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1. James Cameron’s contempt for studio executives
While shooting “The Abyss,” James Cameron became very irritated when a studio executive showed up in his suit and limousine, expecting to boss James Cameron around.
Cameron smoothly slipped a diving helmet on the executive’s head and closed the seal, letting the executive flail around for a bit, the oxygen inside the helmet dwindling rapidly. After taking the helmet off the executive in time to avoid asphyxiation, James Cameron reminded him that this is what it feels like to run out of air while in a diving suit, which is what had happened to him a few hours earlier underwater while shooting a scene, and that he would not tolerate interference from office dwellers. The executive got the point and was never seen on that set again.
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