The 'Frozen' star noted that he was told 'Avatar' director James Cameron "was said to be thrilled with my audition" for the original 2009 science-fiction epic

Josh Gad almost landed a role in the 2009 sci-fi epic “Avatar,” but he didn’t quite have the physical archetype James Cameron was looking for. In his new memoir, “In Gad We Trust,” the “Frozen” actor recalls while desperate to find a reprieve from starring in “The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee” on Broadway,

Josh Gad was denied the chance to star in 'Avatar' because he resembled a "tall, overweight Smurf" when he digitally turned into one of the blue characters.

Frozen actor Josh Gad was fat-shamed out of a role in Avatar, he writes in his memoir, because “I supposedly looked like a tall, overweight Smurf” when digitally transformed into one of the film’s blue characters.

"One of the first things I went out for was a new James Cameron movie called Avatar," Gad continued, explaining that he auditioned "to play the role of Jake Sully’s best friend

Actor Josh Gad has been working in the industry since he was quite young. He is arguably most known as the voice behind Olaf in the Frozen movie series. The Wolf Like Me star recently published his new memoir,