During the press day for his upcoming film THE DEBT, Sam Worthington took some time out to chat WRATH OF THE TITANS, with various outlets. The sequel to CLASH OF THE TITANS is scheduled for release next March.
From Coming Soon – he spoke about the transition of going from THE TEXAS KILLING FIELDS to WRATH OF THE TITANS: “You make “Clash 2” weighty. “Clash 1” is a video game. You make “Clash 2” weighty. You take everything you’ve learned, and go, I’m not doing this f–ing sh*t! I’m going to do a weighty script in a blockbuster. That’s the bigness of a blockbuster. They’re very hard because they’re done by such a machine, so you try to get that weight that an independent can allow you, that freedom that they have on an independent script, and then you try to fit it into a blockbuster where there’s a whole set of people who have a say. With something like “Clash 2,” that’s definitely what we’ve aimed for. And that’s all I really want to say on that.”
On the development process: “You do it all of the way through. You sit down with the studio, you sit down with the character, you sit down with everybody and have a whole different look at how we’re going to handle it. But that’s the hard thing about making blockbusters, because they’re just churning them out; they give you five months and the date’s already pre-planned for the next year. There’s a speed on it. But if you can get that weight and gravity into a blockbuster, even into the character – I’ve let slip myself a couple of times – but that’s going to be changing. You’ve got to work a bit harder, I find. Blockbusters aren’t necessarily as easy as you think.”
On what he hopes this film will bring the audience: “How do we get that same kind of reality and gravity and grit on a green screen, with fantasy creatures? What are we actually really trying to say? “The Debt” – what is it trying to say? What is “Killing Fields” really trying to say? What do we really want audiences to walk away from “Clash 2” with in their heart more than, whoa – that’s a great spectacle? When you look at “Avatar,” you find the balance is perfect. He knows what he wants to say, and he gives you the spectacle. It’s very rare; it’s a hard thing. But that’s why I like doing blockbusters, to try and get that.”
From Collider – his reaction to Clash getting a sequel and whether he was surprised by it. “Not necessarily because it made a shitload of money. With Jim (Cameron), it comes down to Jim. Titans made a lot of money. A lot of people went and saw it. We’ve just got to make it right. I’ve just finished that. I loved it! I loved that experience. Clash 2 is so different. It was a different experience for me because I’d learned a lot from Clash 1, and I’d learned a lot from other movies. I can’t wait for that to come out. But, I’m not surprised at all.”
It really sounds like Worthington is all in with WRATH, and really wants to make a solid delivery. The film is under the direction of Jonathan Liebesman, along with Worthington it will star Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike (below), Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston and Edgar Ramirez.