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Michelle Rodriguez
Michelle Rodríguez plays the fighter pilot "Trudy Chacón" in Avatar. She is sympathetic to the '"Na'vi's" cause and doesn't want "Pandora" and its people to be destroyed.
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Michelle Rodríguez plays the fighter pilot "Trudy Chacón" in Avatar. She is sympathetic to the '"Na'vi's" cause and doesn't want "Pandora" and its people to be destroyed.
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Since starring in Avatar, Michelle Rodríguez has had leading roles in Resident Evil and the most recent parts of The Fast and the Furious movie series.
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Giovanni Ribisi is "Parker Selfridge," the administrator of the RDA mining operation. He sides with "Colonel Quaritch" and agrees to an attack on the "Na'vi".
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In 2012, Giovanni Ribisi starred in the comedy Ted. More recently, he played a leading role in the film Selma, which was nominated for four Oscars in 2015. He will be returning to screens in the sequels Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 in 2022 and 2024. He has also made a name for himself on the small screen, starring in all three seasons of the Amazon original series Sneaky Pete in from 2017 until 2019.
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Avatar still is among the ten most expensive movies of all time. The film officially cost an enormous $250 million dollars to be produced. Some experts say the amount was actually much higher and estimate that the film cost an unbelievable $400 to $500 million.
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The American linguist Paul Frommer developed the "Na'vi" language. The academic invented over 1000 words especially for the Avatar franchise!
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According to director James Cameron, about 60 percent of the film is computer-generated.
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The second part of the franchise, aptly named Avatar 2: The Way of Water, has taken cinema screens by storm in December 2022 and stars the original cast plus Kate Winslet, Vin Diesel and Oona Chaplin!