Avatar's Deleted Sex Scene, Straight From the Script

If you think the Vatican hates Avatar now, just imagine how much they would have liked the original version of the movie that included pre-marital tentacle sex! Now, fortunately, you can: The movie's deleted sex scene between Neytiri and Jake is included in James Cameron's full script, which 20th Century Fox has posted online. We've excerpted the relevant parts of the hookup below. Now might be a good time to break out that blue greasepaint, if only to obscure your blushing.

EXT. WILLOW GLADE

He puts his face close to hers. She rubs her cheek against his. He kisses her on the mouth. They explore each other.

Then she pulls back, eyes sparkling.

NEYTIRI

Kissing is very good. But we have something better.

She pulls him down until they are kneeling, facing each other on the faintly glowing moss.

Neytiri takes the end of her queue and raises it. Jake does the same, with trembling anticipation. The tendrils at the ends move with a life of their own, straining to be joined.

MACRO SHOT -- The tendrils INTERTWINE with gentle undulations.

JAKE rocks with the direct contact between his nervous system and hers. The ultimate intimacy.

They come together into a kiss and sink down on the bed of moss, and ripples of light spread out around them.

THE WILLOWS sway, without wind, and the night is alive with pulsing energy as we DISSOLVE TO --

LATER. She is collapsed across his chest. Spent. He strokes her face tenderly.

JAKE

Neytiri, you know my real body is far away, sleeping.

She raises up, placing her fingertips to his chest --

NEYTIRI

This body is real.

(she touches his forehead)

This spirit is real.

Her eyes are luminous, honest, infinitely deep.

NEYTIRI

When I was first your teacher, I hated all Sky People. But you have also taught me.

(whispering)

Spirit is all that matters.

She lays her head down, against his chest, listening to his heartbeat.

NEYTIRI

I am with you now, Jake. We are mated for life.

JAKE

We are?

NEYTIRI

Yes. It is our way.

(innocently)

Oh. I forgot to tell?

He rouses up, making her look at him.

JAKE

Really, we are?

NEYTIRI

We are.

JAKE

It's cool. I'm there.

He lays his head down, and her arms enfold him, sheltering him as he sleeps.



Comments

  • CiscoMan says:

    It's nice to know that even on distant moons in far away galaxies, the willows still sway during PG-13 sex scenes.

  • HwoodHills says:

    Cameron HAD to delete this scene because otherwise Jake would've bailed back to his earth body.
    I mean, c'mon, he'd be done "tingling" in a minute and would have to stay "tendrilized" until SHE finished?
    Sounds like work to me.

  • Tristan says:

    I don't about the rest of you but this reads like a bad fanfic.

  • Heather's Brother says:

    I seriously had to doublecheck the byline on this to make sure it wasn't an Alan Smithee column. Zounds! That dialogue reads terribly in b/w

  • sweetbiscuit says:

    Ah, classic crappy Cameron dialogue. Probably only cut because it has Neytiri tricking him into the "for life" part.

  • "It’s cool. I’m there."
    It wasn't cut because it was a sex scene, it was cut because it was crap.

  • Oliver says:

    "I don't about the rest of you but this reads like a bad fanfic."
    It fits the whole rest of the movie, then.

  • Darren says:

    @Martin - if they cut this scene because it was crap then the hole movie would have been scrapped!

  • Jacob says:

    "hole movie would have been scrapped"
    Oh shut the hell up. The movie wasn't that bad. It's obvious this scene was cut because it was damn cheesy. It would've taken away from that whole mysterious vibe the natives had, and chicks wouldn't have thought it was "awe cute".

  • wienerin says:

    NONSENSE !!!

  • Aletta says:

    I think that if Jakes lines at the end had been written just a little differently that the "It's cool. I'm there." to something more fitting of the situation that it would have fit the movie just fine. However I do also think that it was only cut to maintain the PG-13 rating.

  • Webster says:

    I really like the movie, but you have to admit it REALLY is pretty bad. I'm not surprised at how cheesy this scene reads.

  • Kate says:

    Scrapped because it was crap? Perhaps. But I think it was scrapped because it insinuates bestiality...

  • Brad says:

    I do think this was a great movie, but honestly "It’s cool. I’m there," has to be one of the worst lines ive ever heard.

  • K slamma says:

    I completely agree. Compared to the rest of the movie, that line is like... An insult.

  • Kinne says:

    Why does everything seems to be related to sex ? Can't we just enjoy a simple meaningful movie ?

  • kat says:

    Your a piece of shit that thinks that this masterpiece 'wasn't a great movie." WOW, this is going to be the highest grossing film ever made... i guess your the 5% of 100% who didn't like the movie because you all don't fucking love life. I bet your white trash living in a damn trailer park only looking at life as "bad".

  • Pete says:

    If this scene had been in the movie, nobody would have been paying attention to the crappy dialogue. They'd be putting their coats on their laps.

  • I'm a male and I thought such a scene would be quite cute. In fact, I'd really dig it. I'm not really interested in complaining about it being cut though because I'll see it on the DVD with the deleted scenes!

  • Nesiry says:

    james cameron cut the scene to protect his PG-13 rating

  • Tim Bowie says:

    That scene is so hot! I don't see anything bad about it, and I don't see anything the Vatican should be upset about, nor the censors, for that matter. Why would it change the rating? As for Jake's lack of intellect, one must give him credit for taking the fight where it belonged.

  • SRLA says:

    Over here in Europe we got a short version of this scene, basically the kissing and tendrills thing but without the cheesy dialogue (and yes, it was still "PG-13" as you call it, we don't make a huge fuss over a 13 year old watching some kissing and groping).

  • Maddy-wa says:

    Sometimes it's not about the dialogue. I mean, Jake had some shocker lines throughout the film but I guess that's just the character. It's more important how the actor delivered the lines.

  • John says:

    I'm sure the demographic group that LOOKS FORWARD to Danial Radcliff / harry potter doggy styling Hermione in the upcoming movie (yeah, I know, Snogging, it's in the book, whatever), IS HIGHLY disappointed to be denied a true Sex scene in Avatar. Because for everything that is going to be inevitably edited out from the Book for time concerns, the Sex Scene is Super Important to keep in, because there is clearly Not Enough Sex Scenes in our Movies and our Media.
    Point is, AVATAR & Harry Potter, Neither needs Sex Scenes to be Good. There was a time when we left some things to the Imagination. Not Anymore it seems.

  • Luna says:

    I don't really get why was this deleted. Actually I recall it being in the movie when I saw it, living in Finland. Well, without dialogue, but anyway, still don't see any reason to delete it.