SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) - The next-to-last night of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival brought a special Q&A with “Avatar” and “Emilia Perez” star Zoe Saldana. On Friday, Scott Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter recorded a live taping of his “Awards Chatter” podcast with Saldana at the SCAD Museum of Art. The hourlong conversation highlighted Saldana’s career, personal story and experiences on her new film, “Emilia Perez.” Saldana’s trajectory is one that begins as the child of an immigrant family, Dominican and Puerto Rican. Dance was her first love, and one that she claims later helped her in the big-budget action epic movies in which she would go on to star. In front of a sold-out room of SCAD students, she reminisced on The New York Youth Theater, which helped her gain representation. In a short span of time, she went from working at Burger King to filming an ad for the restaurant chain. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 01: Zoe Saldaña speaks onstage at the THR Awards Chatter Live with Zoe Saldaña during the 27th SCAD Savannah Film Festival on November 01, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SCAD) Feinberg’s questions about her experiences working in four of the highest-grossing films of all time, “Avatar” (2009), “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018), “Avengers: Endgame” (2019) and “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022). She humored the crowd with a story of filming the first “Avatar” next to the set of Marvel’s “Iron Man,” pointing out that “they had better catering.” SCAD Savannah Film Festival: Red Carpet recap For her newest film, “Emilia Perez,” a French musical-comedy-crime thriller that screened at the festival later in the evening, Saldana says she was drawn to the lucid script about a cartel leader who wishes to fake her own death. She couldn’t resist the “crazy story.” That irresistible story led to her winning the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival this past May. Saldana's final words were about her hope for the future as an actress: "Everything. I feel like I'm not done as a woman. As women, we have a responsibility to stand up for one another. I want to continue exploring characters. I like understanding people's worlds." “Emilia Perez” will screen in select theatres on Friday before streaming on Netflix beginning Nov. 13.