IGN caught up with Chris Hemsworth where he talked about being excited for Thor as well as what he is looking forward to with The Avengers.
On if all the promotional stuff going on with the release coming up has hit him yet:
"Yes and no, I guess. It's still sort of surreal to see the billboards come up and you start to see the trailers playing and you say, 'Wow, it's actually happening.' But a year and a half ago when I first got cast, I was certainly informed of how big it was gonna be so I've had that time to think about it, but yeah you still double-take at billboards and go, 'What the hell is that?!'"
On his favorite part of making Thor:
"The whole thing was just incredible, you know? I not only get to work with some of my favorite actors and people in the business, but I get to play a superhero. As a young kid or as an adult it's still a highlight."
On when he starts on The Avengers:
"Everybody in the cast? The film starts shooting in a couple of weeks, and then I come on after the Thor press tour, which is around sort of the beginning of May. That's when I enter the scene."
On how his training will differ on The Avengers compared to Thor:
"Yeah, it's a new team of stunt guys and we're taking it to the next level and probably getting a little more technical with the technique of using the hammer, and incorporating some sort of broadsword techniques. Also, I'm back in the gym again and eating all the protein I can get my hands on. I have a nutritionist this time around who's given me some great advice, so I'm back into the swing of it."
On if The Avengers cast has done any rehearsals:
"I've been sitting down with Joss [Whedon, the director] talking and the producers and getting ideas. As far as the whole cast, no, just because of everybody's schedule. Until we meet on set that will be the first time that the group is assembled."
On if he is nervous to work with any of the other actors:
"I've met them individually at times, all of them, and they're all just wonderful. There's always the nerves that run through your body when opposite actors like this, but the excitement of it all sort of overrides that for me. I didn't get into this business because I was forced into it. I wanted to work with people like this and I love it and it's fun. I look forward to hanging about with these guys. [Robert] Downey, I think, has a real unique technique of playing with the dialogue and improv, and I think that would be fun to try and keep up with."
On the similaritys and differences between Joss Whedon and Kenneth Branagh:
"They both really do love storytelling. Ken talks about Superman being one of his favorite films, and Joss has told me stories about him and his friends getting together and reading Shakespeare. So they're not as dissimilar as they might first appear. Both have an incredible passion for these films and are highly enthusiastic."
On what he is looking forward to filming in The Avengers:
"With the Marvel secrecy I'm not really allowed to say much, but I'm just looking forward to being in full costume with these guys and I'm sure there will be some tension so that should make for some interesting sequences."
Thor hits theaters on May 6, 2011 and
The Avengers begin filming later this May.