- Zoe Saldana told Women’s Wear Daily that her ten years of working on franchises had left her “artistically stuck.”
- She has been in movies like “Avatar,” “And Star Trek,” and the ones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Saldaa also thanked the filmmakers she works with for not “fetishizing women’s youth.”
In a new interview with Women’s Wear Daily, Zoe Saldana said that working on some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises didn’t make her feel creatively fulfilled. In the last 15 years, the actor’s career has gone from strength to strength. She feels “artistically stuck,” though, because of her fame.
Saldaa talked to the magazine before “Avatar: The Way of Water,” the sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 science-fiction epic “Avatar,” came out. She knew that working on big-budget movies meant meeting new people in the business and playing characters who were important to audiences.
“I’m thankful for the chances they’ve given me, like working with great directors and making friends with cast members, and playing a role that fans, especially kids, love,” she said.
But she also said that the way these movies are put together doesn’t let her try new things or grow as an actress and that time has been hard for her creatively. “I feel like the last ten years of my life have been a dead end. I felt like I had no choice but to do these franchises “She said.
“It also made me feel like I was stuck in my art like I couldn’t grow, change, or challenge myself by playing different genres and roles,” Saldana said.
This isn’t the first time Saldaa has said she doesn’t like working on big franchises. Recently, she said she wouldn’t mind if she never played Gamora in another Marvel movie again because the role required a lot of green makeup.
But the actor thinks she now has “control” over her age and career. “But today, now that I’m 44, I’ve been able to have these opportunities, and I took control over my aging, my voice, and how I think of myself as a woman,” she said.
Saldaa went on to say that she is glad to work with professionals in the industry who aren’t only interested in casting the industry’s youngest stars in every major production.
“I’m so thankful to be able to work with filmmakers, producers, and other people in the industry who want that for women, who don’t fetishize women’s youth, and who want women to be ageless. Because of this, it’s interesting. It’s a lot to think about, “She said.
Saldaa became well-known in the 2000s when she was in three of the top five highest-grossing movies of all time: “Avatar,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Avengers: Endgame.”
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