In a recent interview with MTV, Chris Hemsworth - star of the critically acclaimed Marvel flick
Thor - discusses the work on designing both the hammer Mjolnir and Thor's costume for the movie, as well as the multiple kinds of hammers that were made for the film.
On the various kinds of hammers...
“There were a few different hammers. This is the childproof, rubber version, which is much safer,” he said of the replica hammer created by Hasbro that we [MTV] received a few days earlier. “We had the adult’s [hammer], which was heavier and mallet-like. It needed to have some weight to it, you know? Otherwise you spin it around like this and it doesn’t look impressive.”
On the design of both the costume and the hammer...
“I didn’t know about the intricate sort of details involved or in the costumes or the sets or the hammer. It was everybody else, the experts saying this needs to be smaller or larger or this color or that color. And I was there going, ‘Eh, cool.’ ”