TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: At the closing gala with Eva Mendes and Sam Worthington (who spent a whopping 35 minutes signing autographs)
Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
Last year, we gave the title of most fan-friendly TIFF celebrity to George Clooney . This year, it has to go to Avatar and Last Night star Sam Worthington, who spent more than half an hour going down the barricade at Roy Thomson Hall last night, posing for photos and signing autographs. He even had security guards take pictures of him with the fans. Co-star Eva Mendes , who arrived 15 minutes later, was almost as generous with her time, spending about 20 minutes with the cheering hordes before walking the red carpet.
41042 Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington6.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/samworthington6/ samworthington6 0 0
Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41041 Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington5.jpg 624 415 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/samworthington5/ samworthington5 0 0
Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41040 Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington4.jpg 624 415 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/samworthington4/ samworthington4 0 0
Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41039 Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington3.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/samworthington3/ samworthington3 0 0
Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41038 Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington1.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/SamWorthington1.jpg 624 491 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/samworthington1/ samworthington1 0 0
Sam Worthington at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41037 Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes_SamWorthington.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes_SamWorthington.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes_SamWorthington.jpg 624 411 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes_samworthington/ evamendes_samworthington 0 0
Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41036 Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes7.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes7/ evamendes7 0 0
Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41035 Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes6.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes6/ evamendes6 0 0
Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41034 Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes5.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes5/ evamendes5 0 0
Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41033 Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes4.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes4/ evamendes4 0 0
Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41032 Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes2.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes2/ evamendes2 0 0
Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41031 Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/EvaMendes.jpg 624 434 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/evamendes/ evamendes 0 0
Eva Mendes at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
41030 Director Massy Tadjedin at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu) September 18, 2010 https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DirectorMassyTadjedin.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DirectorMassyTadjedin.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DirectorMassyTadjedin.jpg 332 500 [] https://torontolife.com/culture/tiff-photo-gallery-at-the-closing-gala-with-eva-mendes-and-sam-worthington-who-spent-a-whopping-35-minutes-signing-autographs/slide/directormassytadjedin/ directormassytadjedin 0 0
Director Massy Tadjedin at the gala premiere of Last Night at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)
We later heard Worthington tell news crews that he felt obligated to sign autographs and take pictures with the fans, since they’re the ones who buy the tickets and keep him working. We also learned that he loves shopping at Honest Ed’s and dropping F-bombs in front of TV cameras (have fun bleeping those out, ET Canada ).
The closing gala this year, Last Night , is about a couple (Worthington and Keira Knightley ) on the rocks because each one believes the other is cheating—the man with an attractive co-worker (Mendes) and the woman with an ex-boyfriend (Guillaume Canet ). Canet was in town earlier in the week to promote Little White Lies but was a no-show at the festival closer. Knightley was rumoured to walk the carpet, but considering she wasn’t here for her other TIFF film, Never Let Me Go , we weren’t holding our breath.
Well, I agree. Sam deserves it. I was there. He even made sure that the pic taken was in good taste. He would look at it after taking and see if it’s not blurred—if it was, he’d gladly do it again and again.
From now on, I’ll watch his every movie.
http://www.alainsojourner.com/2010/09/walk-for-life.html
Iwish I WOULD OF Being there and seeing Sam worthington in real he deserves the best I LOVE THE ROLE OF TERMINATOR SALVATION THE MOST BUT YES DO WISH HIM THE BEST
SURE HE CARES FOR HIS FANS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WE LOVE HIM