Sam Worthington Screen Test as Jake Sully for Avatar 2009
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I find this so funny, it's like Avatar but small budget version
Yeah😂
quite right
lmfao fr
The version Cameron could have made if he didn't wait 15 years for the tech to catch up.
Avatar, if Jake Sully live in an uncontacted African tribe
This man was meant to be Jake, just as RDJ was meant to be Iron Man and Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
You know what's funny? that he wasn't even the first option to play Jake Sully. I'm glad the other actor didn't accept it because I cannot imagine someone else doing this role.
His acting here was better than in the movies
He's definitely great as Jake, but I think you'd believe the same thing if Matt Damon had played the role. The only reason why he wasn't able to take it was because he was already committed to another project, but if Damon was the casting directors' first choice, then surely he was the one "meant" for the role more than any other actor. Just saying! I don't have anything against Worthington though 😄
… idk what the hell you talking about lol any great actor can play sully. He’s not a complicated character at all lmao
This video should be called "The proof that Sam Worthington was born to play Jake Sully"
Sooooooooo 100
You would have said the same exact thing, if it was another actor. In fact you wouldn't even have thought of or mentioned Sam Worthington.
The proof that he was Worthy!
@@webdigo absolutely correct
That statement is thrown around so lightly these days.
These screen tests give me that early 90s sci-fi fantasy vibe.
Its crazy how the real movies visuals elevate this scene but this particular version makes it so low budget thst it looks bad.
It was probably filmed closer to that time than you think😂
This showcased so much more of his acting skills than anything in the final cut of the movie
There's a film version of this scene, but they cut it out for time
maybe that is because although the performance capture is stunning in Avatar, live human faces still convey much more emotions and nuances. CGI is fantastic but it's not fully there to replace live acting. But it is freaking good, soon we'll not be able to tell the difference
@@VsLavaman Imagine avatar 3, 4 and 5 😍😍😍
I think because actors have an easier time getting engaged in the scene when they have costumes and a set instead of an awkward Mocap suit and random scraps as props
Why does everyone always say this shitttttttt. It sounds backhanded. Personally I can see just as much emotion in the final render as in the actual actors faces, so it really seems like people just like to hate on the film when they say this.
At 4:53 when Zoe smiled which made Sam smile, and the kiss afterward was so sweet and tender. I could watch them all day, their chemistry is amazing.
1 milimeter smile
fr!! i always wonder how they didn’t fall in love with each other filming this movie
@@jordansdope I think they liked each other just look at their interactions in the paparazzis and interviews of the first film you’ll realize I used to ship them😭 but I guess it didn’t work out
@@rftg1793 they were definitely flirty at times back in 2009. there probably was an attraction and since they were the leads and their characters fall in love, maybe they played into it a little so we as an audience were into them before the movie came out. but i believe zoe had a bf and sam had a gf at that time.
yeah I kindda hoped they would get together after the film since their chemistry was so good and that kind of romance always happens between costars , but then again you can't really tell if they have feelings for each other or they're just acting into it
wow the difference in acting is fascinating. he's not bad here but you can see that this is just a test since in the final cut of the movie sam's acting showcases how much better he understands jake and how he has completely understood his role.
Indeed! The rally speech at the end was so powerful and he connected with himself so much that his Australian accent came out :)
They didn’t know what was coming for them. Huge success
Hi there, James Cameron would like you to be in his first movie in 8 years, [probably more like 4/5years by the time they were called] it’s set on an alien planet, could flop, I suppose. Fancy auditioning?
Cut to today:
Almost billionaires and one actual billionaire
Ah yes visionary director James Cameron who just made Titanic, the highest grossing movie ever and created the Terminator franchise, wants you to be in his ultimate passion project, a small film called Avatar. Must’ve been a hard sell
They knew
Huge is an understatement
It's crazy to think James Cameron was going to pick Matt Damon for this role 😵💫 he made the right choice with Sam!
No, the studio wanted big names like Matt Damon. James was for Sam all along.
It was either Matt or Jake Gyllenhal
Im pretty sure matt daemon would have done a great job.
But for this role sam Worthington was perfect. Him as an unknown actor really hit it home!
Made him more relatable
Matt Damon would have been amazing his acting talents are incredible
@@Matt-fk3zc ew no. Not to mention his avatar would’ve looked jacked up lol
3:55 this romantic scene is my favorite part of the 1st movie but i did not expect the chemistry they had in these test shots. It's just so intimate and sensual i love it 🤧
i felt like a giddy little kid watching them. they are so sweet to one another, but it’s very sensual at the same time. sam and zoe did what needed to be done.
@@jessicalarson6358 fr tho i got so excited seeing them kiss and the looks they gave each other. oh my god. i seriously need to find a man just like him
I like how you can still hear his Australian accent here. He struggled in the beginning but did a wonderful job in the final product
James Cameron said during the casting for Jake, Sam Worthington's delivery in the part where Jake calls for the Navi to battle is what convinced him to give the role Sam Worthington.
He said the other actors did better in other areas but not as believable as Sam's audition for that scene.
What's kind of funny and cute at the same time, with the way "Jake" comes in for the kiss she seems surprised. Then she returns the kiss with her own and says "this is very good, but we have something better..."
Implying the nerve connection bond
But what I find sort of cute is that Jake was introducing Neytiri to a kiss, possibly something the Navi do not do. (At least, we don't know, so far in canon)
Jake, as a human, showed Neytiri how humans show affection to those they love. Then Neytiri shows Jake, as a Navi, how they do their own gesture of affection to those they love.
I don’t think Na’vi kiss or hug. Even in the final cut when Jake went in to kiss, Neytiri seemed a little hesitant and unfamiliar with the action. I noticed since being with Jake, Neytiri picked up on human behaviors especially in “the way of water.” We saw her and Jake hug, as well as hugging her children.
this role was meant for him
This is gold, Jerry, gold! You can see why Sam was chosen for the role.
There are a ton of deleted scenes that flesh out the lore in the original Avatar. I hope one day they release the 4-5 hour version that has all the deleted scenes. If they did, then maybe people can stop yammering about how there's no story in the original. But I understand you can't have a 4-5 hour theater cut
id watch 4-5 hours in theater. There could be a 20 min break for wc
Someone actually made an extended cut of the movie with all of the deleted scenes and posted it on Reddit. I don't remember the link, though.
There is allot of them, I have the 3 disc DVD version, third disc shows all of them and more
They could do that these days if they went back to having intermission
@@Andytlp me too! 4-5 hours in pandora.. wow!
"They don't even have a word for 'lie.' They learned it from us."
That's a great line. It should have been left in.
It is a little TOO innocent imho. They lie plenty of times in the 2nd movie. It's kids being kids, but they still do it.
@@Netsuko that's very true
@@Netsuko yeah in the second movie, after humans have been integrated into their society fully, and before hand in the first when they were still warring.
They both were born to play their roles
every day i thank gods that they decided to cut that "but we have something better" line
That Last minute was the scene that James Cameron said "there's my man, he's Jake"
I think it’s worth mentioning how much of a challenge it can be to visually show emotion when it comes to acting. Even if you felt indifferent about Sam’s voice acting (which I thought he did a pretty solid job as an Australian actor), he can convey his feelings so well that you don’t need words on a script to know what emotions are being felt, and I believe that deserves a lot of praise. Major props to worthington. (Same could also be said for Zoe, that first shot of them together gives butterflies in my stomach).
I feel butterflies when I see them too! ❤ It's like... huh, being in love with them - both as a couple, unity. 😊
Wow this is great. All these years and I've never seen this before. The first movie is still fresh in my mind but these scenes only prove how perfect Sam was the part of Jake. Thanks for sharing.
their chemistry is off the charts.
Sam and Zoe were born to play these characters.
That's a hell of a screen test!
Compare these clips to the final rendered version of A1 and you will understand how performance capture puts the entire actor into a CG character. It's absolutely brilliant.
1:33 Sam gives up on his accent for a minute there and Jake is an Aussie 😎
Would have been fun if Jake had actually been an Aussie in the movie 😊
@@izabelmariabroad5368 would have been more than fun mate would have been better! 😂
@@legendgamer676 I would love to see that reboot one day!! 😆
@@izabelmariabroad5368 there’s not enough Aussie protagonists in mainstream
media
@@izabelmariabroad5368 I still don't understand to this day why they couldn't just let him be an Aussie if he struggled with the accent as much as he's said he did. It's not like Jake's nationality matters.
It's cool to see Neytiri in human form.
From an interview with James Cameron, he said he tested other fine actors but it was that speech at 5:55 that he felt others fell short, and Sam won the part on.
Hopefully Sam Worthington will land another big role outside of the Avatar series. He’s a great and underrated actor. His performance in TWOW was fantastic.
he had a poignant side-character role in Everest as one of the climbing leaders (it's about the 1996 Everest Disaster). I haven't had a chance to watch him in Under the Banner of Heaven yet.
he has done over 20 more movies since the first avatar, a memorable one being Wrath of the Titans which was another big budget fantasy block buster but he was never able to become a big movie star.
Avatar: the 90s Scifi Channel Original Movie
Tonight at 7pm eastern, only on Scifi.
I can imagine the Navi being just dudes in blue paint and the robots are stop motion
Funny enough this movie was supposed to come out in 1994
@@mosthated.e.2422
1999, months before Matrix
Avatar in a parallel universe be like
Thanks to James Cameron to put his foot down to convince the studio that Sam Worthington is the guy to play Jake Sully because the studio had their doubts,they didn't want Sam. Mat Damon was the runner up but thankfully he was stuck in another contract making another movie. Seeing Avatar now I can't imagine Mat Damon in it, it would be a different energy dynamics and would focus too much of his "star power"and becomes just another Mat Damon movie,that is not the focus of the film.
These scenes show that Avatar would work as a conventional acting movie with Navi not being digital, but actors in makeup and some digital effects. It would be a different movie, but I would love to watch it. With all the technological breakthroughs of the Avatar digital technology, the characters' emotions convey still clearly superior to motion capture when put like this side by side.
lol to me it shows the opposite, it would have been absolutely terrible
@@lefotografion As I have said it would be a very different movie.
Its so beautiful seeing performers work their magic
Thankfully some of that overly expositional dialogue improved and was pared down. The actress standing in as Grace here is truly off key with her hand wringing approach to every line. However, Sam Worthington may actually come across more dynamic here in his screen test than he even does in the film. Seems to have a bit more spark. Convinces me he was a better fit than Matt Damon would have been. Frankly there weren't a slew of great options for a leading man in that same mid 20s age range at the time, or still now for that matter either. Maybe Colin Farrell might have been decent.
Yeah grace here is disturbing me haha. Sigourney weaver was the perfect actress for Dr. Grace and Sam is just perfect for the role.
@@Jaimyx77
Maybe someone like Sharon Stone, Geena Davis or Rene Russo might have been decent. Just to think about an alternate choice.
Lol so many spelling errors
@@twonsvlogs2892
You okay? Will your guffaws subside or should we be concerned?
Yes, "Worthington" (Worthingty??) and "pared"(paired) were somehow mispelled. Oh as was Farrell (Ferrell), although the arbitrary spellings of sir names can be fickle beast. If trivial variations of the same name are even considered terms to be mispelled.
So so many errors though. I'm surprised you survived them.
Didn't know I'd be graded my a school marm for a quick message typed at some random hour in a tiny comments box by my thumbs on the small screen of a "smart" phone which perpetually tries to undermine every sentence by misgussing.
Thanks mom. I'm eating good now.
@@Jaimyx77 This Grace gives me strong Linda Hamilton vibes.
mind you all; the defining point of Sam being chosen as Jake was his 'To'Ruk Makto Speech'
Sam is amazing. But it baffles me how many great actors are out there that we will never hear of or see, and I can't help but feel a great sense of injustice. That lady that was basically posing as grace... she was AMAZING too! But probably because of a set of circumstances in her life, she's giving the line to other actors who will then go do movies instead of doing movies (Not that there is anything wrong with that, ofc) and no one knows her name.
Thanks for your continuous love and support. ❤️
For how long have you been a fan of mine?
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our avatar lives.
Bro the $€x scene was his first screen test. I can just imagine not knowing someone and then immediately doing a romance scene for your first screen test, awkward…..
I bet it helps a lot if the the co-star is attractive like in this case. And chemistry tests are usually done ASAP to see if it's even worth to pair up the actors for the film.
Even Sam said it was like kissing your sister 🤣🤣, he will never recommend it🤣🤣
@@juskabilonda5537 dont believe anything you read. he would never say in the open that it was great to kiss her, and back then they were both single. zoe is hot af
@@milandavid6405 i think zoe had a boyfriend at the time.
@@juskabilonda5537 they were both flirting in that interview
It feels like an old early 2000s tv show.
Thanks for your continuous love and support. ❤️
For how long have you been a fan of mine?
We all already knew Sam Worthington was Worthy of the role, but damn; this random woman does a good Doctor Grace, too!
It's so great to see THEIR faces in these moments!
The improv Sam did of blowing a stray fluff off of Zoe? So good.
RIGHT?! I wish they would have kept that. It’s playful and cute.
Blowing the Hometree seed off her hair, that would be super cute ♡♡♡
Zoe is so beautiful omg ❤
it's so awkward kinda. so funny but man they have chemistry!!
I believe one of the reasons James chose them is because Sam and Zoe's chemistry is through the roof. 😍
The scene of Neytiri and Jake here is so sensual. Im glad they made love as avatar! 😅
The kiss here is so much emotional 😍 it makes the kiss in the final cut so much cold 🤔
Wow, have to agree with James. Knocked it out of the park... that Aussie guy.
Sam and Zoe were born for this . James Cameron did a fantastic job
Dang 2007 recording and still doing it in 2023 that is like freaking 16 years..
This makes it look like an episode of Stargate SG-1.
Wow Cameron prooves that beyond sci-fi even professional stage theater is right up his alley. This audition alone the ambeince the performance felt like live theatrics. 🍷
OMGGG!!! WHY AM I JUST WATCHING THIS MASTERPIECE??! 😭🥺💖
Hope they work that missing narrative element from the deleted scene into the sequels, somehow.
Zoe was born to play neytiri!!!! I dont see any other actress that could play neytiri.
"that they cannot take whatever they want and that this this is our land" so mighty
I never noticed how Sam Worthington played that character so well. He has great acting skills, so as Zoe Saldana. Thanks for sharing this. It makes want to rewatch the first Avatar again 🥰
i know its atmospheric but i think the fact that the lighting tinted them blue is very funny
James Cameron knows how to pilfer in style.
That scene where they talk about Jake picking a mate... it felt so familiar to me. It was like a distant itch in my memory. Then it hit me. * BOOM *
Charlton Hesston. When he played Moses in the 10 commandments. Wasn't even born when that classic came out. But, its damn near the same exact scene where Moses is being told by his own love interest that he too can now pick a wife. And she goes on the same ramble, naming one female after the other, pointing out each ones attributes just like Saldana did. Before Moses tells her he has already found the one he's looking for in her.
Only Sigourney with her high pitch hysterical voice is worthy of playing that role
His Aussie accent was still really showing here
He’s good, he’s fit for the role. He narrates the hell out of the movies. And he don’t have to take much more roles he already probably made a fortune over Matt Damon. 😂
This actually confirmed me a doubt I had, which was how the Na’vi would know about kissing. Jake taught Neytiri.
wait what im so confused? did u think they didnt know how to kiss? bc neytiri clearly knew
@@ari.violetaa they wouldn’t know what kissing was. It’s a human thing.
5:30 this scene still gives me goosebumps even without the cgi
The music, his words, his passion. Great scene and screenplay.
Same for me, although his scream at the end had me dying 😆 not sure why, just seemed hilarious without the clan there or anything else. Just Jake screaming lol
OMG they're so AMAZING
Sometimes the best performance an actor can give is when in an unpolished story and on a set that's only 40-50% complete but they give 100%
he was made for this role!
Damn, the graphics look so realistic in this version! xD
2009 was freaking 13 years ago 😱
That was funny especially the last scene 😹😹
Great actors! They are perfect for Avatar. Love it 💙
seeing zoe saldana as a human is so cool
4:58 I wish they'd left that line in the final cut. It would have made my inner biology nerd sooo happy. Because what are the odds a distant alien race would kiss exactly like us?!
It's so strange to see the actors without being Avatars (I know it's Screen Test), but it's funny lol
вау, между ними действительно химия кино. идеальная пара для этих ролей
I prefer Avatar 1 more than 2nd
First movie is really Goosebumps🔥🔥 every time i see
he's so amazing at this role
I’d love to see this version of the film!
6:29 a little bit of Australian Kath and Kim popped out.
Tsu'Tey - thoroughly pissed off: "Are you mating with this woman?!"
Grace: ''O shit!!"
Damn Grace's Actor was really good too, sounds so much like sigourney weaver
The last scene is so cool ! I am so disappointed that Avatar 2 has no scene like that or even better
Same😢
Sam has true heart and it shows when he's acting. I believe that is why James chose him.
Sam and Zoe look good with tribal clothing and tribal necklaces.
This Also Shows How Sigourney Was Meant To Be Grace
They should have released the movie like this. It would have been mind blowing.
How come I've never seen it? It's awesome!
Avatar if it was an 80s movie lol
That chemistry woah...
THE KISS😻🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
The first scene in this video would have added so much to the understanding and flow of the film. But of course the vision quest was taken out and so this had to be cut too. A shame.
The score in this version is much more phenominal than the movie version
Imagine if in the next film, somehow they capture Neytiri, and they create a human body for her, and they end up forcing her to become a human and its Zoe Zaldana
I know Neytiri is going to Earth in Avatar 5, so maybe it could happen then. I can only imagine Neytiri’s reaction waking up in a human body.
@@jessicalarson6358 how in the world do you know that?
@@TheNitroRaptor jon landau said in an interview about a month ago that neytiri is going to earth in avatar 5, but he didn’t say how or why she’s going.
@@jessicalarson6358 for revenge
Yay "Dream Hunt" sequence! This is still in my personal canon for the Avatar films :)
i remember feeling weird having a crush on him when i was little 😭
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Thanks for sharing this :)
He looks even more burnt out here than he did at this point in the movie, they shouldve kept it this way