Sam Worthington has admitted that he was surprised that Clash of the Titans has got a sequel.
Worthington took on the role of Perseus in movie last year that was heavily criticised by the critics - however the movie did go on to take over $493 million at the global box office.
It was revealed that year that a second movie, Wrath of the Titans, was in the pipeline.
He told Contactmusic the actor said: "The thing is the first film we got criticised a lot for, but now the good thing about the sequel is that we are not beholden to an original story and we can learn from the mistakes of the first and hopefully improve on it."
"I mean there is a surprise that we are making a sequel because of the critical drubbing."
2011 looks set to be a busy year for Worthington having already completed The Fields and Man on a Ledge.
He has also been linked with Commando and Drift as well as a second Avatar project.
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