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Avatar director James Cameron has revealed that Jake Gyllenhaal and Matt Damon were both considered for the role of Jake Sully in the hit flick.

The 55-year-old recently released the big-budget movie, which is on course to become the highest grossing film of all time, and gave the lead role to Aussie actor Sam Worthington.

Cameron said to MTV News: “They [Gyllenhaal and Damon] were bandied about. The studio was interested in having a name, I think really just for the part of it we’re doing right now, which is: ‘How do you sell this movie? What are the handles on this thing that we can sell it to the media somehow or get media attention?’

“Well, having a name actor gets you on talk shows and all that sort of thing. So there was some value to that idea, and we explored it.”

He added: “Ultimately we kept coming back to Sam. Sam was the guy who just… he was the guy.”