Chris Hemsworth recently admitted that he got “bored” of playing Thor and suggested that the role had stopped him from being “stretched”. The 40-year-old actor has been cast in the role of warlord Dementus in his new movie ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ and is delighted with the opportunity as it has left him feeling invigorated, having spent so long feeling he was “stuck”.
Chris said that ‘Furiosa’ is his favourite role in over 10 years and has reinvigorated his artistic energy which, he admits, had been dormant. He added that he felt spent at the end of a day on set, rather than bored, and that it was a departure from the roles he had been used to.
The actor also admitted that he had felt “pigeonholed” by playing Thor. He said that playing the same character again and again requires bringing something new to the role to make it fresh for the audience and for himself. He added that he had done this with ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, but for ‘Love and Thunder’, the role got a bit too jokey, with too much improv.
Chris also revealed that there is a superhero curse in the sense that actors get pigeonholed, and he has felt hamstrung by what he could do with the role. He desperately wanted something to scare him and ‘Furiosa’ did just that. If he ever went back to playing Thor, he would wonder how they could change it again.
The Australian actor expressed his frustration with the negative comments made by some directors, including Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, about Marvel movies. He said that their criticism felt harsh, especially coming from respected figures in the industry. The actor also pointed out that everyone makes mistakes, including the directors who criticized superhero films, and that these movies are enjoyed by billions of people.
The actor also noted that cinema attendance was not affected by the popularity of superhero movies, but rather by the rise of smartphones and social media. In fact, he argued that superhero movies helped to keep people coming to the cinemas during this time of transition. He believes that these movies deserve more appreciation for their contributions to the industry.
Finally, the actor expressed particular frustration with actors such as Idris Elba and Christian Bale, who have appeared in Marvel movies but later criticized them.
He said, “When actors don’t get success, they tend to criticize. But humility goes a long way. An older actor once said, ‘We don’t get paid to make the good lines sound good, but to make the bad ones work.’ That stuck with me.”
