Director James Cameron works on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

The follow up to the 2009’s “Avatar” introduces a new generation of stars to the blockbuster franchise.
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Transcript for Director James Cameron works on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
♪ ALL YOU PEOPLE CAN'T YOU SEE CAN'T YOU SEE ♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "GMA" AND THAT CLIP FROM "AVATAR," THE BLOCKBUSTER BREAKING RECORDS BACK IN 2009. NOW OVER A DECADE LATER, VISIONARY DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON IS READY TO TAKE AUDIENCES BACK TO PANDORA WITH "AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER." ADDING A NEW GENERATION OF STARS TO THE CAST. JOINING US LIVE FROM PANDORA AT DISNEY'S ANIMAL KINGDOM IS TRINITY BLISS, BAILEY BASS, JACK CHAMPION AND JAMIE FLATTERS. GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF YOU. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> HI. >> GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. >> GOOD MORNING. >> SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT IN HERE. THE ORIGINAL "AVATAR" CAME OUT IN 2009. AND, TRINITY, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THIS WAS THE SAME YEAR YOU WERE BORN AND YOU'VE SAID THAT HALF YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN "AVATAR." WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT, AND WHEN DID YOU SEE THE ORIGINAL? >> WELL, YES, I WAS ONLY A MONTH OLD WHEN THE FIRST "AVATAR" RELEASED. SO I WAS AT HOME SUCKING ON MY BINKIE AND ALL MY FAMILY WENT TO SEE IT AND THEY LOVED IT. I FINALLY GOT TO WATCH IT WHEN I WAS AUDITIONING AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MOVIE. IT'S STILL DEFINITELY ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES. I CAN WATCH IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND RECENTLY THE RE-RELEASE CAME OUT AND I ACTUALLY WENT TO WATCH IT THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE. >> LOVE THAT. I SAW THE RE-RELEASE WITH MY DAUGHTERS ACTUALLY. IT WAS GREAT. NOW, BAILEY, HOW DO YOU WRAP YOUR BRAIN AROUND BEING A PART OF SOMETHING SO BIG HERE? >> IT'S REALLY HARD TO DO THAT AND YOU -- IT'S EVEN HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS BECAUSE IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE AND TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE IS EVEN MORE. WORKING WITH JIM WAS JUST -- HE PAYS ATTENTION TO EVERY LITTLE DETAIL AND TAKES CARE OF US AND LOOKS AT US AS MORE THAN JUST A TOOL. HE SEES US AS PEOPLE AND AS CREATOR AND IT WAS REALLY A GIFT TO WORK WITH HIM. >> ALL RIGHT, TRINITY, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH SOME SERIOUS TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR THIS FILM. TELL US ABOUT IT. >> YES. WE HAD THREE MONTHS OF TRAINING BEFORE WE EVER STARTED FILMING AND THEN WE KEPT ON TRAINING THROUGH FILMING. WE TRAINED IN ARCHERY AND IN PARKOUR, MOVEMENT, FREE DIVING, SIGN LANGUAGE -- >> YEAH. >> SCUBA CERTIFICATION. >> SCUBA CERTIFICATION. >> AND WE HAD THE BEST COACHES TO GUIDE US THROUGH IT. MAKE US THE BEST NA'VIS WE COULD BE. >> YOU THINK "THE WAY OF WATER," SCUBA CERTIFICATION WOULD BE IMPORTANT. JACK, SO WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH ALL THE SPECIAL EFFECTS? WE KNOW "AVATAR" IS KNOWN FOR THE SPECIAL EFFECTS AND PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT. >> SINCE I PLAY A HUMAN, I HAD TO TWO YEARS OF PERFORMANCE CAPTURE IN L.A., YOU KNOW, AND I WAS ACTUALLY WITH THE CAST AND PERFORMED IN CAPTURE SUITS. THEN DID ANOTHER TWO YEARS WITHOUT THE CAST IN NEW ZEALAND BUT ON REAL SETS BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS LIKE A HUMAN, I WOULD HAVE TO LIKE -- THESE TEN-FOOT-TALL NA'VI PUPPETS. SO IT WAS REALLY IMAGINATION BUILDING, I'D SAY. >> AND, JAMIE, TELL US ABOUT LEARNING THAT UNIQUE ACCENT FOR YOUR CHARACTER. >> YEAH, THE ACCENT IS DEFINITELY CHALLENGING BUT LUCKILY WE HAD THE ACTORS FROM THE FIRST FILM SHOW US THE WAY AND WE DEFINITELY MADE THEIR TECHNIQUES THE BIBLE AND THE GUIDELINE TO, LIKE, FIND OUR OWN SORT OF TAKE ON THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CHARACTER. >> THAT WAS ALSO A BIG PART OF TRAINING. >> THAT WAS A BIG PART OF TRAINING, YES. >> THE LANGUAGE AND ACCENTS. >> A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING THERE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE MOVIE. WE CAN HEAR THE PANDORA SOUNDS IN THE BACKGROUND AT DISNEY WORLD. VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> SAME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> "AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER"

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