James Cameron Reacts To Matt Damon Rejecting US$250 Mil Offer Star In Avatar: "Get Over It!"

James Cameron has told Matt Damon to "get over" turning down Avatar.

Damon, 52, revealed to GQ in 2019 that he was courted by Cameron o star in the 2009 sci-fi epic but rejected a deal that would have seen him get 10 percent of the movie's box office profits, which would have earned him more than US$250 million (S$338 mil). 

However, the Titanic maestro has little sympathy for The Good Will Hunting actor.

In an interview with BBC Radio 1, Cameron said: "He's beating himself up over this. And I really think you know, 'Matt you're kind of like one of the biggest movie stars in the world, get over it.'

"But he had to do another Bourne film which was on his runway and there was nothing we could do about that. So he had to regretfully decline."

Cameron would be happy for Damon to make a cameo appearance in a future Avatar sequel but this time without the backend deal. 

"Must do it. We have to do it so the world is in equilibrium again," Cameron said. "But he doesn't get 10 per cent, f*** that."

Damon previously lamented how turning down the chance to play Jake Sully cost him a fortune as the part eventually went to Sam Worthington.

He said: "I was offered a little movie called Avatar. I will go down in history. You will never meet an actor who turned down more money than me."

Damon joked that he would have had enough money to send a rocket into space like tycoons Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.

The Departed actor said: "With these billionaires blasting off into space I probably would have bought a rocket ship, I don't know."

Watch Cameron's BBC interview here:

— BANG SHOWBIZ

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