The fact is, not only does Sam play Marcus in âTerminator Salvationâ, heâs also one of the leads in Jim Cameronâs âAvatarâ and heâs currently shooting âClash of the Titansâ under director Louis Leterrier. He actually flew in from set to promote âTerminatorâ.
Clearly Hollywood believes in him, and after watching âTerminator Salvationâ, so do I.
Anyway, with info on âAvatarâ so rare, I figured youâd like to read what Sam said about watching some footage from the film and what heâs currently shooting on âClash of the Titansââ¦.
Have you seen the final version of Avatar?
Sam: Iâve seen the latest cut. A lot of it isnât all rendered. Whatâs my thought on that? Itâs a fucking beast thatâs going to kick everybody in the head.
Can you talk about your character?
Sam: Heâs a former Marine who goes to another planet to drive these remote controlled bodies called Avatars. Thatâs basically it.
Whatâs more challenging, Terminator or Avatar?
Sam: Two different beasts. Totally different. With Jim it was 13 months non-stop, eight months of motion capture. This we shot four. Avatar was 13 for me and I was short. Jimâs been working on it five years.
Have you seen it in 3D?
Sam: Yeah. You see the playback in 3D. 3D for Jim is like digital for Danny Boyle. Thatâs just the format Jim likes. He believes it brings the audience more into the screen. Itâs not ooga-booga, itâs literally youâre looking around shit. And with it being photorealistic it actually pings in a lot better. Your brain starts to buy it. It doesnât get distracted and distanced. You believe youâre on Pandora.
Did you have that kind of immersive experience while watching it?
Sam: Yeah from what Iâve seen in 3D, yeah. It looks like we shot it in Hawaii, itâs that fucking real.
Whatâs going on with Clash of the Titans?
Sam: At the moment we took on the Medusa and we took on the witches. We go back and take on a heap of scorpions and then we take on the Kraken. Weâre running around in a dress, fucking killing everything!
Is it a remake of the one from the â80s?
Sam: Yeah. Itâs the same kind of general story, we just ramped it up
Did you take a look at the Harry Hamlin performance?
Sam: Oh I want to do it exactly the same. That guyâs gonna come after meâ¦no, I had a take on Perseus that I said to Louie and he went with it and the studio kind of liked my take, and weâll see if it works
Comes out when next year?
March, I think. Itâs real quick. Weâve done two and a half weeks. Itâs extremely quick.