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An actress denounces James Cameron and Disney for using her image for the face of the protagonist of ‘Avatar’: “That’s not filmmaking. That’s theft”

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Actress Q’orianka Kilcher has denounced filmmaker James Cameron and Disney for having used her image without her consent to create the facial features of Neytiri, one of the protagonists of the franchise. Avataraccording to several Anglo-Saxon media that have had access to the lawsuit. The document specifies that Cameron “extracted her facial features” and “directed his design team” to base the character on her appearance after seeing her in an advertisement promoting the 2005 Terrence Malick film. the new world (The New World), in which the performer, of Peruvian origin, gave life to Pocahontas. “I never imagined that someone I trusted would systematically use my face as part of an elaborate design process and integrate it into a production line without my knowledge or consent. That crosses a very important line. This act is deeply wrong,” the actress alleges in the lawsuit.

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