Liam Hemsworth covers the March issue of GQ Men’s Style to promote his role as Gale in the upcoming Hunger Games movie, and the dude looks good. Really good. However, I won’t lie about my true motivation for this post as an excuse to also cover Liam’s adorable new puppy that was a birthday gift from girlfriend Miley Cyrus (other than the p3nis cake tasted round the world). Miley has tweeted some photos of Ziggy, who looks to be a Boxer. I dare you to look at the eyes on this doggie and try not to melt.

Back to the GQ business though — Liam also sat down for an interview, and although the excerpts are scant, here are a few tidbits:

His childhood role model: “I surfed competitively and made it to the state rounds where I was competing with the top surfers in Victoria. We travelled everywhere. All my friends were surfers. All we wanted to be was Kelly Slater.”

No hard feelings on the Thor role: “Look, Chris is six-and-a-half years older than me so there’s this thing where if I’d got Thor, that would have been weird. The way I look at this is, better Chris than someone else. Believe me, Chris and I spent most of our lives beating each other up. At this point, we’re just happy not to be fist-fighting over who gets to sit in the front seat.”

His folks: “My parents are good people who do good things for others. It can be a challenging example to live up to.”

He misses home: “My family and friends back in Australia have missed this part of my life; and it’s been a big part. That’s tough. I’m growing up without them. My parents don’t Skype. It’s tough with the time difference. I miss Australia a lot.”

[From GQ Style

Liam seems to be relatively grounded for a guy whose career is about to explode, but I somehow have the feeling that older brother Chris would knock some sense into Liam if he started acting like an entitled douche. I’m still rather curious as to whether he and Miley’s relationship will endure the coming storm or if he’ll leave her in the dust. Not that I’m rooting for a breakup because I think Liam is good for Miley. And vice versa.

Photos courtesy of GQ and Twitter