Matt Damon has revealed that he “turned down the most money an actor has ever been offered” when he mentioned no to Sam Worthington’s position in James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster fantasy epic Avatar. While he did not verify the quantity, the reported remuneration as per the Mahaz News report is round $250 million. (Also Read: Oppenheimer actor Matt Damon promised spouse he’d go on a break, except Christopher Nolan known as him and supplied a movie)
Matt Damon on turning down Avatar
In the interview, Matt Damon mentioned whereas he was determined to work with James Cameron, he had a previous dedication to ending the Bourne franchise, the motion thriller motion pictures he performed the titular character of Jason Bourne in.
“I did. I had, I had. I had a contract…I was in the middle of shooting the Bourne movie and I knew that we were going to need work at the end and I had to get it all the way to the finish line and I would have to leave the movie kind of early and leave them in the lurch a little bit and I didn’t want to do that. I desperately wanted to work with Cameron. I mean, because he worked so rarely,” Matt mentioned within the interview.
Matt’s interplay with John Krasinski
In the identical interview, Matt mentioned he as soon as mentioned turning down Avatar with actor-director John Krasinski, and his response was hilarious. “It would have… my favorite reaction to this was, I told John Krasinski, we were writing this little movie a long time ago called Promised Land and we were in my kitchen and it was a Saturday morning and we were on a break and I said, Yeah, I tell him about Avatar, and he launches himself out of the chair. He starts pacing the kitchen, he goes, okay, okay, okay. Okay, okay. Nothing in your life would be different today if you had done that movie, except you and I would be having this conversation in space. I would have been the same guy, I just would have had a space station,” Matt mentioned.
Avatar turned the best grossing movie of all time when it launched in 2009 by making round $2.92 billion {dollars}. It even received three Oscars the following yr. The movie’s sequel Avatar 2: The Way of Water launched in cinemas final yr.
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