Zoe Saldana says starring in sci-fi films made her color-blind and gender-blind

Apr 8, 2017

Zoe Saldana, in a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph, said that she was a “sci-fi buff” and that she enjoyed being in science fiction movies because “you get to play characters who defy gravity.”

Saldana, who has starred in such sci-fi blockbusters as Avatar, Star Trek, and Guardians of the Galaxy, said of the reason she is drawn to the genre of sci-fi, “It makes me feel superhuman because, obviously, it’s been brought to my attention continuously since I was born that I’m not a conventional person because of the color of my skin or my gender or my cultural background.”

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“I think science fiction has given me the ability as an artist to be color blind, and gender-blind… and to imagine and reinvent myself and be the chameleon actors are supposed to be,” she added.

She went on to talk about how she had grown up with a love of science fiction, particularly with the strong heroine characters that she was able to see on the screen. “I love Aliens, I love The Terminator – Sarah Connor and Ellen Ripley were the only action heroines I could identify with growing up,” she said.