With Ragnarok and Love and Thunder, Hemsworth got to show off a quality that went beyond his muscles and good looks: his sense of humor. “I had heard he was generous, and boy is he generous, hilarious, and as hardworking and diligent as he is handsome,” said Ragnarok co-star Cate Blanchett of the actor, “but I had no idea what a goofball he is. He is a complete goofball.”
Although he’s currently taking a break from wielding Mjolnir and hopes to play more down-to-Earth roles (“Remember Hugh Grant in Notting Hill?” he asks by way of suggestion), Hemsworth will next take on a different type of odd-ball. Hemsworth plays the post-apocalyptic warlord Dementus in the Fury Road prequel film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
Furiosa director George Miller initially envisioned someone different in the part, but continues to be won over by Hemsworth’s transformation. “It was really, really weird turning up on set for several months getting used to Dementus,” the director told Vanity Fair. “When I saw Chris many months later, my first instinct was, Wait a minute, this is not Chris Hemsworth. This is a fraud!”
Miller is just one of the many big-name filmmakers that Hemsworth hopes to work with, including a potential big-screen endeavor with his Limitless collaborator Darren Aronofsky. And maybe that experience will give him the space he needs before returning to the God of Thunder. After all, Avengers 5 and Secret Wars are only a few years away…
Thor: Love and Thunder is streaming now on Disney+.
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