James Cameron says Avatar technology could keep stars young forever
Forget plastic surgery, James Cameron says the technology he used for Avatar could be used to keep Clint Eastwood and Sean Connery forever young.
The director says the photorealistic CGI technology that created the alien Na’vi race in Avatar could be used to bring Humphrey Bogart back to life – or make new James Bond films with Sean Connery as 007.
Cameron said: “How about another Dirty Harry movie where Clint looks the way he looked in 1975? Or a James Bond movie where Sean Connery looks the way he did in Doctor No? How cool would that be?”
Cameron’s computer trickery in Avatar has already led many to comment on how Sigourney Weaver appears to look 20 years younger when she enters her alien body in the fictional world of Pandora.
Cameron said: “There’s no way to scan what’s underneath the surface to what the actor is feeling. You could put Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart in a movie together, but it wouldn’t be them. You’d have to have somebody play them. And that’s where I think you cross an ethical boundary.”