Is Sam Worthington Headed Under the Sea?
Mon, August 24, 2009 
While still talking outta his ass about doing the originally-planned-but-no-longer-in-the-cards Terminator: Salvation sequel, McG made brief mention (to IGN Movies) of casting his lead Sam Worthington for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo. Of course, McG's first choice (by his own admission) was "King of July 4th Weekend" Will Smith who shot down the offer.
In the meantime, Movie Hole had a chat with Worthington who gave his $.02 on the matter:
"We haven’t discussed it seriously. I wrote him an email and he wrote back saying ‘I don’t think you have these qualities, blah, blah..’ and I wrote back saying ‘it’s your job as a director to bring it out of me.’"
All this talk of Worthington (who was perfectly fine in Salvation but nothing to trully write home about) still feels like studio-driven hype. But he was able to walk away from the film relatively unscathed. Plus, he still had Avatar and the Clash of the Titans remake for the general public to vote with their wallets on what they think of him.
As for who would play Captain Nemo in the 20,000 Leagues prequel, my money is still on Dwyane Johnson. He's well-liked by audiences, a bargain to get (compared to Will Smith) and already has a relationship with Disney.
Reader Comments (3)
That's quite the verbal smackdown he gave Mr McG there. I wonder if they even get on.
to quote Mr Smith
''good bye mr MCG''
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