Michelle Rodriguez on why she won’t let James Cameron reprise her role in ‘Avatar’ sequel

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Avatar film, claiming that it would be “so weird” following her character’s death.Avatar: The Way Of The Water – the sequel to 2009’s first of the franchise series – was released last year and saw the return of Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) after his character was murdered in the first film.However, Rodriguez revealed that filmmaker James Cameron suggested that the franchise should also make a return for her character, despite her death in the same movie.“When I saw Jim recently he was like, ‘I was thinking, What if Michelle came back?

A lot of the other characters came back [in The Way of Water]’,” she told Vanity Fair.The actress immediately turned down his request, she revealed. “I was like, ‘You can’t do that – I died as a martyr,” she explained. “Jim, I came back in Resident Evil, I wasn’t supposed to.

I came back in Machete, I wasn’t supposed to. I came back with Letty, I wasn’t supposed to. We can’t do a fourth, that would be overkill!'”She added: “I don’t understand, it’s so weird.