From Homeless to Hollywood: Sam Worthington’s Journey to Avatar

Did you know that Australian actor Sam Worthington was homeless when James Cameron cast him as Jake Sully in Avatar? Now you know… but there is much more to this story.

When Sam Worthington was offered to audition for Avatar to play the role of Jake Sully… He was a vagabond! In the midst of an existential crisis, the Australian actor was living in his car. During those years, Worthington had auctioned off all of his possessions and abandoned his studies.

“I sold everything I had to my friends because I didn’t like who I was. I needed to get away. I lived in Sydney, and every time I went to a bar, they recognized me. I was rebelling against that,” the actor told Variety

In 2006, while homeless, Sam Worthington received a call to audition for a top-secret movie. He auditioned, but it didn’t go very well. The actor had to read a scene in which a certain Jake Sully arrived on a fictional planetbut they did not tell him what film he was there for or who the director of the project was.

Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana starred in Avatar in 2009

Frustrated by the way the audition was going, Sam Worthington rebelled: he didn’t read the planned lines, preferring to chew gum in front of the camera as a challenge. “I was just angry.”he declares. “They didn’t tell me anything, I felt like it was a waste of time.. Later, when they told me that James Cameron wanted to meet me and that this was all for his movie, I thought he was going to have problems.”.

But Sam Worthington had no problems at all, quite the opposite. His provocative attitude during The audition impressed Cameron, who considered him the perfect choice to play Jake Sully in the film. Science fiction… even though there were much better known actors competing for the role.

Sam Worthington was cast in the lead role of a movie that would become the biggest hit of all time, even though just months before he was living in his car and full of doubts. How did you receive the good news? Jon Landau, producer of the saga Avatarreveals: “It took us several days to contact him. because I was somewhere on top of a mountain with no phone. “That’s what kind of person Sam is.”.

Where to watch Avatar streaming?

After Disney bought Fox and after launching its own streaming platform streamingthe movies of Avatar They have a special place on Disney+. Avatar and Avatar 2 (The Way of Water) can be viewed on the platform at no extra cost. And of course, both tapes can be rented and purchased on YouTube, Prime Video and iTunes.

2023-09-14 23:03:10
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