Once upon a time, Chris Hemsworth was a struggling actor in Hollywood and he missed out on a number of roles which ultimately went to other actors. Ultimately, that worked out for the best, of course, especially considering the fact that the projects in question are
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra and
X-Men Origins: Wolverine!
"I got very close to ‘GI Joe,’" he says, referring to the character who was ultimately played by Channing Tatum.
"I got very close to Gambit in the Wolverine ‘X-Men’ movies." Instead, that went to Taylor Kitsch for a one and done cameo.
"At the time I was upset. I was running out of money. But if I played either of those characters, I wouldn’t have been able to play Thor."
One movie which did change everything for Hemsworth was
Ghostbusters. That divisive reboot allowed him to show a comedic side that was carried over into
Thor: Ragnarok but he still hasn't forgiven the so-called fans who decided to take aim at it from the start due to the female cast.
"That whole period I was like, ‘What ownership do you guys have over those characters?’" he muses after revealing that he would have liked to do a sequel.
"Oh, you watched the film, therefore you should have a say over where it goes? I thought it was very unfortunate and kind of disappointing." Surprisingly, though, Hemsworth nearly walked away from that some time before.
"The night before I was shooting, I almost pulled out. Three or four weeks prior, Paul said to me, ‘I’m going to write up the character. Don’t worry.’ And then I got the script and nothing had changed." Luckily, he then learned that he would be allowed to improvise.
"I was really scared walking onto that set. I had no real plan, so I was just feeding off of them, and I just felt ridiculous. So I used that."
Do you think the
Avengers: Endgame star would have made a better Gambit than Thor?
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