James Cameron: Sacha Baron Cohen's Avatar Skit Sounded "Fun"
Credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images
James Cameron claims he wouldn't have been offended if Sacha Baron Cohen had poked fun at Avatar at the Oscars.
The controversial Bruno star, 38, was slated to be a presenter on the show, but was dropped because he planned to appear onstage in a blue bodysuit impersonating a female Na'vi character from Cameron's blockbuster film.
According to reports, Cohen was going to say he was pregnant with the Best Director nominee's love child. But producers worried the skit would upset Cameron, so a solo Ben Stiller ended up appearing on stage instead.
See what all the stars wore to the Oscars!
Asked about Cohen's skit, Cameron, 55, told UsMagzine.com on the red carpet: "Well I heard about that. But, you know, it's all part of the fun, isn't it?"
See stars' first trip to the Oscars
Even though he lost out to his ex, Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow, in the Best Director and Best Picture categories, Cameron told Us it felt "amazing" to be at the show.
"It's just such a great celebration of movies in general and I feel like there's a real celebration here," he told Us. "We're just here to have fun."
Tell Us What You Think
4Sasha is disgusting. Thank goodness he was not on the show, he would have ruined it for everyone. He is gross and children should not be exposed to him.
Fun? Just there to have FUN? Geez, Hollywood is a dog eat dog world all about money and politics and most of the time it gets quite nasty. MONEY and ego is what that industry is all about. Fun. Sounded funny coming from him, of all people. The word is, he's quite horrid to work with, truth be told. People put up with him just because of jobs and money.
Sasha....was better LEFT OFF THE STAGE...lots of kids watch the OSCARS...Ben was MUCH BETTER!!!!
I thought the skit with Sasha sound HILARIOUS...I really wish they did it because this Oscars was not as good as last years.