#90 Sam Worthington, 'The Shack' Interview

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🗓️ 7 March 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Sam Worthington, 'The Shack' Interview

The Not Old Better Show, Movies for Adults

Over the course of the last week, we’ve really had some great interviews, of course we’ve talked to star Octavia Spencer,…author, William Paul Young, who wrote the best selling novel, The Shack, that the movie is based on, actor Tim McGraw, and today, the last in our 'The Shack' series, actor Sam Worthington. Please check out the full complement of shows on the new movie, The Shack, at The Not Old Better Show, and today, a complete review of the movie.

The movie has inspiring messages about everything from seeking help/counsel to processing grief in a healthy way to the power of forgiveness. That said, the ideas related to God's role in people's lives will particularly resonate with Christians/those open to faith-based questions. I recommend the movie to my audience and specifically to people who are looking for a basic explanation of who the Trinity is; those looking to start a conversation about Christianity with their friends; people who enjoyed the bestselling novel.

And, now, After months of both anticipation and controversy, The Shack (based on William P. Young's 2007 bestseller) is a wonderful film. There are those who’ll find fault with it, but again, for those interested in starting a conversation about God, this is a great place to start.

Check out our interview, and go see 'The Shack'

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Not A Little Better Show, I'm your host, Paul Woll-Zang.
0:08.0	As I've mentioned a couple times, we just have had a real wonderful week of interviews. Today we are speaking to
0:15.8	Sam Worthington. Sam of course is very well known for his role as Jake
0:21.5	Sully in Avatar and Sam plays Mac in the movie The
0:26.7	Shack. We'll talk a little bit about the role of Mac. We'll talk a little bit about the movie itself, but Sam, welcome to the show.
0:37.0	Thanks for joining us today. It's always really interesting to hear from actors, you know, in their own voice and what their view of the story is and of their
0:46.4	own character.
0:47.9	What is it about your character, Matt, that worked for you?
0:50.9	The story essentially is about a man whose daughter is taken away from his daughter
0:55.3	is murdered and that propels him to a deep depression and a deep resentment towards faith in life, faith in himself and this ripple effect,
1:10.3	faith in his family, and then gets the opportunity to meet God, Jesus and
1:17.0	you know the Holy Spirit the Holy Ghost and and question why this happened and go through the kind of penance, for one of a better word,
1:28.4	to find a release, to find a way through.
1:31.3	And what else is the story about, I'm leading a little bit, but there's another big
1:37.2	theme in the story and what it is about? It's a story about forgiveness. It's a story about not only
1:42.1	does this man have to forgive God for taking away, you know, for who he
1:46.4	blames, you know, allowed this to happen, allowed this tragedy to happen, but he has to forgive
1:52.0	the person that did this, which in itself is something that is unimaginable
1:56.0	and in return face the demons of his own past he had a very violent upbringing
2:02.4	the very abusive upbringing so he has to forgive his past and then into him forgive the present and how he's feeling and forgive himself.
2:10.0	And you know, that kind of, those four tests are extremely difficult for anyone to face up to but in order to kind of be released and journey on through life
2:19.2	You know that's what he has to go through
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