The Breaking Point on Pandora The promotional tour for James Cameron’s highly anticipated Avatar: Fire and Ash kicked off this week, but the mood was anything but celebratory during Zoe Saldaña’s cover interview with Rolling Stone. The actress, who returns as the fierce warrior Neytiri, revealed that the grueling production schedule for the third installment pushed her to her absolute physical and mental limit, leading to a moment where she seriously considered walking away from the franchise.