some CGI stuff, but it’s not like they had the anti-aging serum from the movie,\u201d Champion adds. \u201cPuberty just happens, and we had to let it run its course.\u201d<\/p>\n
with The Way Of Water<\/em> swiftly dominating box offices upon its release, those involved in the films are already looking forward to the release of Avatar 3<\/em><\/span>which has nearly completed shooting principal photography. <\/p>\n\u201cI was very shocked by [Avatar 3<\/em>]. It just takes a hard left turn, and that’s not a bad thing. You think you know where it’s going, but then a wrecking ball comes,\u201d Champion says of the sequel. \u201cSo you’re completely like, ‘Oh wow, I never thought that would’ve happened.’ You also see more regions of Pandora, and you get introduced to more cultures. So I think it’s even better than Avatar 2.<\/em> Collectively, they’ll each get better.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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