The casting director tells IndieWire, "If you don't care about the characters, you're not gonna care about the movie," while discussing her work on the visual effects-heavy 'Avatar' films. From the outside looking in, the perception around making films like “ Avatar: Fire and Ash ” is that the visual effects come first, and the performances are secondary. But casting director Margery Simkin is happy to clarify that it is actually the other way around when working with Oscar-winning director