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Last week, Kaiser presented the notion that director Kenneth Branagh was infinitely more bangable than his Thor leading man, Chris Hemsworth, and the comments section went wild in agreement. Indeed, Chris (who had a small role in the Star Trek reboot and will soon reprise his Thor role in The Avengers) is a very blandly attractive actor in line with a few of his contemporaries, namely Sam Worthington and Channing Tatum. You know, actors who are conventionally functional in a typical Hollywood blockbuster sense but who would be quite difficult to pick out in a lineup. With Chris Hemsworth, however, his lack of noteworthiness continues into his personality as reflected within Interview Magazine’s May issue:
On The Film’s Surprising Cast: I am incredibly lucky to work with those involved! I think the attraction for Natalie [Portman] to a film like this was Kenneth Branagh’s involvement. At that time in my life, I wasn’t in a position to pick and choose who I wanted to work with. I just needed to pay the rent, and I was excited to be involved with something on this scale. I was signed up either way! This is by far the biggest thing I have ever been involved in and there is more anticipation than anything else.
On Using An English Accent: For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in.
On Thor’s “Hammer”: It is a pretty impressive piece of equipment. It was quite heavy, so that helped with the stunts. If it was too light, you would swing it around like a toothpick and it wouldn’t look impressive. When there is some weight to it and you have to physically use your shoulder and back, it gives you a sense of power. I got very comfortable holding it. When I did the earthbound scenes without it, I felt naked.
[From Interview magazine]
Hemsworth goes on at length to stress that Thor isn’t just a special effects movie but also “about great character development,” which is certainly an ambitious statement in reference to a comic-book movie, but we’ll see how things fare when the movie releases on May 6. I certainly don’t believe that the genuinely overexposed Natalie Portman would sign onto a comic-book adaptation for a great script but only for the prestige involved with working for Branagh. Thor will probably be on par with any other summer popcorn movie as mindless entertainment; speaking of which, Hemsworth recently appeared on “Dancing with the Stars” as part of his promotional rounds. Again, he’s not the most engrossing part of the performance, but he gets the job done:
Photos courtesy of Interview
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I’m just bummed Natalie Portman is in the movie. I’m seriously O.D.’ing on her right now, and I absolutely would’ve gone to see this movie for the eye candy alone were it not for Her Perfect Highness.
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ARE YOU TELLING ME THOR HAS AN ENGLISH ACCENT?!!! AAAARRRRGGGHHHH! I know I shouldn’t care but I do.
This is the only Thor for me. ;-P
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At least on Supernatural Thor sounded Swedish. Sheesh!
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The wrong Skarsgård is in this movie.
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Liam Hemsworth is not really my “type” (Anthony Hopkins, Colin Firth, Patrick Stewart, Sean Connery…you get my drift) but I have to say I think this film will make him a big star, and that he has that ‘something’ ineffable–the screen does love him. I thought he was fantastic in ‘Star Trek” and though Marvel superhero dreck is not normally my cup of tea, I will be seeing this–partly for Sir Tony and his Odin eyepatch but also for Tom Hiddleston, who definitely is my cup of tea.
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This is actually Chris and he is actually Liam’s (who we all know has Miley’s ex) older brother. You can definitely tell, they look alike! I think both brothers were up for the role but it ended up going to Chris.
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Man, there are some people who can’t win for losing. He is innerchangable, not hot enought, no personality. It seems that blantent disrespect is all you needto be considered a hot actor in Hollywood.
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He’s hot! And he’s married to sub-Eva Longoria-category fameho Elsa Pataky – grrrrrrr!
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I think he’s hot.
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I love Branagh but he’s not IN the movie so I will stick to my usual line: if RDJ is not involved, I’m a DC Comics kind of girl.
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My friend saw him out and about in LA this week and he is apparently ridiculously good looking in person, Thor-scruff still intact and all!
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@Hollowdoll Damn straight! I was just saying that the other night.
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kenneth branagh is absolutely not attractive and this guy is far more attractive than sam worthngton. I will concede that he lacks something though
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I don’t think it’s too much to ask. It’s a fricken Norse God for Olaf’s sake! De är så dumma! I would settle for a Norwegian accent. ;-P
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Whats the guy got to do to get some love from us?
He seems humble and sweet and excited to be working. Why are we judging him for not having the face of older more experienced actors? Or for his early movie roles not being instant classics?
Everyone has to start somewhere, and in reality this guy is young and just starting out in Hollywood. Theres no need to cut the guy down from the start.
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Way too bitchy, he seems like a good guy. After the Alex Prettyface article it looks like these guys can win for losing. They’re either too boring or total douchebags…
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I’m so in love. He is SO HOT.
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If you’ve seen the latest Star Trek movie, you know that he did a phenomenal amount with about four minutes of screen time. His performance in the very small role of George Kirk was truly heroic, and made me interested in Thor. Then they cast Natalie Portman, and my interest started to wane. But, hey, Idris Elba is in it, too, so maybe I can just ignore her.
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I think he came off well in the interview. I see his ‘problem’ is that he’s just too good looking. I hope when he becomes famous, he stays sweet and humble. Thor is currently my son’s favorite Marvel hero, so I hope the movie is great.
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@Michelle and sam: I completely agree with you both. Excellent comments.
Chris is a hottie, have thought so ever since his days on Home and Away (an Aussie soap opera). I wish this guy nothing but the best.
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Oh, he is soooo hot. He has no charisma in the interviews that I have seen but I am not interested in hearing him talk anyway.
Just shut up and get naked, baby.
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