MAN ON A LEDGE Star Sam Worthington Says He’s Nervous About Working With Ed Harris

Special thanks to Summit Entertainment, last weekend I got to chat with Sam Worthington (Avatar, Clash Of The Titans) about his new thriller, MAN ON A LEDGE
I shared with you my chat with Worthington on his experience standing on a ledge.. in this film, the great Ed Harris, plays the villain. And so I asked Worthington what was it like working with the 4-time Oscar nominee..

“More nervous than going on the ledge, to be honest, I was nervous as anything.
When you meet him, you realize he’s a gentleman, he’s intense but because he takes his job seriously
He’s like one of the best there is.
Every time I looked at him, I kept thinking, it’s Pollock, it’s John Glenn, it’s this guy who created Truman, things like that, so I couldn’t shake that out of my head, I’m lookin’ at Beethoven, all these memorable performances and ya go ‘fuck I better pull it together, man! I better deliver to this guy, he held Al Catraz hostage, what’s he gonna do with me?!’ (laugh)
And then you do your scenes with him and you go ‘man, it’s an honor to actually be able to work opposite you and watch you work and it’s an honor to be in this film’”

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT Presents

A di BONAVENTURA PICTURES Production

MAN ON A LEDGE

Directed by ASGER LETH (GHOSTS OF CITÉ SOLEIL)

Written by PABLO F. FENJVES

Produced by LORENZO di BONAVENTURA (RED, SALT, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN) and MARK VAHRADIAN (TRANSFORMERS)

Starring SAM WORTHINGTON (AVATAR, CLASH OF THE TITANS,

TERMINATOR SALVATION), ELIZABETH BANKS (THE NEXT THREE DAYS, W., THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN), JAMIE BELL (KING KONG, BILLY ELLIOT), ANTHONY MACKIE (THE HURT LOCKER, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, 8 MILE), ED BURNS (27 DRESSES), TITUS WELLIVER (THE TOWN), GENESIS RODRIGUEZ, KYRA SEDGWICK (TV’S THE CLOSER) and ED HARRIS (NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE)

An ex-cop and now wanted fugitive (Sam Worthington) stands on the ledge of a high-rise building while a hard-living New York Police Department negotiator (Elizabeth Banks)tries to talk him down. The longer they are on the ledge, the more she realizes that he might have an ulterior objective.

Rated PG-13. In theaters January 27, 2012.

Genre: Thriller