Chris Hamsworth is a famous artist from Australia. He gained his worldwide popularity through his participation in the cinematic project based on the Marvel comics. For most of his fans, Chris is the actor who played Thor.
Place in plot
Chris Hamsworth has become a symbol of the Marvel Universe. He took part in four films, where his Thor was the main character. This is the film of the same name, its continuation ("Thor. The Kingdom of Darkness"), as well as the film about the superheroes "Avengers" and its continuation of "Age of Ultron."
Chris (actor) did a wonderful job with his professional duties. Thor in his performance turned out to be very characteristic, strong, agile, in general, a real superhero. Although by nature the character is a god of thunder, arrogant and proud enough.
Thor is Odin's son, and beloved. Because of this, he has a confrontation with his brother Loki, who is jealous of Thor's position.
Father gave his son on the eighth birthday Mjolnir, a magic hammer with which the boy practically did not part.
Thor grew up selfish and proud enough, and to teach his son a lesson, Odin sent him to Earth in a human body, while depriving him of his memory. Thor, under the name of Blake, graduated from New York University and opened his medical practice. Later, he remembered his past, but could not part with people and humanity. Since then, he lives on two worlds.
Thor (starring Chris Hamsworth) is the creator of a group of supermen called Avengers. This includes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).
Casting for a role
Casting is always not a simple matter. Among hundreds of applicants, it is necessary to choose the director who is ideally suited and ready to realize all the ideas. That is why in 2009, tests began for the film "Thor". The starring actor is Chris Hamsworth. However, it was not approved the first time.
Initially, the job was offered to Daniel Craig, but he rejected the offer. Chris was rejected by the producers at an early stage of selection. Applicants for this role were Kevin McKid, Alexander Skarsgard, Paul Levesky. The main objective factor when choosing was excellent physical shape and similarity to the original.
As a result, Chris Hamsworth got a second chance, after which he was approved. At the casting, he showed himself to be a talented and physically well-trained actor.
Tor came out in 2011 and broke the box office record.
Features of filming
Preparation for the shooting was very professional. In order for the character to turn out to be reliable, the Tor actor worked tirelessly in the gym in order to gain the necessary muscle mass. He added almost ten kilograms. Later, the actor admitted that he had to change the entire wardrobe, he simply simply did not fit anything.
Another feature of the preparation was nutrition (so that the muscles grew under such enormous loads). The artist often had to eat in huge portions, the basis of which was protein food and protein shakes. He recalls this moment as the most difficult in the whole process.
But these difficulties eventually made Chris popular. Now for all comic book lovers, he is an actor playing the Torah.
Before filming, Chris thoroughly studied his character, re-read all the comics. He tried to humanize his hero as much as possible, adding some features missing from the original work.
Filming took place in California and New Mexico. In one scene, Chris had to drive a huge jeep. The actor did not have any problems with this, because at the time of his life in Australia he was a laborer and what he didn’t do.
Incarnation in other films
As mentioned above, Chris played his character in four films. The next after the Thor were the Avengers. Actor-Tor along with superheroes people tried to save the earth from his brother Loki, who was trying to enslave the world.
In 2013, the movie "Thor. The Kingdom of Darkness" was released. In it, the main character tries to restore order in the Nine Worlds, while Loki is shackled and can not interfere with him. However, Thor has to contend with something more menacing than his brother.
In the Avengers sequel, the team fights against Ultron's artificial intelligence and wins before the irreparable happens. After this battle, many superheroes decide to pause. Thor leaves for Asgard.