Matt Damon has opened up about his “stupid” choice to turn down the blockbuster hit. Avatar That reached 2 billion dollars.
gave Goodwill Hunting The star was offered the lead role in the epic science fiction film, with the film’s director, James Cameron, offering her 10% of the film’s box office profits.
However, the actor opted out of the deal that could have earned him $250 million, a decision he later regretted.
“It’s the dumbest thing an actor has ever done in the history of acting,” Damon said. Fun tonight In a joint interview with Zoe Saldana.
“I don’t think your career suffered because of it, trust me,” Saldana, who played the lead role in the film, said.
“Do you know what kind of movie it would be if I was in it?” Damon joked before praising Saldana for her many films that have grossed more than $2 billion.
“I didn’t plan it, trust me. I’ve always felt lucky that I was chosen, that I worked really hard and auditioned. I’m not Matt Damon. I don’t turn down avatars. Come on,” Saldana quipped
“I’ve probably done 50 movies,” Damon continued. “I’ve never been in a movie that made $1 billion.”
At the Cannes Film Festival 2021, Damon made headlines when he revealed that he turned down the role of Jack Sully in the film, which later went to Sam Worthington.
“I will go down in history,” Damon said at the time. “You’ll never meet an actor who turned down more money.”
In an interview with BBC Radio, “He’s beating himself up over it,” Cameron said of Damon’s decision to turn down the film.
“And I really think you know, ‘Matt you’re 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 it. So he sadly had to decline,” he added.