Saldaña was no stranger to action movies before she did Avatar. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Vantage Point, and Star Trek were just a few of the genre films she dabbled in.

Actor Zoe Saldaña’s career changed in more ways than one after she signed her life away to the Avatar franchise. Incidentally, the thrill she experienced while doing James Cameron’s sci-fi epic made ...