""I was offered a little movie called , James Cameron offered me 10% of it," Damon said at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, per . "I will go down in history... you will never meet an actor who turned down more money.""
""I can't remember if I sent him the script or not. I don't think I did? Then we wound up on a call and he said, 'I love to explore doing a movie with you. I have a lot of respect for you as a filmmaker. [ Avatar] sounds intriguing. But I really have to do this Jason Bourne movie. I've agreed to it, it's a direct conflict, and so, regretfully, I have to turn it down.'""
""Now what he's done is he's extrapolated 'I get 10 percent of the gross on all my films.' And if, in his mind, that's what it would've taken for him to do Avatar, then it wouldn't have happened. Trust me on that.""
Matt Damon stated he was offered 10% to star in James Cameron's 2009 film and declined due to an existing Jason Bourne commitment. Damon said he had a contract and did not want to leave his crew "in the lurch a little bit," while expressing a strong desire to work with Cameron. James Cameron disputes Damon's account, saying Damon was never offered the part and that their conversations were preliminary and limited to availability. Cameron stated there was never a deal or character discussion and suggested Damon's 10% claim is an extrapolation that would not have secured casting.
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