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Hey, I'm Chris Hemsworth and this is the Wired Autocomplete Interview. Okay, now, so I'm answering what I think or what... Alright. How is Chris Hemsworth? Is that it? I'm really enjoying being in Australia. I've been away for a while and I'm going to be here for a bit now. So, I'm excited. I'm excited to be home. How did Chris Hemsworth get cast as Thor? I auditioned for Thor many years ago, probably 11, 12 years ago. And I didn't get a call back. I think my audition sucked. I think that was the response I got. And then my younger brother auditioned and he got very close. He got down to the last five people and then didn't get it. And they were like, look, he's great, but he's a bit young. My manager then said, well, he does have an older brother, which was me. I came back in, re-auditioned a few times and just had a different attitude. Maybe I had a little more sort of motivation that my little brother had got to look in and I hadn't. I also had done a couple of films in between those two auditions, so I had a bit more experience and confidence in what I was going to do. Yeah, I was so, so excited. I had a very slight hesitation about it was going to be a six-picture deal and did I want to be locked in and typecast as one character? And then I was like, you don't have a choice, so shut up. And I pushed that voice aside and said, yep. But I didn't really know, none of us did, if it was going to work or if there was going to be an extension beyond that first film into Thor 2, 3, 4, etc. or Avengers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, whatever. It was all just an idea and a dream and one that I was on board with. We had a dialect coach that we were both working with separately who said we should meet. I want to say it was a blind date, but it wasn't because I Googled her. And I went away and shot a movie, and then I came back, and then I went and shot another movie. It was this kind of long, extended introduction, I guess. And then the rest is history. How is Chris Hemsworth still alive? I don't know. It's the luck of the draw, isn't it? I don't know. How am I still alive? None of us know that. I could tell you that it's because I'm healthy and doing X, Y, and Z. But it hasn't worked out for some people either. We've all got aunties and uncles and grandpas and grandparents who have done all the wrong things and lived to 100. So who knows, mate? Just enjoy the ride while you can. What does Chris Hemsworth want? I want to go on a month-long surf trip throughout Indonesia and just hop from island to island to surf break to surf break and do nothing but surf and relax and chill. I've had a pretty busy run of work for the last 10 years, and it's been exciting and fun, but I'd love just to unplug for a while, and that sounds like a pretty good way to do it. For me, the ocean is just a wonderful reset. What was Chris Hemsworth's first job? Well, get ready. I used to work for a white goods company that made fridges, and I used to fix and repair and clean breast pumps and milk extractors. Yep, you didn't mishear that. It was my job. And this company used to rent them out to various pharmacies and chemists, and they would come back, and they wouldn't work sometimes. They needed to be cleaned, and I would clean them and repair them. I just remember being really bored. I remember sitting in a factory after work and thinking, you know, I'm going to earn my 10 bucks here or whatever, and just, like, I'd make playlists to try to get me through it. Music that would keep me in a sort of calm state and not want to, you know, launch that machine across the wall. Van Morrison, The Beatles, Pink Floyd. A lot of music that my parents listened to. And I used to kind of think about what I wanted to do, which was act and all the, you know, other exciting things I wanted to sort of journey into. So it was good, you know. Boredom is kind of a good space to do some solid thinking, and I did plenty of that. What sport... Oh, I missed one. Hang on. Forget that. What is Chris Hemsworth's last Marvel movie? Well, the last one I just shot was Thor, Love and Thunder, and it may be my last. I don't know. It was a wild and fun and wacky experience, as all Taika Waititi movies are. Played that character for 10, 11 years now, and each time it's been new and exciting, and this was no exception to that. It felt very fresh, and it felt like we were trying something we hadn't tried before. It was, in Taika's words, I think, a wacky, wild, romantic comedy set in space. Yeah, and the last movie would have been Endgame, where we saw Thor in a very dishevelled, broken sort of emotional state. Physically, mentally, he wasn't quite himself, and he had some work to do. So he leaves that film with the Guardians of the Galaxy and embarks on a journey of self-discovery, and that's where we picked this up. So what sports does Chris Hemsworth play? I surf a lot. I love staying active. I like being outdoors. I like circuit training, kettlebell workouts, functional movement. I don't love long-distance running. I love swimming. My kids and my wife love horse riding, and I do a little bit of that. What is Chris Hemsworth's favourite hobby? We just kind of talked about that, didn't we? I'll say something else. I've really enjoyed snowboarding lately. One of those sports you do more and more, obviously you get a little better at, and so once a few things clicked into place, it gave me the same freedom and fun, enjoyment and thrill that surfing gives me, but also my kids do it now, and they love it, and we can ski, snowboard down the mountain together, and there's not many activities where you get to do side-by-side with your kids where you all truly love it to the same extent and have the same thrill and excitement occurring. Who is Chris Hemsworth? Chris Hemsworth is an Australian and sometimes has a problem answering questions with any wit and charm. Who did Chris Hemsworth play first? My first acting gig was... Well, I got cast as somewhat of an extra on a show called Guinevere Jones where I was playing King Arthur. I had a lovely dark red-brown wig on, period costume and so on, and that was cool. That was just like, whoa, I'm on a movie set or a TV set. That's what it feels like. It's my big break. My next job was a show called The Saddle Club. I played a young veterinarian nurse and I was 18 or 19 at the time. Scared out of my mind, first job. Thought this is it, this is my shot. Put a lot of pressure on myself and was like a deer in the headlights. Yeah, that was just a bundle of nerves and anxiety. Who would Chris Hemsworth want to play? These days, who would I want to play? I don't know. Each time it's different. I think I want to do a drama and then along comes a hilarious comedy and I think, okay, cool, actually, that's fun. Let's go do that and vice versa and so on. I don't know that I have any particular one character that I want to play as such. I just want to keep having fun, keep enjoying the ride. Who is Chris Hemsworth's favorite actress? Ooh, the pressure. Cate Blanchett, I worked with on Ragnarok. It's pretty hard to go by. Being an Australian, a fellow Aussie, someone I've looked up to for many, many years and has just been in some of my favorite films, played some of the best characters on screen and continues to do it with such grace and integrity and has a wonderful sense of humor and warmth and is kind and supportive. She's brilliant. Who is Chris Hemsworth's favorite band? Ooh, I'd say the Teske Brothers. It's an Australian singer-songwriter, folk, bluesy kind of vibe. The lead singer has one of the best voices in the music game, I think. I find the music is very, it has a sort of Van Morrison, Ray LeMontagne, Nina Simone, Otis Reading. I don't know, there's just a mixture of all these other artists and quite a nostalgia to their music, which I find is enjoyable and calming and I can have it on in the background or I can crank it up at a party. Either or, they fit all of my moods. Thank you. What is Chris Hemsworth's haircut? Luca Vanella is the guy I work with, hairdresser on all my movies. He makes all the wigs, designs them, cuts my hair, so this is it. This is the Luca Vanella. I've actually stuck with this haircut, I think, for a while now. I look back at when I was on Home and Away, this Australian TV show. I love that experience, it's a lot of fun, but my haircut was shocking. I came in with long hair, it was pretty cool and I wanted to cut it and I just had this, I don't even know what it was, kind of a mullet, kind of a flat fringe. I didn't want to put product in it and it was just like bed hair, but not cool bed hair. It was pretty brutal. What is Chris Hemsworth's zodiac sign? I'm a Leo. I'm interested if someone wants to talk about it to me and tell me things about it, but I haven't used any of the knowledge to my advantage or it hasn't helped me understand myself or anyone else really yet, but maybe I haven't explored it enough, I don't know. What is Chris Hemsworth's personality? I'm fun, enthusiastic, I think I'm adventurous. I don't love sitting still and the fear of boredom certainly keeps me moving forward and gives me momentum to try and explore new things. What is next for Chris Hemsworth? I'm going to have some down time and really enjoy being with my family and being home and being in one place and I feel like I've been unpacking suitcases and packing suitcases and travelling across the world for so many years now, 10, 12 years and it's been incredible and I'm so, so thankful for all of it, but I'd love to just be still for a while now and inhabit a more simple, slower environment. I have a movie called Spiderhead coming out which I'm incredibly proud of. It's a futuristic thriller set in a state-of-the-art penitentiary where inmates have an opportunity to get reduced sentences by partaking in experiments involving mind-altering, mood-altering drugs. What is Chris Hemsworth's diet? I'd like to think I eat a fairly balanced diet. I do eat a lot of protein, but I also have a lot of vegetables. I don't eat a huge amount of carbohydrate. I think my body responds to lean protein more so and healthy fats and vegetables, but like anyone, I have a sweet tooth. I have a real appetite and passion for pizza and burgers and ice cream and all the bad things, but I try to give myself an 80-20 rule, 80%, 20% with the good being 80 and 20% being the cheap meal, if you will. Can Chris Hemsworth sing? No. Does Chris Hemsworth like singing? Loves it, love it, really enjoy it, but going off the response of my family and friends, I'd say no, definitely not. Can Chris Hemsworth do an American accent? I'd like to think so, yeah. I've done some bad ones and I've done some that I'm more proud of and it all depends on the prep period you have, the coach you're working with, what part of America it is and if that's something you gravitate toward and some of it comes easy, some of it doesn't, that's up for you to decide though. Can Chris Hemsworth play guitar? I can play a little bit, yeah. I can't say I play really well, but I do enjoy it, much like the singing and guitar. I just don't think anyone else enjoys it, so it's more of a quiet time, kind of me in my own space experience. Can Chris Hemsworth do a backflip? No. My son can. My son does them repeatedly until he exhausts himself to the point and then he goes to sleep. Can Chris Hemsworth bench 300 pounds? No, I don't think so. I'm not a big bench press guy. I do a lot of push-ups, I'll do dumbbell press, but I don't tend to go too heavy just because it kind of tweaks my shoulder and these days, for Thor, Love and Thunder, I think I'm the biggest I ever was and probably in the best shape I've ever been in, but it was various strategic different exercises shaping my physique and then also a very specific diet. But bench press? Not a big strength of mine, no. Does Chris Hemsworth have tattoos? I do have tattoos, yeah. I have a tattoo here that Robert Downey Jr. had someone design, which was when we were on the Avengers press tour, which we all got. I have Dr. Seuss tattoo because it was a book I read my daughter a lot when she was growing up. It's one of her favorite books. I have a series of little things on my forearms that my daughter actually drew herself, tattooed, and then a sort of sacred geometry, kind of whatever tattoo, which you could dig out all sorts of meaning. I, myself, it's just a cool little image to me. Does Chris Hemsworth have a brother? Yes, I have two brothers, Luke and Liam. Does Chris Hemsworth like playing Thor? I love playing Thor. I played it for many, many years and would continue to do so if people wanted me to. The most challenging part of playing Thor is reinventing it each time and not having it be predictable for an audience and having it be something they've seen before. The goal is to continually try something new and keep it fresh, and that is a challenge but part of the fun. Does Chris Hemsworth change his accent for Thor? I try to, yeah. It slowly morphed into a version of my accent over the years, but initially it was sort of a Shakespearean, mid-Atlantic accent we were going for. I still have a feel of that, but it's loosened over the years as my interpretation of the character has loosened too. All right, that's it. That is all the questions. Thank you very much for the questions. They were great. They were intriguing and fascinating. I was surprised to see that those questions came up and what you were searching for, but there you go. You have all the answers, so no need to search anymore. Here I am.