Nylon April 2010 : Zoe Saldana by Matthew Frost

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ZOE SALDANA: CENTER STAGE

"I love sex and rock 'n roll. You have no idea."

Zoe Saldana's leading role in the most successful film of all time may have been along time coming, but she's just getting started. Here, the actress speaks candidly about Avatar, racism in Hollywood, and doing her homework in a mango tree. Here's a peek at what's inside - read the whole story in our April issue!

On moving from New York City to the Dominican Republic at age 9:
“We went from this urban life to running around barefoot in the countryside and being taught how to gut fish. We were learning how to climb coconut trees – let me tell you, they are ****ing dangerous!... I would do my homework in guava and mango trees.”

On learning dance as a child:
“That was the beginning of a beautiful ****ing romance. That was my Xanax, let me tell you… it put all my demons in order.”

On Hollywood casting:“When they say ‘We want to go white,’ they have a very smooth way of saying it, and the recent one is the word traditional. [I’ve heard] ‘Oh, you know, you’re just not what we were looking for, your skin is a little darker.’ Compared to what?! My skin is just my skin. It’s dark if you compare it to someone who’s lighter.”

On meeting James Cameron:
“I’m thinking he probably imagined some Amazonian girl [for Neytiri] – I had really long hair at the time – wearing really little **** with like, a bow and arrow. I had no idea she was blue and nine feet tall. But for some reason, he was like, ‘You look so much like her!’”
--INTERVIEW BY LUKE CRISELL

justjared,nylonmag.com

 

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[MON]

I love Zoe Zaldana but that cover is not working.

 

[honeyisle]

I actually like the awkwardness of the cover.

 

[gossiping]

why do i even bother with this magazine anymore..

 

[Deleted member 1957]

She always appears candid in her magazine pics I would like to see her fully styled coz she has a modelesque look

 

[Katya]

OMG! Gorgeous cover

 

[maxlinden]

i was a little hype when i heard
but now that I've seen it

BOOOOOOOOOOO!
this looks terrible. It looks like a horrible American Apparel/ Urban Outfitters ad

 

[fantastical]

I like that it's a little more raw and less styled. I love Zoe though, so maybe I'm biased.

 

[sharbear508]

Love Zoe Saldana, but I am sooooo disappointed.

 

[chaneladdict]

i don't like the styling either..she doesn't look right in the look.

 

[KhaoticKharma]

The styling is horrendous. I get and respect that they were going for minimal, but it just didn't work

 

[last waltz]

Nylon covers are usually not so great - in fact, I don't recall them ever having an amazing cover. Nevertheless, I'm always glad to see Zoe in more mags.

 

[lmelanie]

thank god! Finally a woman of color!!

 

[Over the Sea]

Zoe is so beautiful but the styling here is sooo bad it is good to see her on the cover of a mag though

 

[edithandbob]

thank god! Finally a woman of color!!

Word. I actually think I'll buy this just so that if it sells well maybe we won't have to wait another 7 years to see a non-white girl on the cover.

 

[Leeroi]

The styling in the ed is lazy. The overall photography work of it is lazy. The styling in the cover is horrendous, lacy gloves? Ummm. Okay.

Zoe is a very stylish person, and that doesn't come across in any of the pictures whatsoever.

 

[Deleted member 116957]

^You're acting as if Nylon is stylish in the first place.

 

[lulasoares]

Boring

 

[Mirik]

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