Sam Worthington interview on ROVE - Avatar movie

Sam Worthington interview on ROVE (live with Rove McManus) - FINAL ROVE SHOW.

Sam Worthington was handpicked for AVATAR by James Cameron and made his mark internationally starring opposite Christian Bale earlier this year in "Terminator Salvation".

Sam grew up in WA, moved to Queensland and found his way down to Sydney. After doing a series of jobs including brick laying, he graduated from NIDA and acted in theatre productions.

In 2000, Worthington made his feature film debut with a starring role in the Australian film "Bootmen," in the role of Adam Garcia's brooding older brother. His performance garnered him an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. His subsequent Australian film credits include "Dirty Deeds," with John Goodman, Toni Collette and Sam Neill, for which he earned a Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor; and "Gettin' Square," with David Wenham. He also had a small role in the World War II drama "Hart's War," starring Bruce Willis.

It was his layered performance in Cate Shortland's critically acclaimed and commercially successful 2004 film "Somersault" that brought Worthington international attention. He won an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and earned his second FCCA Award nomination. In addition, the film made a clean sweep of the year's AFI Awards, winning in all 13 film categories - a first in the awards' history.

Worthington went on to star in the title role of Geoffrey Wright's 2006 contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's "Macbeth." He has also been seen in John Dahl's "The Great Raid" and the horror thriller "Rogue."

Worthington's Australian television credits include starring roles in two award-winning projects: "Love My Way," which has won three AFI Awards for Best Television Drama Series; and "The Surgeon", which was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Telefeature or Miniseries. He also starred in the "Delivery Man" episode of "Two Twisted," a "Twilight Zone"-like anthology series produced by Bryan Brown.

Upcoming films that Sam has starring roles in are; the big budget action-adventure fantasy epic "Clash of the Titans," playing the lead role of Perseus under the direction of Louis Leterrier as well as two very different independent features: the romantic drama "Last Night," opposite Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes; and the post-World War II dramatic thriller "The Debt," directed by John Madden and also starring Helen Mirren. (These films have all been filmed and will be released next year).

James Camerons 3D science fiction action film AVATAR is out on the 17th December 2009

Official ROVE site - http://RoveDaily.com.au
(Roving Enterprises, Melbourne Australia)

Broadcast date: 15 November, 2009 - Episode 36 of 2009 (s10e36) 15-11-09

Brought to you by Rove McManus site - http://www.RoveOnline.com (unofficial)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• sam
• worthington
• interview
• rove
• live
• mcmanus
• final
• show
• avatar
• movie
• film

[Sitx1996]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM WORTHINGTON

LOVE FROM your biggest fan in the UK !!!

[RSkaterBrad10]

MW3: THE VET!!

[timothyln12]

He's such a laid back person. Love it!

[ioioiohjiohoi]

he says "deadset" a lot , LOL

[richarddaanable]

MASON!!!

[airasiax]

haha goon sack

[bobitski32]

he sounds so different in real life...

[nikki8356]

Purrrrr

[creaturelover60]

STEINER WAS THERE WE HAD TO KILL STEINER

[ioioiohjiohoi]

i look at Sam and think to myself ,

"Gosh i'm proud to be an aussie"

and i love how he walks in with his thongs on XD

so cute :D

[undaagethinker]

Ahaha I love his little giggle about Cirque du Soleil - so cute!

[UndeadAustralia]

i tell everyone i love australian men and they think theyre accent will get annoying eventually. this man will NEVER be annoying