Belen Liotti
(CNN) – Chris Hemsworth said he felt like he created a parody of himself in his most recent appearance as Thor.
The Australian actor was first cast as the Marvel superhero at age 25. Fifteen years later, Hemsworth has already made 29 films, nine of them in the Marvel franchise.
But in a new interview with Vanity Fair, the star suggested he was disappointed by his most recent incarnation of the character in the 2022 film “Thor: Love and Thunder.”
Chris Hemsworth in a scene from “Thor: Love and Thunder,” with his co-star Natalie Portman. Credit: Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios-Disney.
There are four films total in the “Thor” franchise. The 2011 debut film “Thor” was followed by three sequels: 2013’s “Thor: Dark World,” 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok” and 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder.” The hammer-wielding Norse god He also appears in the “Avengers” movies.
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The interviewer quotes “Avengers” co-star Robert Downey Jr. as saying that Hemsworth’s work in the previous films “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame” was “a formidable hat trick.” .
But it’s clear that Hemsworth doesn’t feel the same way about the latest “Thor” installment, which was directed by Taika Waititi. At the time of its release in 2022, CNN critic Brian Lowry described “Love and Thunder” as “a muscular, engaging movie but enjoyable only at times and difficult to love.”
Hemsworth said, “I got caught up in improvisation and madness, and I became a parody of myself.”
However, the actor has not yet given up the role, as the interviewer said that “he believes he owes the audience another Thor after what seemed like a failure with ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’.”
He took a year off from work, but will soon return to the big screen in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” the prequel to the 2015 film “Mad Max: Fury Road.”
Hemsworth made headlines in 2022 when it was learned in his series “Limitless,” which showed him exploring ways to improve his longevity and combat aging, that he has two copies of the APOE4 gene, meaning he has a greater predisposition to developing the disease. Alzheimer’s.
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The revelation was widely misinterpreted, according to Hemsworth, as it coincided with a planned time away from filming.
“No matter how much I said, ‘This is not a death sentence,’ the story was that I have dementia and I’m reconsidering life and retiring, etc.,” she told Vanity Fair.
However, he revealed in the interview that his father also has the gene and is showing early signs of the disease.
“I know my dad is going through a transition of acceptance around, ‘I’m not that big, strong man with all the answers that everyone now turns to for guidance,’” Hemsworth said.
“Now he is much more of an observer than a leader. “It’s a reminder to me because those are exactly the qualities I need: stillness, observation, absorption, respect for the present moment.”
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