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Connecting Michelle Rodriguez and Nikola Tesla
Michelle Rodriguez
American actress
She also appeared in the commercially successful crime thriller '' S.W.A.T.'' (2003), and later starred in James Cameron's science fictionepic '' Avatar'' (2009) and in the action film '' Battle: Los Angeles'' (2011).
Later that year, Rodriguez starred in James Cameron's high-budget sci-fi adventure epic '' Avatar'', which became one of the highest-grossing films in history and Rodriguez's most successful film to date.
In 2018, she starred opposite Viola Davis in '' Widows'' from award-winning director Steve McQueen, and in 2019 reunited with director James Cameron on the film '' Alita: Battle Angel''.
James Cameron
Canadian filmmaker
He stated "Without Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, there wouldn't have been Ray Bradbury or Robert A. Heinlein, and without them, there wouldn't be [George] Lucas, [Steven] Spielberg, Ridley Scott or me".
H. G. Wells
In ''The First Men in the Moon'' Wells used the idea of radio communication between astronomical objects, a plot point inspired by Nikola Tesla's claim that he had received radio signals from Mars.
Michelle Rodriguez
American actress
In 2011, she appeared with Aaron Eckhart in the science fiction film '' Battle: Los Angeles'' which grossed over {{US$|200{{nbsp}}million}} in the worldwide box office.
Aaron Eckhart
American actor
The film was critically and financially unsuccessful. Also in 2003, he appeared in '' The Missing'', in which he played Cate Blanchett's lover, and in the action-thriller ''Paycheck'' opposite Ben Affleck. '' Paycheck'', based on a short story by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, garnered generally negative reception. Film critic Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' gave the film two stars (out of four), saying that he "enjoyed the movie" but felt that it "exploits [Dick's story] for its action and plot potential, but never really develops it."
Philip K. Dick
The comic was produced by writer David Mack (''Daredevil'') and artist Pascal Alixe (''Ultimate X-Men''), with covers provided by artist Paul Pope.
Paul Pope
American cartoonist
He's someone born into an overarching police state; someone with the body of David Beckham, the brain of Tesla, and the wealth of Howard Hughes... pretending to be Nosferatu." The story, colored by José Villarrubia, was originally presented in a four-part prestige format in 2006.
Michelle Rodriguez
American actress
In 2018, she starred opposite Viola Davis in '' Widows'' from award-winning director Steve McQueen, and in 2019 reunited with director James Cameron on the film '' Alita: Battle Angel''.
Viola Davis
American actress (born 1965)
In 1992, Davis starred in her first professional stage role, an off Broadway production of William Shakespeare's comedy '' As You Like It'' as Denis alongside Elizabeth McGovern at the Delacorte Theatre.
William Shakespeare
Among those who championed him were the writers Voltaire, Goethe, Stendhal, and Victor Hugo.{{efn|Grady cites Voltaire's ''Philosophical Letters'' (1733); Goethe's '' Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'' (1795); Stendhal's two-part pamphlet '' Racine et Shakespeare'' (1823–25); and Victor Hugo's prefaces to '' Cromwell'' (1827) and '' William Shakespeare'' (1864).}}
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Serbian inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla was heavily influenced by Goethe's ''Faust'', his favorite poem, and had actually memorized the entire text.
Kate Bosworth
American actress and model
Bosworth was cast as reporter Lois Lane in Bryan Singer's superhero film '' Superman Returns'' (2006).
Bryan Singer
American filmmaker
Singer directed another X-Men film, '' X-Men: Apocalypse'', that he also produced and co-wrote with Simon Kinberg, Dan Harris, and Michael Dougherty. '' Days of Future Past'' stars Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, and Evan Peters re-teamed with Singer for ''Apocalypse''.
Nicholas Hoult
Hoult was cast in the role of Nikola Tesla, for which he grew a moustache and attended science lessons about electromagnetism and dynamos.
