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.
‘Extraction 2’ Director Sam Hargrave Breaks Down One of the Movie’s Most Bone-Crunching Scenes: ‘Bad Things Happen’ (Video)
thewrap.comExtraction 2” (now streaming on Netflix), you know that it’s stuffed with even more edge-of-your-seat, bone-crunching, glass-breaking action. (It really is.) Chris Hemsworth returns as Tyler Rake, recovering from his seemingly mortal wounds in the first movie and taking on an even more death-defying mission.
The stunts are bigger, the camerawork more dazzling (there a truly unbelievable prison break sequence captured as one unbroken take) and the choreography even more impressive.In fact, we were so impressed with “Extraction 2” that we had director Sam Hargrave (returning from the first film) walk us through one of the most impressive bits of action – a fight sequence that takes place in and on top of a glass-enclosed gym in an European high-rise. (You can watch it here.)“This building is on the newer side of Vienna, Austria.
We loved it because it was this lone skyscraper. Originally the plan was to shoot this for real on top of this building,” Hargrave explained. “However at this time of year the winds in Vienna are up to 40 knots.
That’s really freakin’ windy. So we were forced to shoot a lot of plates and build a set in Prague. We built 70% of it and are three stories off the ground.”And if you’re wondering how much of the sequence is actually Chris Hemsworth, it turns out it was almost always him.“Hemsworth does 99% of his action stuff.
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