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[Sojgat]

He's terrible and he's always been terrible. I guess Hollywood just finally figured it out.

As an Australian, I always found even his natural accent forced and unconvincing as he tough guyed his way through numerous local films like a self-aware brick.

Hey guys, remember when he played Macbeth?

Yup.

About this time he was sleeping in his car and was about to give up acting for good. He did a giant crocodile movie with the Wolf Creek director, and after that it seemed like he had finally gone away.

Then he somehow got cast in Avatar. Thanks so much, James Cameron.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Then he somehow got cast in Avatar. Thanks so much, James Cameron.

I think it was part of James Cameron's deal with the devil. "I'll make sure your movies inexplicably make record breaking amounts of money at the box office, but in return you have to put my nephew in something and get my sister off my back."

 

[Dommo]

So I just added up the worldwide grosses of Jurassic World, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Lego Movie, and it still comes out $40mil below Avatar.

Dat Worthington pull!

 

[m3k]

Kill one and two more will replace him

 

[odiin]

So I just added up the worldwide grosses of Jurassic World, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Lego Movie, and it still comes out $40mil below Avatar.

Dat Worthington pull!

Only because you forgot to factor in the gross of Zero Dark Thirty as well! Rookie mistake.

 

[TAJ]

That's a downgrade.

A big downgrade. Sam Worthington is not exactly Mr. Charisma, but Jai Courtney is repellent.

 

[IISANDERII]

He's a multi-millionaire who's now probably enjoying the ever loving fuck out of life.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

And Lego Movie and Zero Dark 30

Pratt has charm and range unlike the majority of Tom Sizemore clones

That's....that's actually a great way to describe them...

 

[WickedLaharl]

Why are people so desperate to shit on pratt?

 

[HyperZone<3]

its a smaller movie, so it won't make a lot of money, but I'll bet he rakes in some great notices for his part in the upcoming The Keeping Room. Saw it at a festival and he's fantastic in it as a quite chilling Union deserter menacing a trio of women in the last days of the Civil War.

For most Sam Worthington films, he's pretty unremarkable in them, but I do enjoy watching him to see his Aussie accent creep in on occasion (it almost always happens, he cant help it). He was also more then serviceable in The Debt, and that was with dang near all his scenes being opposite Jessica Chastain fer crying out loud. The movie wasn't great but he wasn't a problem in it.

 

[Kin5290]

Irrelevancy.

The same thing will likely happen to Chris Pratt.

Doesn't Pratt have actual charisma and acting skills?

 

[MisterFalcon]

Why are people so desperate to shit on pratt?

A lot of people seem upset their favourite comic hero got upstaged by something as silly as Guardians of the Galaxy.

"A CGI raccoon, non-talking tree and that slacker from Parks and Rec ? Bomb of the year for sure !!"

 

[karasu]

Guardians sucked.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

He's got no charisma. At least he has the Avatar sequels coming.

 

[Shadownet]

Irrelevancy.

The same thing will likely happen to Chris Pratt.

Yeah, no.

To be fair, Worthington came off Terminator, Clash/Wrath of the Titans and motherfucking AVATAR.

To be fair, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World wasn't shit.

Terminator Salvation, Clash/Wrath of the Titans was shit. So you're banking 3 bad movies out of 4. And even then Avatar was just a glorified Indians vs Cowboys in Space.

 

[EVIL]

looking at IMDB, he is still a busy guy. He is starring in the next 3 avatar movies

 

[Roi]

He will make so much with only the Avatar films that he never has to do anything else in his live. So why bother with other films?

 

[Shadownet]

Sam Worthington has to be the most forgettable actor out there.

Why is the American film industry so obsessed with getting the blandest, most boring Australian actors and making them stars?

Because they think a Hugh Jackman is easy to find.

Take Sam Worthington, Jai Courtney, and Taylor Kitsch and put them in a room so they'll just suck themselves into a singularity from which no charisma or charm can escape, and we can be done with them.

To be fair Kitsch got more charisma than the two of them. Not much, but tiny more.

 

[Joni]

Because they think a Hugh Jackman is easy to find.

To be fair Kitsch got more charisma than the two of them. Not much, but tiny more.

They are easy to find, just look at Spartacus TV series where you can easily find three charismatic Australians, five even if you count Fiji and New Zealand. Now, why they took the sixth one to become a real star, that I don't know.

 

[Messypandas]

Thankfully nothing.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

They are easy to find, just look at Spartacus TV series where you can easily find three charismatic Australians, five even if you count Fiji and New Zealand. Now, why they took the sixth one to become a real star, that I don't know.

I'd he interested to know which five. I have an idea of the five you're talking about...maybe.

W

 

[gdt]

He was just listed as the highest paid actor in the world for June 2014 - June 2015, $58million combined across his movies. Banned site on GAF, anyhow here's another article discussing how he's about to top the highest paid actors in the world again with Avatar sequels, amongst his other investments.

I'd also like to be chalked up as "not making it as a big action star" please.



This is a far more accurate assessment.

That's very hard to believe.

I still don't know how he was convinced to come back for Avatar 2.

Probably the chance to finally be on a catered set again.

 

[Joni]

I'd he interested to know which five. I have an idea of the five you're talking about...maybe.

W

Liam McIntyre - Certainly in the last season.
Manu Bennett - The New Zealander.
Jai Courtney - The Sixth One. He did have a believable friendship with Andy.
Craig Parker - Glaber from Fiji.
Dustin Clare - The undisputed champion.
Dan Feuerriegel - Our favorite German

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Probably the chance to finally be on a catered set again.

lol

 

[DarkFlow]

Only because you forgot to factor in the gross of Zero Dark Thirty as well! Rookie mistake.

Don't forget Moneyball.

 

[Vorheez]

All these mean comments just make me feel bad for the dude

I hope he makes a billion off his next movie, he gotta eat too ya know

 

[Sober]

Liam McIntyre - Certainly in the last season.
Manu Bennett - The New Zealander.
Jai Courtney - The Sixth One. He did have a believable friendship with Andy.
Craig Parker - Glaber from Fiji.
Dustin Clare - The undisputed champion.
Dan Feuerriegel - Our favorite German

Spartacus actors being smart, doing TV instead.

The German chick from Spartacus needs to show up on Arrow or something. Just sayin'.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Liam McIntyre - Certainly in the last season.
Manu Bennett - The New Zealander.
Jai Courtney - The Sixth One. He did have a believable friendship with Andy.
Craig Parker - Glaber from Fiji.
Dustin Clare - The undisputed champion.
Dan Feuerriegel - Our favorite German

Yup, pretty much mirrors my list. I'd add Todd Lasance as well. He was pretty great as Caesar.

 

[Sober]

Yup, pretty much mirrors my list. I'd add Todd Lasance as well. He was pretty great as Caesar.

Even the extra in the last season who gets the one line - "My cock is magic!" has more personality than Worthington.

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

I still have no fucking clue what Jim Cameron sees/saw in him.

His acting is atrocious and he does a utterly terrible job hiding his accent.

Why does he need to hide his accent exactly? Do you think American is the only fucking accent anyone should hear in TV and film?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Even the extra in the last season who gets the one line - "My cock is magic!" has more personality than Worthington.

Oh damn, I vaguely remember him. He said it to Crixus if I'm not mistaken. Can't remember his name though.

 

[Apt101]

He made his money, made some bad choices. He still has Avatar 2 lined up.

 

[Skux]

Chris Pratt is way more likeable and that works better with family and superhero films.

Worthington just looks too serious.

 

[Enosh]

did this
2013 Drift
2014 Sabotage
2014 The Keeping Room
2014 Paper Planes
2015 Cake
2015 Kidnapping Freddy Heineken
2015 Everest
2015 Hunter's Prayer
2016 The Shack

got married in 2014 and had a kid in 2015, seems like a good life

 

[dragonyeuw]

Irrelevancy.

The same thing will likely happen to Chris Pratt.

I really, really doubt this will be the case.

 

[Joni]

Yup, pretty much mirrors my list. I'd add Todd Lasance as well. He was pretty great as Caesar.

Ah, I forgot him. He wasn't in the short list on the Wikipedia article. He'd fit the Courtney/Kitsch/Worthington type the best with the addition of being a better actor. Simon Merrells is luckily British, so I only missed one major character.

Spartacus actors being smart, doing TV instead.

I wouldn't mind seeing them in more series though. They improved stuff like Reign, The Tomorrow People, Arrow, The Flash. Always happy to see them showing up.

The German chick from Spartacus needs to show up on Arrow or something. Just sayin'.

Ellen Hollman deserves a spot on that show, Wonder Woman or something like that. And she is American so the accent can't be a problem.

 

[Chuckie]

He got replaced by Jai Courtney.

That is Jai Courtney?
I thought he was black.... why did I think Jai was black?

 

[red731]

Worth-a-ton - when Avatar
Not-worth-a-ton - now (but when is now, really)

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

That is Jai Courtney?
I thought he was black.... why did I think Jai was black?

I thought this too, don't fret.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

looking at IMDB, he is still a busy guy. He is starring in the next 3 avatar movies

The guy knows he has those locked down so why try all that hard in the mean time?

 

[Punchy4486]

That is Jai Courtney?
I thought he was black.... why did I think Jai was black?

You're thinking of Michael Jai White.

Why does he need to hide his accent exactly? Do you think American is the only fucking accent anyone should hear in TV and film?

When he almost exclusively plays "all-American" men? Yes. His performance in Call of Duty: Black Ops was PAINFUL.

 

[jmood88]

Take Sam Worthington, Jai Courtney, and Taylor Kitsch and put them in a room so they'll just suck themselves into a singularity from which no charisma or charm can escape, and we can be done with them.

It's not fair to put Taylor Kitsch in that group. He actually does have charisma but he should never be the lead guy. He was perfect in Friday Night Lights and Lone Survivor.

 

[Discotheque]

It's not fair to put Taylor Kitsch in that group. He actually does have charisma but he should never be the lead guy. He was perfect in Friday Night Lights and Lone Survivor.

yeah dude was so much more likeable in friday night lights than either worthington or courtney will ever be.

kitsch needs to play the drunken playboy again.

 

[……forgetit]

Irrelevancy.

The same thing will likely happen to Chris Pratt.

Why do so many people have a hate boner for Chris Pratt? The dude is hilarious and has charisma out the wazzoo. He'll be fine.

 

[Chuckie]

You're thinking of Michael Jai White..

Yes! Thanks.

 

[Nibel]

Irrelevancy.

The same thing will likely happen to Chris Pratt.

Are you for real? lol

Pratt is probably one of the biggest stars in Hollywood right now and this won't change for the next years

 

[Mr. Sam]

I know he wasn't Australian but, while we're on the topic of Spartacus, it's a crying shame that Andy Whitfield died - there was a guy with charisma and likeability.

 

[akachan ningen]

When I saw the thread title, I was thinking "noooooo that guy died?" I assumed it was about his death since he's so old now but I was actually thinking about Cal Worthington. After I realized that this is a different guy, I looked it up and Cal actually did die two years ago.

Check out his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi_BHHY5A8M
Commercials were just better back then.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Irrelevancy.

The same thing will likely happen to Chris Pratt.

Oh come on now - Chris Pratt has 10x the charisma and screen presence of Sam Worthington. He's also been in a lot of box office hits, unlike Worthington who had Avatar and not a lot else of note.

 

[Maxim726X]

More like Sam Worthlesston.