Fire and Ash, Oona Chaplin beat the other actresses for Varang, James Cameron explains why

Avatar: Fire and Ash has been in our theaters since December 17th, so the Italian public is about to get to know the very bad girl VARANGthe villalain of Avatar 3played in performance capture by Oona Chaplinunforgotten Talisa Maegyr of the Game of Thrones: there he was a victim, here he is definitely the executioner, leader of the clan of the gods Mangkwan. Specialties: fire. Chatting with Hollywood Reporter, the director James Cameron and the actress told a little about the selection process and the whole experience.

Avatar Fire and Ash, Oona Chaplin: “James discusses a lot and is always there with you on set”

James Cameron he leaves us a (half) revelation when he talks about the casting of Oona Chaplin for the character of VARANG in Avatar: Fire and Ash: “There were three other actresses in the running for the part, I wanted to work with them. Movie star. Fantastic. But there was something she picked up on. Sensuality, dominant psychology, a lot of fury. There are different levels to his behavior, different forces that drive it. I didn’t see the same ability to move from one strength to another in the others. They were fantastic and, in hindsight, I could have cast any of them. But my instinct is always to choose the interpreter who understands the character best.”
Oona Chaplin explains that, when Cameron called her, she initially had difficulty finding her professionalism, disoriented by being faced with a mito like him: the sensation, however, passed quickly, because James immediately seemed to her “a little boy who wants to play“, engaging and spontaneous. Above all, very present: “He is physically, psychologically and spiritually involved in every moment of every scene. Some directors sit and direct from afar, he is on stage with you. It also surprised me a lot the time given to discuss. Technology allows him to take all the time he wants to find the very soul of a scene.” How did you find the experience of performance capture? Painless: “The crazy thing is that It’s basically me there on the screen. I can even tell when my stunt double is doing something, because he moves with a different spirit.” Daughter of Geraldine ChaplinOona is the granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin (yes, really Charlotte).
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