James Cameron No Longer Interested in American Citizenship: “I’m Over It”

James Cameron is prepared to spend 16-plus years and a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands {dollars} making the Avatar movies, however he received’t ever fill out some paperwork to grow to be a U.S. citizen. Guess it’s, “Hasta la vista, child,” proper?

The revelation got here as Cameron spoke to BuzzFeed Canada throughout this week’s Avatar: Hearth and Ash premiere at Los Angeles’ El Capitan Theatre. Regardless of “[living] there for 47 years in L.A.,” Cameron, a local of Ontario, mentioned he has no real interest in changing into a citizen of the US.

“I did give it some thought for some time as a result of I believed there was quite a lot of the Aristocracy within the ‘American democratic experiment,’” Cameron mentioned. “However the place the hell did that go? I’m over it. I feel Canadians are method over it.”

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The identical goes for that principally ridiculous notion of Canada changing into the “51st state” that’s usually floated inside right-wing circles.

“When there was all this discuss grow to be the 51st state and all that crap,” Cameron mentioned. “I mentioned, ‘You don’t perceive; we’ll battle to the final moose.’”

So, the place precisely does Cameron lay his head lately? As of not less than February 2025, that’d be New Zealand. And across the time of his expatriation, Cameron referred to as the efforts of President Donald Trump “horrifying,” including that, “America doesn’t stand for something if it doesn’t stand for what it has traditionally stood for.” Then, within the wake of Trump’s feedback about Rob Reiner from earlier this week, Cameron referred to as the president “probably the most narcissistic a**gap in historical past.” Actually, Pandora have to be pleased with its mighty chief.

Take a look at Cameron’s BuzzFeed interview under.

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He’s explored the deep sea… however not U.S. citizenship. We ❤️ our Ontario homeboy James Cameron 🍁 Assist native, homegrown expertise and watch ‘Avatar: Hearth and Ash’ is in theatres Dec 19 🔥 #avatar #avatarfireandash #avatar3 #jamescameron

♬ authentic sound – BuzzFeed Canada