James Cameron fires back at Roland Emmerich calling him ‘overbearing’: ‘Damn right’

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James Cameron has responded to an accusation made against him by Roland Emmerich, who claimed he is “overbearing.”Cameron’s response: yes, and?Emmerich, 68, made his remark about Cameron, 69, during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con at Collider’s Directors on Directing panel.

The “Those About To Die” director was asked by fellow filmmaker Louis Leterrier (“Fast X”) about his experience working with Cameron on the perpetually-in-development remake of “Fantastic Voyage.” Emmerich was one of many directors behind a broad swath of blockbuster movies who was eyed to helm the project, which he was set to produce and co-author.“James Cameron is very overbearing, and so I, at one point, just gave up,”Emmerich said of a possible collaboration. “Because it’s like, ‘Is it your movie or my movie?’ ”Cameron has his own punches to throw.“I’ve never said anything negative about Roland,” the Oscar winner told the Hollywood Reporter in a new interview published on Monday, Aug.

12. “But anyway: Yes, I’m overbearing. Damn right.”Cameron added, “When it’s a project where I’ve contributed to the writing, I might actually have an opinion on it.”He went on to challenge Emmerich’s version of events, saying he has no recollection of speaking with the “Independence Day” filmmaker about a potential collaboration. “I actually don’t even remember talking to Roland Emmerich about ‘Fantastic,’ ” the “Titanic” director said. “I remember the other directors that we worked with for months on end trying to develop that project.” “If I talked to Roland, it was for two minutes,” he continued.