'Let’s Face It, Neytiri’s A Racist’: Zoe Saldaña Reacts To Her Arc In 'Avatar: Fire And Ash,' And Why The Character Weighed On Her

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The last time we caught up with the Sully family in 2022’s "Avatar: The Way of Water," they were met with tragedy. One of Neytiri and Jake’s children, Neteyam, is killed in the third act while trying to rescue his siblings from Quaritch. In "Avatar: Fire And Ash," the fallout of this is explored, particularly through Neytiri and Jake’s relationship. Sam Worthington previously teased a “division” that pops up between them, and I spoke to Zoe Saldaña about it.  In "Fire And Ash," the core of Neytiri and Jake’s big conflict lies in if they are going to continue to welcome Spider into their family or cast him out following his ability to breathe on Pandora – which fans have been getting heated about since the plotline was revealed in a trailer. Here’s what Saldaña told us about Neytiri’s arc this movie around.

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00:00The closest thing that I can, I can sort of like describe what Natera was going through because it was, it was, it's not something that me as myself, I can understand. I've never, I don't, I don't feel, I don't want to ever feel that amount of hatred in my heart towards anybody.

00:19It doesn't matter how much evil they may inflict, that's their choice, and I just, I choose to not allow hate to poison me, and it has poisoned her, and let's face it, my tears are racist, and she just, and she loses sight because of this blind fury that she has.

00:37She loses sight that the person that she loves the most and respects the most in her life is her husband, and he is human, he's a sky person, and I think it takes a lot of courage for Jake to be honest with her, and to force her, even knowing that she is broken, that he knows that she needs to face this because he sees in the direction that she's heading, and I think it's much more familiar to him where Natera is heading.

01:07than for Natera herself, so it was powerful, and I think that we really needed to go there, but it's, I can't, I can't tell you enough how great it was to also take her off every evening, and just put her on the side, and just go home without her, her, you know, her weight on my, on me.

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