Sam Worthington has revealed why he lost out on the role of James Bond to Daniel Craig.
After Pierce Brosnan confirmed his retirement as 007 following Die Another Day, Bond producers quickly got to work on casting for the next movie in the series.
It was set to be a reboot focusing on a younger version of Bond, and Craig was eventually selected for the role. He would go on to lead the franchise through its most commercially successful period, appearing in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Spectre and No Time to Die.
Worthington says, while he would have no problem playing the "killer" aspect of Bond, he had trouble with other aspects of the character.
“I could play Bond as a killer, but I couldn’t get the debonair down for the life of me," he told Deadline.
"The suit did not fit.”
At the time of his audition, producer Barbara Broccolli even cut Worthington's hair to match her vision of Bond.
Worthington reflects on Clash of the Titans
Fresh off the success of Avatar, which remains the highest grossing movie of all time, Worthington was offered many more big budget projects.
Clash of the Titans was one, and he has expressed regret at not having a lot to work with on his character, Perseus.
“You can’t create a character if there’s nothing there," he explained.
“On the ‘Clash’ movies, that was the problem. You were getting new pages every day, and it’s too complicated.
“The movies that I did right after ‘Avatar’ were great big spectacles, but I should have been looking for movies that pried a little bit more into the human condition. I was boring myself with what I was doing. And if I’m boring myself, then I’m sure as hell going to be boring an audience.”
Worthington is currently reprising his role as Jake Sully in Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron's sequel to Avatar.
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