Avatar’s Sam Worthington simply wasn’t qutie proper for the position of James Bond, because the actor lately recalled.
While issues labored out effectively sufficient upon getting forged for a starring position in Avatar, life may have been so much totally different for Sam Worthington if he’d have as an alternative landed the position of James Bond. These days, Worthington could be seen again on the massive display screen within the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water. Like the unique movie, the film has been an immense success on the field workplace, already rising excessive within the prime ten record among the many highest-grossing films of all time.
But again in 2005, Worthington was up for the position of Bond after Pierce Brosnan’s exit. Before Daniel Craig was formally forged for Casino Royale, amongst these auditioning for director Martin Campbell was Worthington. As the actor remembers in a brand new interview on the Sydney radio present Fitzy and Wippa (per ComicBook.com), he went as far as to screen-test for the half, suited up in a tuxedo and appearing out a scene from the 1963 movie From Russia With Love. Unfortunately, he did not fairly seize the “attraction” essential to work for Bond.
“I did go for Bond. I went and did the audition with Martin Campbell, who ended up directing Casino Royale… You stroll in, there’s the lady within the mattress, you attraction her. I may get the killer of Bond down. I simply could not get the attraction. I could not attraction her. The swimsuit did not match, man.”
Worthington went on to elucidate how the method works, noting that each younger actor of the time, going again to folks like Sam Neill and Mel Gibson of their youthful years, is taken into account for the half earlier than the record will get whittled down. For his flip, Worthington additionally notes that along with his lack of attraction, he additional tanked the audition with an “terrible” British accent, and the artistic concepts he had in thoughts for the character did not appear to assist his possibilities, both.
“I attempted to do a British accent. I did say to them I wished to put on the white tuxedo like Roger Moore. I wished to deliver again kung fu chops, and so they checked out me like I used to be loopy… I mentioned, ‘If I do an Australian [accent], I’m gonna be the subsequent George Lazenby.’ He solely did one [movie, 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service], and I did not wish to be like that. So I attempted British…. It was terrible. I gave the impression of Dick Van Dyke from Mary Poppins. I bear in mind Martin going, ‘Just do your regular voice, it is all cool, man.'”
James Bond Casting Rumors Are Heating Up
Because Daniel Craig is completed as James Bond, the search has begun for the subsequent 007. Many, many names have come up within the rumor mill since Craig was wrapping up his last days because the character. These days, Aaron Taylor-Johnson is the latest title that has emerged, with new stories suggesting that he is among the many prime decisions for the half. But nothing is ready in stone presently, and chances are high there are different hopefuls that Bond producers are giving nice consideration to, given the strain to get the casting proper.
Meanwhile, you possibly can catch Worthington’s return as Jake Sully by watching Avatar: The Way of Water in film theaters.