Profile of Jack Champion, the Spider in Avatar: The Way of Water

 Avatar: The Way of Water features many new characters. One of them is Spider, which immediately attracts the attention of the audience.

Spider is a human who lives on Pandora and is close to Jake Sully's family. Even though he is a human from the earth, Spider already thinks of himself as a Na'vi so he is good at doing everything that a Na'vi teenager can.


Spider is played by Jack Champion. Check out his profile below:


1. Zodiac Scorpio

Jack Champion was born on November 16, 2004 in California, United States. He is one of the actors who also keeps some of his personal life a secret, especially about his family. However, he is quite active in sharing his activities with fans via Instagram. Jack's hobbies are photography, swimming and dancing. Playing in the film is like a fortune for him, because he can be close to his favorite actor. It is known that he is a fan of Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana.


2. Career journey

Jack Champion has been actively pursuing acting since 2015. Throughout his career he has starred in more than 20 films and television series. He first appeared as the Bratty Kid in a 2015 broadcast. Then he made his film debut starring in Extraordinary in 2017. After that, his name became known to the public and returned to starring in The Night Sitter and Truck Slut in 2018. It didn't stop there. , Champion also appeared in a minor role in the film Avengers: Endgame in 2019.


3. The training period is about 2 years

Taking part in the film directed by James Cameron, Jack Champion also underwent rigorous training. It is known that he underwent a 2-year training period to learn moves with bows, knives, and others. Apart from that, he also does a lot of high-rep weight training, high-intensity interval training, and boxing training. Meanwhile for freediving training and scuba training he underwent for four years. Overall, Jack prepared for Avatar 2 from the age of 12 to 16 years.


4. Her role in Avatar: The Way of Water

It is known that Jack Champion appears as a new character in Avatar 2. He plays Miles 'Spider' Socorro, the adopted son of Jake Sully and Nyetiri who takes on a human form. Spider seems to have been born in the Pandora military base. He was raised by them because of his young age. This makes him ineligible to be sent back to Earth with the ISV Venture Star. Being a part of Jake Sully's family, Spider is also close to their biological children. Among them are Neteyam, Lo'ak, Kiri, and Tuk.


5. The meaning of the character he plays

Jack Champion is expected to return in the next Avatar 2 film. Avatar 3 which will be released on December 22, 2023 and Avatar 4 which will be released on December 19, 2025. He also expressed the importance of the character he plays in an interview. He is happy to be able to play a character like Spider who has such a deep inner conflict.

"Spider is a human who was born and raised on Pandora, but he has a conflict within him. He is human, but he feels very similar to the Na'vi and belongs to their culture. But it is clear that in the end, he is just like an alien. So it's really cool to play a character with such deep inner conflict," he said, quoted from ScreenRant.


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