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eerie. And wonderful. Because if you're Benedict Cumberbatch playing Smaug, you're going see a 60-foot tall dragon. It's cool but you're probably not going to feel attached to it. It’s like, ‘that's over there’. But when I was playing Alita, we were one and the same. They used a lot of my real face and the real scars and divots and muscle pulls and lines and creases and imperfections to look like me.
Although one thing I had to change was my posture, because cyborgs don't hunch! And I have the worst posture. I think it looks amazing and even though it's a complete rendering of me, it feels like me. I can see myself and I'm attached to it.
Did you have to learn a lot of fighting skills? Yeah. Training almost killed me. When I walked in there, I was made out of croissants. I was writing my short film and writers don't eat well. So, I was really out of shape. I mean, I was thin, but I had no endurance, no core. I trained with Keith Hirabayashi for months and months and months and I changed to a plant-based diet and it was very hard. I'd never changed my diet in that way before.
Does it feel almost like you have kind of a different body? Well, now I'm vegan. Because James Cameron convinced me to be vegan and he's right. Plant-based diet. So, yeah, I am constantly finding that my body is very different. But you feel stronger, more capable. It's not just me, I have to say there are nine women that bring Alita to life. Whenever we reach my physical capabilities or abilities, another person takes over who's been doing this for life. So you have many, many martial artists. You have contortionists. You have rollerbladers. You have different kinds of rollerbladers, trick rollerbladers and then you have me doing all the acting when they're recording the bodily info.
Let’s talk about a couple of your fellow cast members. How was working with Christoph Waltz – was it intimidating at all, working with someone so experienced and acclaimed? I don't know why, but I wasn't intimidated. Although he has a very strong presence. I started out being extremely excited and that never dipped. The first day I met him, he was doing some camera tests and I was peeking around the curtain, trying to catch him in his natural state. He's just so graceful and very powerful and cen- tered. He’s very present and he looks you right in the eye. He’s not selfish with his talent. He’s there with you and you're in good hands. Also, he's very funny and that was really great to be around. He doesn't suffer fools though, you know what I mean? He's going to tell you exactly what's up. It’s such an honor to work with him. I feel like I crossed something off my bucket list.
Let’s talk about a couple of your fellow cast members. How Someone else you share a lot of scenes with is Keean Johnson. What’s the dynamic between the two of you? Well I'm a very, like, ‘Hello, world! I’m here!’ person. I'm loud. You know I'm there and you can probably hear me down the hall. I know what needs to be done and I want to do it. I'm very much a strong woman. And Keean is like this extremely kind, soft, young man. He’s quiet and goes with the flow. And we meet in this nice, middle ground where he looks to me for direction and advice and I look to him to be softer and I kind of take some of his happiness and some of his joyous vibe. Because I have these peaks and valleys emotionally, especially on set when you're 18 hours in. I'm very much an emotional creature. Keean is very steady. He's got this through-line of calm in him and I feed off of that and we sort of helped each other. So yeah, he's my buddy. I love him!
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