THOR Star Chris Hemsworth Reveals Whether He And Brother Liam Were Competing For God Of Thunder Role

THOR Star Chris Hemsworth Reveals Whether He And Brother Liam Were Competing For God Of Thunder Role

Avengers: Endgame star Chris Hemsworth has reflecting on being cast as the God of Thunder in Thor, revealing whether he and brother Liam Hemsworth really were competing with each other for the lead role.

By JoshWilding - May 01, 2024 08:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor

When Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston were cast in Thor, they were largely dismissed as "nobodies." It seems Marvel Studios wanted unknowns, though, as we know of at least a few other names considered for the MCU's God of Thunder, including Chris' brother, Liam. 

He'd go on to star in The Hunger Games movies, famously dated Miley Cyrus, and is now gearing up to take over from Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in the final two seasons of The Witcher

Chris, now a major movie star with several franchises to his name, has opened up on both his and Liam's attempts to be cast as Thor, revealing that while they both auditioned, they were never going up against each other simultaneously. 

Asked if he was worried about Liam landing the role instead of him, the Avengers: Endgame star responded, "No, 'cause I was told I didn't have the part at that point, so I was excited for him. A little jealous maybe, but I was excited for him."

"Then when I was allowed to re-audition, it was when he was out of the picture," Hemsworth added. "So we were never neck and neck. It was either I was involved, then wasn't, and he was involved then wasn't, then I was involved." 

Liam has yet to join the MCU, though his and Chris' brother, Luke, played an Asgardian actor portraying Thor on stage in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder

The latter featured appearances from other members of Chris' family, with his wife - Fast Five star Elsa Pataky - doubling for Natalie Portman's Jane Foster and their daughter, India Rose, taking on the role of Gorr the God Butcher's daughter, Love. 

"So Natalie wasn't there, and we were doing re-shoots, we were in Hong Kong," Hemsworth explains. "And they had brought in a handful of lovely ladies who were potentially gonna be the stand-in for Jane. And then I said 'My wife just landed, why don't we just get her?'" 

"It was my idea that [India] could be in the film," he noted. "And then so, I filmed her on my iPhone reading a bunch of the lines. And then I sent it to [director] Taika [Waititi] and the people at Marvel."

Given the tepid response to Thor: Love and Thunder - which Hemsworth has repeatedly admitted wasn't a good take on the character - we don't know whether Love will return when the Odinson eventually blasts back into action. 

It seems a team-up was once meant to be the plan, but as she's a newly created character for the MCU, it won't be hard to write her out of future stories. 

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marvel72
marvel72 - 5/1/2024, 8:15 AM
Chris is the right choice, now bring back Infinity War Thor.

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Fogs
Fogs - 5/1/2024, 8:38 AM
@marvel72 - Amen bro.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/1/2024, 8:40 AM
@Fogs - Look at him, just so f*ckin cool.
Origame
Origame - 5/1/2024, 11:31 AM
@marvel72 - waititi: "ok. Ill bring back Jane thor"
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/1/2024, 2:06 PM
@Origame -

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sully
sully - 5/2/2024, 4:53 AM
@marvel72 - Serious Thor will always be leagues better than comedy Thor. Too bad Marvel doesn't think this.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 5/1/2024, 8:37 AM
I do wonder, as cool as it was for them to do, the cast all having their kids having roles in the film is in part why they got carried away with the comedy. It oft is said that if a cast is having too much fun filming things can go OTT, having the whole family there is only going to increase the odds of that and less likely to be as self critical of going overboard (cos a lot of Dad's in particular embrace the sillyness more when their kids are about).
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/1/2024, 8:40 AM
@Apophis71 - yeah

I think Both Taika and Hemsworth had said that their kids inspired them to make another one and were a big part of the process such as the former’s kids drawing the creature designs etc.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/1/2024, 8:38 AM
I haven’t seen a lot of Liam’s work but from the stuff I have , he just comes off as bland to me (maybe The Witcher might change that)…

As of now , I do think Chris is the better actor and choice for Thor as he’s proven imo.

Also in regards to Love , I think she’s suppose to be the MCU version of Singularity who played a part in Secret Wars if I’m not mistaken so that could give some hints to her future…

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I hope she isn’t written off due to the divisive reception of Love & Thunder because her father & daughter dynamic with Thor has potential imo.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 5/1/2024, 8:47 AM
@TheVisionary25 - Personaly from what I have seen I feel Liam is the better actor but doesn't come across AS charismatic offscreen as Chris
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/1/2024, 9:18 AM
@Apophis71 - come to think of it , I think I might have seen Liam in just Expendables 2 and that’s really a good barometer for acting haha.

Haven’t watched the Hunger Games films or any of his other work.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 5/1/2024, 8:56 AM
Liam is a middling actor at best, but if they hadn't screwed up Thor's lore in the MCU as much as they did, they could've brought him on as Baldr for a quick appearance. That would've been cool.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 5/1/2024, 9:20 AM
Damn, that would have been awesome with his wife. Not taking anything away from Liam, but Chris was about perfect casting as you can imho. When it was announced I was just like goddam, how the hell I didn't even think that, because I knew he had the looks. Yes, he was smaller, but always in a really good shape and he did sports that needs that more than be a jacked mofo, so I knew he would get the mass.

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