JamesCameron joked about that Matt Damon almost slipped through BRL 1.5 billion because he had turned down a role in avatarfrom 2009.
In 2021, the actor took part in a panel Cannes Film Festival and revealed that it was quoted for the feature film and that the filmmaker even offered it 10% of the profit of the film, but he declined.
What he didn’t expect, however, was that Avatar would become the highestgrossing film in the history of cinema, grossing more than US$2.9 billion (approx. R$15.5 billion). He could have made nearly BRL 1.5 billion that way if he accepted the offer.
In a recent BBC Radio 1 interview, Cameron was asked about Damon and immediately burst out laughing. “He blamed himself for that. But I think Matt you’re kind of one of the biggest movie stars, get over it.”
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James Cameron, director of “Avatar” and “Titanic”, is one of Hollywood’s most successful filmmakers. Photo: JEON HEONKYUN/EFE/EPA 12/09/22
“He had to make another film out of it [Jason] Bourne, who was on his runway and he couldn’t do anything about it, so unfortunately he had to cancel,” the director continued.
At the time, Damon was the star of the action franchise. Jason Bourne, about a former CIA agent. He played the character in five films between 2002 and 2016.
Cameron even teased that Damon could appear in the upcoming Avatar sequels after The Path of Water, which are currently in theaters: “We have to, to put the world back in balance. But this time he doesn’t get 10%. Fit.”
Watch the moment from minute 7:45 (it is possible to turn on automatic translation in the video):