Avatar’s Sam Worthington Admits He Was A Finalist For James Bond But Cooked The Audition

Aussie actor Sam Worthington has gone and done my favourite thing: admitted he lost a major starring role and explained the reasons why he cooked it. Sam, thank you for this Christmas gift. Good old Sam went on the record to recall a huge L from his acting career — missing out on the iconic role of James Bond after making it to the final stages. In an interview with Variety

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“I could play Bond as a killer, but I couldn’t get the debonair down for the life of me,” Sam recalled. “The suit did not fit.”

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Sam Worthington went on to star in Avatar and the recently released sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, while Daniel Craig has since hung up the fancy James Bond tuxedo.

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, Sam admitted that he completely cooked the audition process after being flown to London to read for legendary James Bond producer . “I had no idea what I was doing,” Sam said of the experience. At the time, Broccoli and her co-producer were apparently looking for a younger star to take over James Bond from . On the shortlist with Sam Worthington were () and former star , along with . Sam told Barbara Broccoli even went to his hotel room to personally cut his hair, in order to match her vision of the character. Honestly, with that attention to detail, this woman must be a Virgo. But when he suited up to read a scene from ‘s James Bond film  the actor, who grew up in Perth, was just not the James Bond vibe at all. The role ultimately went to Daniel Craig but Sam Worthington holds no bitterness. He told he learned a lot from his encounter with the James Bond producers. “They are protective and passionate about this series. And what I learned is that you listen to these people. “It’s the same thing with [ director] . He’s done all the research and there’s nothing you can’t ask him that he doesn’t have an answer for.” Rumours were swirling earlier this month to play the iconic spy. Watch this space for confirmation.