James Cameron has revealed that he warned his cast that they would not get Oscar nominations for their performances in Avatar.
Despite picking up nine Oscar nods, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cameron, earlier this year not a single nomination came in the acting categories for Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington.
In an interview with Empire magazine he said: "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? 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."
Avatar is the most successful movie of all time as it has gone on to gross $2.7 billion at the global box office since it's release in December 2009.
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