Sam Worthington On Avatar

Sam Worthington will be famous very shortly for playing a half  Terminator, half human in the imminent release of  “Terminator: Salvation”. That’s not all the crazy Sci-Fi he’s up to though. He will also be starring in James’ Cameron’s epic “Avatar” coming later this year. io9 tracked him down at a Terminator: Salvation press event and then ruthlessly probed him.

Can you talk about what you’ve seen?

Well, Jim is very special. Especially with me and Zoe [Saldana], he would show us a lot as he was filming it. I have a very collaborative relationship with Jim. I consider him to be my best friend. Not only because of what he’s offered me, but because of this world he’s brought me into. But he backs me, as a man and as an actor. I think what he has done is pushing the boundaries of what going to a movie, and experiencing what the movies, [are] all about.

This isn’t going to be the big end-all, be-all, but it is certainly going to show you motion-capture at its finest. Performance capture at its finest. 3D technology and computer animation and graphics at their best — and hopefully that starts a revolution.

Catch the whole interview over there at io9.