Rosa Salazar has multiple reasons that made her take up the lead in the sci-fi franchise.
After Maze Runner franchise, Rosa Salazar is ready for the world to watch her kick ass in another science fiction story. Salazar is the main lead in James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel.
Directed by Robert Rodriguez of Desperado fame, the movie took a long time to go on the floor that Salazar became friends with the helmer and worked on a completely new short film written by her!
Salazar said that director Robert Rodriguez was one of the draws that made her sign up for Alita.
"Robert Rodriguez, who is Latino, and who I've wanted to work with for years, is such an iconic filmmaker because he can make a film out of nothing. Like with El Mariachi. I just really like Robert's cinematic values. And then, of course, there's James Cameron.
"Like Robert, he creates stories with strong, well-rounded female characters. They’ve both been doing it for years," says the actress.
Motion capture was another reason Salazar was eager to play the lead in this sci-fi tale.
"I wanted to do performance capture because I love acting. And I love finding new ways that I can bend my craft and use it to funnel it towards this goal we're all trying to create.
"So it was a combination of things that appealed: the writing, the pedigree, these two guys that know how to direct a woman who is dynamic, has a range and is fighting for something.
"The stars aligned for this. I really wanted to be a Latin woman who is leading a studio franchise with a big budget. Just to show that you can do it," concludes Salazar.
James Cameron announced that he will be making Alita in 2003. But as with many of Cameron's project, this tale too was delayed thanks to his work on the Avatar franchise. But coming out of development hell, Alita saw the light of the day in October 2016 when principal photography began.
Based on Yukito Kishiro's manga Battle Angel Alita, the movie sees Salazar play a disembodied "core" in a post-apocalyptic world who has forgotten about her past and has zero memory of the technological fall.
Also starring Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein, and Michelle Rodriguez, Alita: Battle Angel is set to hit theatres in India on February 8.
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