Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004–07) before beginning a film career in Hollywood by taking on parts in the science fiction film Star Trek (2009) and the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Hemsworth went on to star in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), the action thriller Blackhat (2015), the biographical thriller In the Heart of the Sea (2015), the comedy Ghostbusters (2016), and the Men in Black film series spin-off Men in Black: International (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013), in which he portrayed James Hunt.
Chris Hemsworth Didn’t Land Role In Kevin Costner-Directed Film After Costner Cast Himself: “As Long As I’m Still Young Enough To Play It, I’ll Play It”
deadline.comChris Hemsworth wanted to play a role in a film project directed by Kevin Costner. However, the Thor actor soon discovered he had lost the part to Costner himself. “There was a movie, a script that I’d read and loved and was like, ‘I want to get that,’ and then someone said, ‘Kevin Costner has that [role],’” Hemsworth said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “I’d love [to have] him as a director.
I was like, ‘Goddamnit!’ [I spent] an hour the other day trying to convince him, and he was like, ‘I’m doing it, kid.’ Didn’t work.
I didn’t get the part.” Hemsworth didn’t reveal what the film was about and described the movie as “abstract and interesting” and noted it was “a small story about a man and a woman.” “It’s better seen in his wheelhouse for sure, as far as the kind of Western environment.
There’s horses involved, he’s a horse wrangler, and my wife read it and loves horses,” Hemsworth said. “We have 10 or 11 horses back home and so she’s like, ‘You’ve got to do this.'” ET interviewed Costner at CinemaCon last week and asked him about Hemsworth’s interest in the film he was directing. “It’s a love story, but as long as I’m still young enough to play it, I’ll play it.
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