Chris Hemsworth's Love & Thunder Workout Was His Most Brutal Yet
Chris Hemsworth reveals his Thor: Love & Thunder workout routine was the most brutal of his entire time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Australian actor made his MCU debut in 2011's Thor as the crown prince of Asgard who is stripped of his godly power by his father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), and exiled to Earth to live as a mortal, where he is discovered in New Mexico by astrophysicist Dr. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman). As an original Avenger, Thor has been a central figure in the MCU, having appeared in eight films, not including the upcoming Thor: Love and Thunder which will be his fourth solo outing.
Taika Waititi took over as director for 2017's Thor: Ragnarok and after successfully reinventing the series, he was asked to come back and extend it beyond a trilogy with a romantic comedy-influenced sequel. Thor: Love and Thunder finds Hemsworth's titular hero retiring from superhero-ing and embarking on a journey of self-discovery before Christian Bale's Gorr the God Butcher emerges and declares his intention to kill all gods. In order to defeat Gorr, Thor recruits the help of old allies Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (voiced by Waititi), and Jane Foster (now wielding a reconstructed Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor).
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Thor takes on a challenge unlike any other in Love and Thunder, and in turn, Hemsworth had to look the part. In an interview with Disney (via The Direct), the actor detailed his "brutal" training regimen for the film which included swimming and martial arts in addition to traditional strength training. Hemsworth says Love and Thunder is "probably the biggest and fittest" he's been in his entire career, which was also "brutal" on his body.
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