Zoe Saldana Trades Avatar Suits for Bullets

I love it, like on a Sunday, like I don't feel guilty that I don't brush my teeth on a Sunday.

So you'll go one day without showering? Cuz I could go three.

You can?

Yes.

I can go three, but just washing the basics.

What's up, guys? Nicky Novak here in the Young Hollywood studio with the badass and bulletproof Zoe Saldana. I like badass. Do you like Well, I know you like being called a badass, right? Do you take that as a compliment?

You know why? Because I so do not feel like a badass like in my life. I know what's going on here. Young Hollywood. What's up Young Hollywood? Um, I, I, I, I'm, I'm a little wimpy, actually. If I see like a spider inside the house, you know. Oh my god. Acting like I'm a badass is easy for me. Being a badass in my everyday life is not not good.

Well, you're a badass in Colombiana. Please don't kill me.

I'm not gonna kill you.

Oh no, no. One of those movies that stays with you. You you leave it and you're not What's wrong with Young Hollywood? But I've heard that you said the other reason I called you bulletproof is cuz you said when you shot Avatar, your body was so fit that it was like you could take bullets. Was it the same for Colombiana or?

A little bit. A little bit, but um, but remember I was training for Avatar. I was training for for like seven months. So, I was able to wake up in the morning and eat like four bagels with tons of butter and like four eggs and bacon and everything. For Colombiana, it wasn't the same. We were in Paris, so there was like a lot of We had to, oh no, the baguettes and, and the cheese, and the food is just so delicious. So, um, that was great. For this, it was not as acrobatic or graceful. She you need to be more contact, like um, hand-to-hand combat. More raw. More raw.

So, in your own life, when you kick back after doing the movie, do you stay in shape? Do you stay firm? Do you think once you've done that, it's sort of I mean, are you I don't, I don't let, I don't, I don't even know what it's like to let yourself go.

I, I don't, when people go I just let myself go. It's like, what are you, stupid? I do please myself a little.

I heard that you actually love to sort of have your downtime and not shower. And I'm like, that's a girl that I love.

I love it. Like on a Sunday, like I don't feel guilty that I don't brush my teeth on a Sunday.

So you'll go one day without showering? Cuz I could go three.

You can?

Yes. Oh my god. So you okay, I can go three, but I like not not taking a bath or a shower. But just washing the basics. Right. You know what I'm saying? Like I I can't be more than a day without brushing my teeth. Uh, but I I do I do like to just not wash. Yes, I like to not wash the hair cuz when you're in the business, you always have to, you know.

I don't like to wash my hair out every day. I I don't. I think like every three days is fine.

So we have some questions from your Twitter fans.

Okay. Yes.

First one from Masha 19 Maria. Hello, Zoe. I like your magazine covers. Describe yourself in three words.

Oh, impossible. This is a unpredictable, um, human and um, and a perfectionist.

You it but it shows in a good way. I love I dance. Ask you, did your dance background help you prepare for scenes in Colombiana?

I I I'm a firm believer that had I not had my my athletic background growing up, I would not have been able to do films or play characters like Neytiri in Avatar, Aisha in The Losers, and Cataleya in Colombiana. And because of that, I've been exposed to playing roles that a lot of women can't uh, uh, because they're not physically they're physically challenged. That's what we should all be. And that's okay. I'm never the badass.

Thank you so much for coming in, Miss bulletproof and badass.

Oh, jeez. I love that.