James Cameron is amused by Matt Damon's blues over passing on a role in his super successful Avatar film series.
"He's beating himself up over this," the 68-year-old Oscar-winning filmmaker joked to BBC Radio when asked about Damon's past revelation that he turned down Cameron's offer to star in— with 10 percent of the film's eventual $2.9 billion box office haul. "Matt, you're kind of like one of the biggest movie stars in the world. Get over it."
Cameron went on to admit that he understood Damon's decline, noting that the 52-year-old "had to do another helmer also responded to a request for Damon to appear in a small role in a future
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