James Cameron Rejected Fox’s ‘Avatar’ Notes
James Cameron Rejected Fox's #Avatar Notes by Telling Execs: 'I Made "Titanic"' and It Paid for Your 'Half-Billion Dollar' Studio Lot https://t.co/sbpJsePQjq
- Variety (@Variety) September 19, 2022
James Cameron revealed that he shut down 20th Century Fox executives.
They tried to battle him over a key sequence in “Avatar.”
Cameron rejected the studio’s notes to make the film shorter and to trim the movie’s flying sequences by telling executives that he directed “Titanic” and thus paid for a large portion of the 20th Century Fox studio lot.
“And afterward, they thanked me. I feel that my job is to protect their investment, often against their own judgment. But as long as I protect their investment, all is forgiven.”
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