Okay, so maybe it wasn’t exactly like that. BUT pretty close (There were a few cameras flashing – that is until they realized that perhaps Sigourney Weaver was perhaps a little higher up on the A-list…) I even gave a couple of interviews – one of them for Youtube and the other was ZDF, a German news channel. Youtube even asked me if I was planning to get in front of the camera any time soon! (I demurred and told the reporter that my interests lay more behind the scenes…it just sort of came out.)
The movie itself was incredible – and I am saying this as someone who is rarely interested in movie in the sci-fi genre! The world of Pandora was breathtaking and let’s be honest, it would be really cool to be a N’avi – 9 ft tall, blue, graceful, and with superhuman powers. One of the most amazing things was how Cameron changed Sam Worthington’s legs to look like those of a paraplegic. Where were his real legs?! (I know he has them because I got to meet him! And actually was sitting next to his mom during the movie!)
As for seeing my uncle as the villain? It was weird. Although maybe not quite as weird as hearing the old british ladies behind me going, “oooh whose that? he’s dishy!” It was weird but he also did a great job and I am not just biased. The reviews agree!
“And the best thing about the film, the absolutely engaging and unforgettable gritty epicenter to what makes this thing not only manna for geeks but something everyone will get a kick out of?
Stephen Lang.”
“the excellent Stephen Lang’s Quaritch, a scenery-chewing bad guy so badass that he can breathe the Pandoran air without a mask.”
Here are some pictures from the event (before, during, and after):
Yes, that really is the man behind the movie, James Cameron, himself!
