James Cameron is opening up about the reason behind her family’s move to New Zealand.
The Titanic director71, said it was the fulfillment of a promise he made to himself in 1994, silently swearing that he would one day live there as his career and family life with the woman Suzy Cameron took root in California.
In a teaser clip for the upcoming Saturday, January 24, episode of the “In Depth with Graham Besinger” podcast, James noted that when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, he was given the confidence to finally act because of the country’s handling of the spreading virus compared to the United States.
“I’m not there for the scenery, I’m there for the sanity,” he clarified in the video released on Wednesday, January 21, more than a decade after buying a farm in New Zealand and traveling “back and forth” in the following years.
James Cameron and Suzy Cameron.
Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP; Getty“When Suzy and I got serious, she was like, ‘Well, no problem.’ She was game,” he shared of their move, revealing that the timeline changed as they expanded their brood.
James and Suzy, 64, share three children: Claire, 23, Quinn, 21, and Elizabeth, 18. Their blended family also includes daughter Josephine, 32, from her previous marriage to terminator star Linda Hamiltonwhile Suzy has a son named Jasper from her previous marriage to the actor Sam Robards.
“This conversation had to be slightly modified, but we said it after Avatarlet’s make this happen,” she added, revealing that they decided to “make the move as a family” in August 2020 while she was still working on the set of Avatar: The Way of Water. (The film was released in December 2022.)
After the success of Titanic, stars like Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio continued to find success in the industry. The film, which was released in 1997, was inspired by the historic sinking of the RMS Titanic. The shipwreck was explored against the backdrop of a forbidden romance between Jack (DiCaprio) and Rose (Winslet), whose different socialities (…)
“New Zealand had eliminated the virus completely,” James told the show. “They actually eliminated the virus twice. The third time, when it appeared in a mutated form, it broke.”
“But fortunately they already had a 98 percent vaccination rate. That’s why I love New Zealand. The people there are, for the most part, healthy, unlike the United States, where you had a 62 percent vaccination rate, and that’s going down, it’s going in the wrong direction,” he added.
He continued, “Where would you rather live?” he continued A place that actually believes in science and that it’s common sense and where people can work together cohesively to achieve a common goal, or a place where everyone is at each other’s throats, extremely polarized, turning their backs on science, and would basically be in total disarray if another pandemic occurs.
James Cameron has a bone to pick with sci-fi movies that snub the Oscars like Avatar and Dune. “I don’t think about the Academy Awards that much,” Cameron, 71, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail published Friday, Dec. 19. “Intentionally, I don’t think about it at the moment. I don’t try (…)
Suzy and James first crossed paths on the set of Titanicin which she portrayed Lizzy Calvert, the granddaughter of Kate WinsletThe character of Rose, The production began in 1995 with his expeditions to deep waters to capture images of the famous shipwreck. The filming of the box office sensation took place from July 1996 to March 1997. The couple later married in 2000.
James’ full interview airs in syndication in the US this weekend, he also covers his personal life in addition to “their passion for sustainability,” the option to adopt “a plant-based diet,” and efforts to “reduce their carbon footprint in an effort to help protect the environment.”