Puneet Bansal
Filmmaker James Cameron says he never expected the stars of his sci-fi blockbuster Avatar to fetch Oscar nominations.
The 55-year-old director wasn't expecting the main actors, including Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington and Sigourney Weaver, to be nominated for the Academy Awards because of the use of computer graphics in the film, Empire magazine reported.
"Typically, young leading men don't get nominated until the 15th time they've done it.
Leonardo did not get nominated for 'Titanic'. Was Zoe's performance spectacular?" he said.
The 3-D blockbuster Avatar broke box office records by raking in $2.7 billion.
"Absolutely, but there were many great performances last year. But it is arguable that they would have been nominated if you take the computer generated imagery off the table. Put that back on the table - the CGI part of it - and where the acting community is, they are still low down on the educational curve of what this all means. I didn't expect it and I cautioned them not to expect it, so they'd therefore not be disappointed," Cameron said.
The Oscar-award-winning filmmaker admits that the mythical Na'vi aliens would have looked weird without using the graphics.
"Here's the thing, if it had been in live action, Zoe Saldana would have been in blue make-up and it would not have had the power. Her eyes would not have been those eyes.The blue make-up would have looked terrible.I know - every time I go to a convention or a place where someone decides they're going to be a Na'vi, I'm reminded why we did it the way we did," he said.
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