Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth
Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Awayand as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark Worldand Avengers: Age of Ultron. He has also appeared in the science fiction action film Star Trek, the thriller adventure A Perfect Getaway, the horror comedy The Cabin in the Woods, the dark fantasy action film Snow White and the Huntsman, the...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 August 1983
CityMelbourne, Australia
CountryAustralia
I put the costume on and said 'It's not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,' so it's all good.
It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.
Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there.
You come to America, and, if you do a big TV show, then you can be overexposed, or old, before you're new.
My mum always used to say to me that, out of her three boys, 'Chris, you were the girl!' I'd speak to her about far more things (than my brothers would) and far more things than she needed to hear about, too. I was a chatty kid.
You have a visceral, physical response to being in [the real] places, and the sights and sounds and the smells just bring something else out in you. You're not having to fake that or imagine that. It's there. It becomes as much an act of something you bounce off as the other people you're working with.
There’s a lot of pressure playing something that existed for so many years before you were involved, and already has a fan base. I approached it by doing it as well as I can.
Sometimes there is more exploration in the character for a villain.
Each time you put the muscle back on, your body has that muscle memory and wants to hang on to it, so you just have be well underfed and over-trained to get it off and it's exhausting.
Every film has challenges and all of us are doing it together, all the cast is doing it together so you keep each other motivated I guess and keep each other in check.
I think the idea of a heightened reality and then the fantasy that we're able to be swept up in, and then these larger than life heroes and the possibility of someone much more powerful than we are and greater that can come and save the day, so to speak, is inspiring.
Child abuse is one of those issues that's very difficult to talk about because it's surrounded by guilt and shame and so on, but us avoiding that issue doesn't help those kids in need out there who need support.
I get to stay active and that is my job at the moment, so I can't complain.
I enjoy working on a movie that lets your imagination run wild, it's great to be a part of and watch.