Sam Worthington in The Shack. Photo Credit: Jake Giles Netter for Summit/Lionsgate
He was Jake Sully in Avatar, the son of Zeus in Clash of the Titans, a human resistance soldier in Terminator Salvation, he tackled Everest, was a captain in Hacksaw Ridge and now Sam Worthington questions his inner beliefs in The Shack.
But this dad of two young boys said “everything changes” when you become a father and was true for him as well. He joked:
Well, I watch a lot of Mickey Mouse. More cartoons than I would have ever. A little Curious George, Daniel the Tiger and things like that.
He went on to share with us on a more serious note that:
The way I look at the world changes. The way I look at myself. Everything changes in being a dad and I love the feeling. I love it. Not only am I seeing things afresh through his eyes, but I’m also embracing it. If he’s watching a cartoon about killing and destruction, my instinct is I don’t want him to watch that. That changes also with the movies that I choose. If the movies have messages where it’s about being nihilistic in the world I don’t want my son to go, “My dad was part of that.” I like movies that are hopeful, even more so now. I like characters that are struggling to find their place in the world and it’s okay to go through that struggle because when you come out the other side, it’s going to be all right. The world isn’t as scary.
He draws parallels to the importance of family, hope and being more positive:
From Avatar to this, it’s always about a man trying to find his way in the world, even if the world is another planet. That’s a message that when my son is older, my son will go, “My dad did these movies where it’s okay to be fallible and it’s okay to make mistakes.” But eventually you just want a hopeful message that you can make an impact on the world and it’s going to be okay. It changed everything. It’s actually made me more positive and less negative about the world because I want him to be positive.
Sam Worthington in Hacksaw Ridge. Photo Credit: Mark Rogers for Summit/Lionsgate
