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Pocahontas actor sues James Cameron for ‘exploiting’ her face to create Avatar character
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Pocahontas actor sues James Cameron for ‘exploiting’ her face to create Avatar character

The Independent·Kevin E G Perry·26 days ago
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Leer en Español Avatar director James Cameron is being sued by Q’orianka Kilcher, who played Pocahontas in 2005’s The New World , over her allegation that he based a key character on her image. Kilcher, who was 14 when she starred opposite Colin Farrell in Terrence Malick’s film, claims that Cameron told her he based the appearance of Zoe Saldana’s character Neytiri on a photograph of her. In the lawsuit, seen by NBC News , Kircher’s representatives argue that “this case exposes how one of Hollywood’s most powerful filmmakers exploited a young Indigenous girl’s biometric identity and cultural heritage to create a record-breaking film franchise — without credit or compensation to her — through a series of deliberate, non-expressive commercial acts.” The Independent has approached Kilcher and Cameron’s lawyers for further comment.…

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