Josh Brolin remembers James Cameron's reaction when he turned down a role in Avatar: "I heard he was angry"
Nov. 25, 2024He was offered a role in the sci-fi franchise
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Josh Brolin says James Cameron had a surprisingly strong reaction when he turned down a role in Avatar.
“I heard he was angry,” the actor said during an appearance onIn Depth with Graham Bensinger. “I understand it, because when you have something in your mind and you have a status and a power… you’re used to people feeling really grateful that you are offering it to them.”
Brolin didn’t reveal what the role was or why he turned it down, but added, “I don’t know if that’s the case with him because I don’t know him well enough. But it was based on the [project]. It wasn’t based on him.”
While Brolin may have decided to give Avatar a miss, he did end up joining another sci-fi franchise: Dune. He plays Gurney Halleck, House Atreides' weapons master and a fierce ally of Timothée Chalamet’s Paul, in both of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptations of Frank Herbert’s novel.
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