Matt Damon talks about his friend John Krasinski’s funny and shocking reaction when he found out he turned down a role in Avatar.
Matt Damon, who we will soon see in the highly anticipated film Oppenheimer (2023), recently said he bitterly regrets turning down the role of Jake Sully in Avatarsthe highest-grossing franchise and a role that would net him at least $290 million.
A choice that in hindsight seems naive to everyone, a decision that shocked even college friend John Krasinski, the star Jack Ryan and from Office.
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Matt Damon, in a recent interview with CNN, discussed John Krasinski’s reaction when he learned that Matt Damon had turned down the lead role in the film. Avatars (2009).
“My favorite reaction to this was when I told John Krasinski that he jumped out of his chair!Damon then added a few details about this event:He started walking around the kitchen. And he’s like, “Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Nothing you think would change today if you made this movie, except you and me. we would have this conversation in space.“
Krasinski’s reaction is certainly funny, and who can blame him, as Matt Damon himself reportedly said.”this is the biggest amount an actor has ever refused!“
As a reminder, we’ll be seeing Matt Damon as Emily Blunt (John Krasinski’s wife) in Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film. Oppenheimerdistributed by Universal, arriving in Italian cinemas August 23, 2023 with production by Syncopy Films and Atlas Entertainment. However, the project arrived in the US on July 21, 2023, in parallel with the release of Barbie. In addition to the aforementioned Damon and Blunt, the cast also includes Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock, Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr, Benny Safdie as Edward Teller, Rami Malek, Jack Quaid, Tom Conti as Albert Einstein, Josh Hartnett, Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke and many more.
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