Sigourney Weaver took part in a brief career Q&A session at the Red Sea Film Festival this afternoon, during which she praised her Avatar director James Cameron and said she hopes the unique performance capture technology he developed for the animated films can be shared across the industry.

“I look forward to the time when we can share this technology,” Weaver told the audience in Jeddah, adding that Cameron’s tech allows filmmakers to avoid issues around lighting, costume changes, make-up, and “all that, you know, waiting for the clouds or waiting for the sun,” she said.

“It gets rid of it. So it’s a much purer experience for the director and the cast,” Weaver said.

Cameron and his filmmaking crew developed a new form of performance capture tech to produce his Avatar films. Wit

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