{"id":164048,"date":"2022-12-21T08:44:05","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T08:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/avatar-director-james-cameron-talks-matt-damon-rejection\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T08:44:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T08:44:05","slug":"avatar-director-james-cameron-talks-matt-damon-rejection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/avatar-director-james-cameron-talks-matt-damon-rejection\/","title":{"rendered":"Avatar Director James Cameron Talks Matt Damon Rejection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In 2019, Matt revealed that he was actually offered a starring role in the flick but had to say “no.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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According to Matt, he was presented a deal in which he would get 10% of the movie’s profits \u2014 which could have meant millions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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Avatar<\/i> ended up becoming the highest-grossing movie ever, earning over $2 billion worldwide, meaning Matt could have made about $250 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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“He’s beating himself up over this,” he said during an appearance on BBC Radio.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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He jokingly added, “And I really think you know, ‘Matt, you’re kind of like one of the biggest movie stars in the world, get over it.'”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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James went on to explain that at the time, Matt had to do another Bourne<\/i> movie, and there was “nothing we could do about that.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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While Matt had to “regretfully decline” at the time, James says he’d love to have him make a cameo in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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\u201cMust do it. We have to do it so the world is in equilibrium again. But he doesn’t get 10%, fuck that,\u201d James concluded with a laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h2>\n

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