James Cameron may have a billion dollar movie in his hands with Avatar, but he could have been king of the fetishists if he had kept a tentacle-heavy sex scene between Neytiri (Zoe Saldana) and Jake (Sam Worthington) in the theatrical cut of his sci-fi fantasy adventure. I don’t know if the scene was ever shot (perhaps for a director’s cut on Blu-ray), but you can use your imagination while reading the following excerpt from Cameron’s script, posted online by 20th Century Fox.

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.

The cast of Warner Bros. Jonah Hex is currently re-shooting 12-pages worth of scenes to punch up the action for what is expected to now be a tent-pole summer release. The studio has brought in I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence to aid Hex director Jimmy Hayward with the re-shoots.

Hex has been plagued with production problems since it was announced, including the departure of original directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank). Actor Josh Brolin, who plays Jonah in the film, also told MTV in a 2008 interview that the film’s script was crap and that he had to wrestle with the idea of taking the role simply to collect on the truck-loads of cash he would earn.

He said:

When I first read it I thought, oh my God it’s awful! And then I had a moment a week later and I thought why is it awful? Maybe the thing to do is to do the most awful movie I can find.

I went back to my gut. Is it a sell out? What is it I like about this movie? … It’s so tongue in cheek. It’s so ridiculous. But once I started putting people in my mind and saying what if I put Malkovich in this role then what does this movie become? Now let’s put this producer and director on it and think about how it plays out. Then it becomes fun. Now I love that movie. If you have a great filmmaker come in then suddenly these gags and characters become interesting.

Personally, I don’t care if the chimp from Dunston Checks In plays Jonah …  just as long as Megan Fox is still on board as the hooker.

Jonah Hex arrives in theaters on June 18, 2010.