But it almost was! Last year, Avatar Director James Cameron revealed that Matt turned down the role of Jake Sully, which eventually went to Sam Worthington – and was paid $250 million in the process.
A recent one Fun tonight interview with actress Zoe Saldana – who there is in Avatar movie series – Matt admitted he turned it down Avatar in retrospect, it wasn’t the best business decision.
“It’s the dumbest thing an actor has ever done in the history of acting,” he admitted, although Zoe pointed out that his career didn’t exactly “suffer” because of it.
“Do you know what kind of movie it would have been if I was in it?” answered.
“I’ve probably done 50 movies,” he continued. “I’ve never been in a movie that made $1 billion.”
Let this be a lesson to everyone: If life offers Avatarget it.