In 2005, there was a big question looming over the future 007Who will be the new James Bond? After four-time Bond actor Pierce Brosnan ended his stint in 2002 Die another dayFranchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson embarked on a two-year search for a franchise More than 200 representatives To find 007 VI. After the roles of Brosnan and his predecessors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton, among the potential actors was the future too young and not fit enough Henry Cavill Superman fame star Wars Actor Ewan McGregor. the screen-tested Anthony Starr; and Daniel Craig, who will be announced as the new James Bond in late 2005.
Before starring in a James Cameron movie symbol picture In 2009, Sam Worthington auditioned to play the rebooted Bond for Casino Royale Director Martin Campbell. On the Sydney radio programme Fizzy and Webathe Australian actor revealed his “awful” attempt at a British language left him shaken (not upset).
“I actually went into Bond. I went and auditioned with Martin Campbell, who ended up directing casino royale Worthington said. Dressed in a tuxedo, Worthington screen-tested a scene from 1963 From Russia with love.
“You get the girl in, there’s the girl in the bed, you charm her. I can get rid of the Bond killer”, Worthington said, “I couldn’t get the charm. I couldn’t charm her. The suit didn’t do a ‘t’ favor, man.”
When asked if he was keeping his natural Australian accent or emulating previous Bond actors, Worthington recalled, “I tried to do a British accent. I told them I wanted to wear the white tuxedo like Roger Moore. I wanted to redo the kung fu chops. And they looked at me like I Crazy.”
Worthington noted how Warranty The producers “get every guy” to audition for the role. “Even if you talk to like Sam Neill — Sam Neill, that day, went for Bond. I think every actor, Mel Gibson, went for Bond… what are they doing [is]They enter every young man, and then they lighten him up.”
On whether the producers asked him to try out a British accent, Worthington explained, “I said, ‘If I were to do it with an Australian [accent]I’ll be the next George Lazenby. He’s only done one [movie, 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service]And I don’t want to be like that. So I tried the British.
“It was horrible,” Worthington recalled. I looked like Dick Van Dyke from Mary Poppins. I remember Martin saying, ‘Just do your natural voice, it’s all cool, man. ”
Craig’s tenure as James Bond spanned five films over fifteen years, ending in 2021. No time to die. Producers are now actively seeking the next new Bond and have met Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Express train) for the role.
“When you change an actor, you have to reimagine the direction the movie is going to go in. When you hire an actor, you hope to spend at least a decade with him and make four, five, six movies with him,” said Broccoli. empire in 2022. “So you have to think really hard, ‘What is the trajectory? What will this actor achieve? How will you move the series to another direction? ”
Worthington reprises his role as Jake Sully Avatar: Water RoadNow showing in theaters.
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