Channing Tatum and Chris Evans came extremely close to being cast as protagonist Jake Sully in Avatar, with the choice ultimately coming down to the reading of a single line. It’s been 14 years since Avatar hit theaters and made history as the highest-grossing film ever made. The blockbuster juggernaut was borne from the singular vision of hitmaking director James Cameron. Cameron wrote the first treatment for the film in 1995 but chose to wait until digital technology caught up with his ambition for the visually rich world of Pandora.
