Sam Worthington has made Jake Sully his own, but the role almost went to Matt Damon, and he was offered a mind-blowing amount of money, too.
Avatar could have starred Matt Damon, who was offered an unbelievable salary for what became the highest-grossing movie of all time. James Cameron's 2009 blockbuster follows Jake Sully, a marine who is given a Na'vi avatar and tasked with infiltrating the indigenous people of Pandora in order to collect Unobtanium, a mineral worth tens of millions of dollars to humankind.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Jake Sully was Sam Worthington's breakthrough performance, and he does a great job of playing the empathetic paraplegic soldier, but he almost didn't get that role of a lifetime. Many different actors almost played Jake Sully in Avatar, including Chris Pine, Channing Tatum, and Jake Gyllenhaal. However, the highest profile actor who said no to Cameron was Matt Damon, and that was even after the filmmaker offered the actor a fortune.
Why Did Matt Damon Turn Down Avatar? Matt Damon has been extremely vocal about his regret of passing on Avatar ever since the movie was released, and it has gotten to the point where James Cameron has even mentioned that Damon should "get over it." However, Damon didn't turn down the role out of disinterest in the script or any kind of creative differences.
Did Sam Worthington Get The Same Deal? It's unclear how much Sam Worthington was paid for Avatar, but it's extremely unlikely that the actor was offered the same salary as Matt Damon for several reasons. In the mid-2000s when Avatar was in production, Damon had long been a bankable movie star, having led roles in the Bourne franchise and the Ocean's series, with the former alone grossing more than $1.7 billion . That wasn't the case for Worthington, who was a relative unknown.
Avatar totally saved Worthington's career, as he was homeless and sleeping in his car when he was cast as Jake Sully and was even forced to sell his belongings . However, while he might not have gotten the same deal as Damon, his salary for Avatar: The Way of Water has been revealed, and it's huge. Not only was Worthington paid the sum of $10 million for his work on the sequel, but he gets five percent of the box office gross, too .
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