Chris Hemsworth is not here for any MCU hate!
The Thor star recently responded to major film directors - including the likes of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and Francis Ford Coppola - who have shared a negative opinion of comic book movies (more specifically, how the likes of Marvel Studios' output dominates the marketplace).
“It felt harsh, and it bothers me, especially from heroes. It was an eye-roll for me, people bashing the superhero space,” Hemsworth told The UK Times. “Those guys had films that didn’t work too — we all have. When they talked about what was wrong with superheroes, I thought, cool, tell that to the billions who watch them. Were they all wrong?”
“Cinema-going did not change because of superheroes, but because of smartphones and social media," he added. "Superhero films actually kept people in the cinemas during that transition and now people are coming back. So they deserve a little more appreciation.”
Now, the Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga star has turned his attention to actors who were critical of Marvel Studios movies or their MCU experience after appearing in projects that may not have worked.
“It’s, like, ‘They’re films that are successful — put me in one. Oh, mine didn’t work? I’ll bash them,’” Hemsworth said. “Look, I grew up on a soap opera. And it used to bother me when actors would later talk about the show with guilt or shame. Humility goes a long way. One of the older actors on Home and Away said, ‘We don’t get paid to make the good lines sound good, but to make the bad ones work.’ That stuck with me."
The Aussie actor didn't name anyone specifically, but The Times mentioned Idris Elba and Christian Bale - who have both featured in Thor movies alongside Hemsworth - as examples.
“But hey, it’s all a lesson,” Hemsworth continued. “And if I ever went back to [Thor] I’d wonder how we could change it again. But there is a superhero curse in the sense you get pigeonholed, and I’ve felt a little hamstrung with what I could do, so [I] desperately wanted something to scare the shit out of me. And Furiosa did.”
Hemsworth was recently critical of his own performance in Thor: Love and Thunder ("I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself. I didn’t stick the landing"), so if and when he does reprise the role (we'd be very surprised if he didn't show up in one of or both of the upcoming Avengers movies), we can probably expect a very different take on the Odinson.