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>> larry: by the way, richard baynum and vince pace, the two geniuses behind mr. cameron, we heard from them earlier. i just want to establish who you are looking at in case you're just joining us. joining us now is joel david moore. he plays dr. norman spellman in "avatar." your character is human but he's also a na'vi avatar? >> yes. >> larry: you had to work with a performance capture helmet. explain that. what was it like? >> you know, like sig said earlier, it's a lot like going back to blackbox theater. going back to the root of acting. you don't have to worry about lights and camera ang...

Joining us now is joel david moore. you had to work with a performance capture helmet. explain that. what was it like? >> you know, like sig said earlier, it's going back to the roots of acting. you don't have to worry about lights and camera angles and if you're blocking someone else. you can get back to two people and acting. i think that's good. >> larry: learning and speaking the language of the people was another challenge for you obviously. what was that like? >> we spent three or four months before we started shooting just learning the language. we would meet with a couple people and th...

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