Before touching down in Pandora, Sam Worthington nearly landed a license to kill.The Australian actor was one of the finalists for the role of James Bond in “Casino Royale.” Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.
Wilson, the producers and stewards of the 007 franchise, were looking for a younger star to play the super spy after Pierce Brosnan wrapped his four-film run.
Worthington, along with Henry Cavill, the eventual “Man of Steel,” and “ER” star Goran Visnjic were among those vying for the chance to order a martini shaken, not stirred.The audition process was memorable.
Worthington flew to London, was filmed doing a scene in the tuxedo (it’s a meticulous recreation of a sequence in “From Russia With Love”), and was fussed over by Barbara Broccoli, the producer of the 007 franchise, who went to his hotel room before the screen test to personally cut his hair to match her vision of Bond.
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