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Sam Worthington signs for 'Avatar' trilogy
Published Wednesday, Nov 25 2009, 21:18 GMT | By Oli Simpson
The Australian actor was relatively unknown when he was recruited in 2007 to play a paraplegic ex-soldier in the project, which director James Cameron has been planning since 1994.
Worthington claimed that because the shoot was so long and exhausting, he does not expect to finish the next two instalments until his twilight years.
He told Total Film: "You work 18-hour days. I was on it for 14 months. Jim's still editing. We'll still be filming it up to the day it's released - probably after the movie comes out, knowing Jim! That commitment is what makes him the man he is. It's life or death. It's war. That's how he approaches movies.
"We're signed for a trilogy. But I think I'll be 94 by the time it finishes, to be honest. I know Jim's got some ideas in his big head."
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