Born in Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, but raised in Rockingham, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Sam Worthington began his career in acting by supporting his…more
Sam has signed on for the lead role of an Avatar sequel, after director James Cameron confirmed he would make a follow-up to the groundbreaking 3D smash hit.
Sam: (Explaining what he was like before he was accepted into NIDA) I had dreadlocks and I thought [playwright] Chekhov was on the starship Enterprise. In hindsight, I was a sponge. That bravery gets you far, and then it gets knocked out of you and you start doubting things. You need to surround yourself with people who make you stronger.
Worthington: (on 'Terminator Salvation') It was dark, there is no humor. That is what we set out to do, It's kind of humbling the way they've described your performance against Christian Bales, but we have no control over that. We just have try and do the best character we can do at that time. I can nitpick with the best of them, man, and go down the list of things I saw on IMDb where they found holes in it and go, "You ARE f*cking right. If there was a big ten-ton robot coming outside that gas station, surely we would f*cking hear it!" And I missed that! So I go, "I gotta be a bit better when I'm looking through my scripts!" So that kind of raises my games a bit, 'cause I feel like an idiot for not saying it to McG.
Worthington: (on his role in 'Clash of the Titans') Oh I want to do it exactly the same. That guy's gonna come after me…no, I had a take on Perseus that I said to Louie and he went with it and the studio kind of liked my take, and we'll see if it works.