Sep 17, 2019 at 12:44pm PDT
Zoe Saldana’s first passion wasn’t acting—it was ballet. The
Guardians of the Galaxy actress enrolled in the Santo Domingo-based ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy, but she told
Vanity Fair she “didn’t have the feet.”
But her dance background landed her one of her biggest roles. “I think I would have never booked
Avatar if it weren’t for my ballet background,” Zoe told
The New York Times. “The actress James Cameron wanted was physically able. I thank god for something like ballet, which gave that space for me to be by myself and find peace. Ballet was my meditation, my therapy, my escape, my answer.”