James Cameron has slammed Amy Poehler’s “ignorant” joke about him at the Golden Globes, saying it went “too far.”
THE Titanic director, whose new Avatar The sequel is now in theaters, was mocked by Poehler at the 2013 ceremony, when the filmmaker’s ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, was nominated for Zero Dark Thirty.
Poehler, addressing the controversy surrounding Zero Dark Thirtyand joked: “When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron.” »
Cameron, who was married to Bigelow from 1989 to 1991, doesn’t view the joke positively, and in a new interview said he was also disappointed that his Hollywood peers found it funny.
“Amy Poehler’s remark was an ignorant dig at an event that is supposed to be a celebration of cinema and filmmakers, not a roast,” the 71-year-old said. The New York Times.
“I’m pretty thick-skinned and I’m happy to be the butt of a good-natured joke, but this went too far. The fact that people found it funny shows exactly what they think of me, even if they have no idea who I am or how I work,” he added.
Poehler’s joke alluded to Cameron’s reputation as a perfectionist.
Titanic Star Kate Winslet once claimed that Cameron had “a character you wouldn’t believe”, while AvatarSam Worthington’s manager said that if a cell phone rang on set, “he would nail it to the wall with a nail gun.”
James Cameron himself commented on his reputation saying The Independent in 2013: “Would I nail a cell phone to the wall with a nail gun?” Absolutely, if he exploded in the middle of a take, but that doesn’t mean I’d be emotionally enraged. I would do it in a calculated theatrical way. But when the story is told later, it sounds like someone who is constantly in the deep end.
He also said people wouldn’t continue working with him if he was as bad as he was made out to be. “The reality is passion for the work – the reality is I have people who are very loyal to me and who come back project after project, so I can’t be that bad.”
