INTERVIEW: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Costume Designer Deborah L. Scott Discusses Varang Design, ‘Back to the Future,’ and Weta Collaboration

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James Cameron has released the highly anticipated third movie in his Avatar franchise, Avatar: Fire and Ash, the conclusion to the first Avatar saga that began with Avatar (2009) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). 

The story sees the Sullys deal with grief after the death of Neteyam while dealing with new threats from the Mangkwan, aka the Ash People, while facing the threat of a returning Quaritch and the rest of the RDA. 

There are many iconic people who worked together to bring this visual spectacle to the screen, and we at Nexus Point News got the chance to interview the legendary costume designer Deborah L. Scott, who worked on the previous Avatar movies, Titanic, Back to the Future and so much more. 

We sat down with her to talk about the Mangkwan’s design and specifically Varang’s design and how it connects to her personality, working on smaller sci-fi films such as Back to the Future compared to a grander sci-fi like Avatar, her collaboration with Weta and much more. 

Watch our interview below:

Avatar: Fire and Ash is now playing in theaters.