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"Willem Dafoe dons stilts and a performance capture suit to play Martian warrior Tars Tarkas in Disney&amp;#039;s new blockbuster John Carter. The Spider-Man star - who reunites with his Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton on the film - is almost unrecognisable as the green-skinned nine-foot tall alien, but it was a challenge he was keen to take on.  &amp;gt; Taylor Kitsch John Carter Twitter Q&amp;amp;A Dafoe told Digital Spy of embodying Tars Tarkas: &amp;quot;That was one of the attractive things, because I&amp;#039;d never done [performance capture] before. With Andrews&amp;#039;s Pixar background he knows animation really well, so he was able to describe the process of how we were going to shoot this. &amp;quot;I liked being around him, he works beautifully, he&amp;#039;s a good combination of rigour and play. He goes between those two things very easily.&amp;quot; John Carter will open in cinemas worldwide on March 9. &amp;gt; John Carter Andrew Stanton interview &amp;gt; John Carter Lynn Collins interview "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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