Actors Who Turned Down Roles That Could Have Changed Their Careers

“It wasn’t anything against Avatar. I really wanted to do Avatar and watch Jim Cameron direct,” Damon said during a press conference. “I felt like I really was gonna learn a lot. It’s just that we were finishing The Bourne Ultimatum and couldn’t leave.”

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