Cameron never expected ‘Avatar’ stars to get nominated

“Typically,young leading men don’t get nominated until the 15th time they’ve done it. Leonardo did not get nominated for ‘Titanic’. Was Zoe’s performance spectacular?” he said.

The 3-D blockbuster ‘Avatar’ broke box office records by raking in 2.7 billion USD.

“Absolutely,but there were many great performances last year. But it is arguable that they would have been nominated if you take the computer generated imagery off the table. Put that back on the table – the CGI part of it – and where the acting community is,they are still low down on the educational curve of what this all means. I didn’t expect it and I cautioned them not to expect it,so they’d therefore not be disappointed,” Cameron said.

The Oscar-award-winning filmmaker admits that the mythical Na’vi aliens would have looked weird without using the graphics.

“Here’s the thing,if it had been in live action,Zoe Saldana would have been in blue make-up and it would not have had the power. Her eyes would not have been those eyes.The blue make-up would have looked terrible.I know – every time I go to a convention or a place where someone decides they’re going to be a Na’vi,I’m reminded why we did it the way we did,” he said.