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James Cameron: An Oral History

The Big Picture

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Cameron's Titanic - Part Five

Michael Bean recalls meeting with Cameron after Titanic won Best Picture at the 1998 Oscars. The director pulled out two scripts for Avatar, one called Alita and another called Adolang. "I have to wait for the technology to catch up to my vision of what these movies should look like," he said. Michael Bean: We really went a year before ultimately committing to Avatar.

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