Deadline is reporting that following Wrath of the Titans, uninspiring leading man Sam Worthington is to take his wobbly accent to The Last Days of American Crime. The flic is an adaptation of the Rick Remender comic, and the screenplay is being written by The Departed‘s William Monahan. In the director’s chair is F. Gary Gray, who’s name I often mistakenly read as F. Gary Gary.
The writing pedigree on this is certainly promising. I am a fan of Remender’s non-superhero work, and though I can’t speak for The Last Days of American Crime, the high-concept premise of a near-future where crime is about to be totally abolished sounds intriguing. Too bad it will be directed by a director that can best be described as “workmanly” and fronted by the most uncharismatic leading man since Barry Bostwick. Still, I’m interested to see how this develops.
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Worthington’s done some great work in Australian film and TV. He even had a small (but noteworthy) role in the killer croc film, Rogue ( vastly underrated flick – check it out!), where he displayed much more charisma than in all of Avatar. I would chalk up the lack of charisma to lackluster material since coming to the U.S. Let’s be honest, NOBODY came off looking good in Clash Of The Titans or Terminator: Salvation, so I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
I can tell you that Worthington’s #1 fan Rene will be very excited for this.
Fair enough. I haven’t seen any of his early work except Rogue, and I don’t remember much about it. I haven’t liked any of his American output and feel like he’s been forced down our throats as a leading man, without doing anything impressive to earn it. Plus he can’t keep his accent straight, something a lot of his Aussie and British contemporaries seem to have no problem with. I’ll be the first to eat Crowe if he ever does something great.
People always bring up ROGUE (which I’d say is more under-seen than underrated, since anytime the film is brought up its in the context that it’s above average) with Worthington. He was indeed significantly more charming in that film than any of his American stuff, but it’s not like he burned up the screen or anything. I can’t imagine anyone seeing that movie and walking away thinking, “Man, who was THAT guy?” I think Worthington’s one and only hope in America hinges on how aware he is that he’s not giving off any charm or particular skill, and either fix it (which Colin Farrell seems to be trying to do) or make it work for him (like Keanu did).
He was great in “Ship to Shore” and “Sweat”…
Worthington was affable and good natured in ROGUE, IMHO
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