Zoe Saldana talks about Gamora’s big twist and what is after ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Despite Gamora’s fate, Saldana was happy to have been part of the ‘Infinity War’ journey. She is also excited about the ‘Avatar’ sequels
Warning: Major spoilers follow for Avengers: Infinity War. If you haven’t seen it yet but plan to, you may want to stop reading now.
In the months leading up to the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel had been billing the superhero bonanza as something of an end point for many of the franchise’s current storylines. And many fans read that one way: Not everyone would make it out alive.
Still, there’s a moment deep into the drama that delivers one of the movie’s biggest shocks: villain Thanos (Josh Brolin) sacrificing his own daughter, Gamora (Zoe Saldana) – one of the Guardians of the Galaxy and more than just a friend to Peter “Star-Lord” Quill (Chris Pratt) – to retrieve the soul stone, and therefore coming that much closer to completing his mission of wiping out half the universe.
Though Infinity War leaves the fate of many heroes up in the air (including new arrivals to the Marvel Cinematic Universe like Black Panther, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange), Gamora’s death feels more … permanent.
We caught up with Saldana to talk endings, Avatar and playing against Brolin.
Q: How did it feel watching Infinity War for the first time? Were you surprised by anything?
A: I was surprised by all the other stories that were not a part of the story that I shot. A lot of Gamora’s involvement in this whole event takes place with certain characters (namely, the Guardians of the Galaxy), so obviously, she would be completely impervious to whatever is going on outside that. So for me as an actress, I was kind of like that as well.
But I knew (about) and I was very happy with the twist that they were doing. I just kept asking, “OK, am I going to … are you guys going to, you know … is Gamora going to … ?” (Laughs) Which I think is the question so many actors [in the picture] were having anyway.