He has thrown himself off rooftops ( Extraction, many times) at tanks ( 12 Strong) and whales ( In the Heart of the Sea), and at Charlize Theron, in two separate The Huntsman films. The Extraction films made Hemsworth feel like an athlete, demanding in a different way to the Marvel movies.

His impressive filmography includes a range of roles beyond the MCU, which demonstrates his versatility. Anya Taylor-Joy takes on the titular role of Imperator Furiosa, while Hemsworth stars as Immortan Joe, allegedly the antagonist.A different way we can live better for longer: regenerating damage, maximizing strength, building resilience, shocking the body, supercharging memory and confronting mortality. But the pay wasn’t great, “only about five, six bucks an hour,” he says, and he could never afford a board of his own. It’s been just over a decade since Hemsworth burst onto our screens as Thor, looking like he’d won the genetic lottery.

He apologises a few times for repeating himself, but it’s obvious that the questions Hemsworth has been asking himself these past few months are at the front of his mind, and our conversation loops back to them again and again. Thor 1 and 2 were their own thing, Thor 3 and 4 were a very different feel… and then even Avengers, the Lebowski Thor, the Infinity War Thor, due to different directors and I think mostly my own need to do something different. Continuation of the MCU’s ‘ Avengers‘ film series, ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ is set to feature Chris Hemsworth, reprising his iconic role of Thor.It was about being remembered as someone who was good and kind and contributed something of value… I certainly don’t think about the films I’m going to leave behind and how people are going to remember me in that sense. We were having kids the same time my career was taking off, same time we were getting married, same time we were getting to know each other. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

With Peter Atencio directing, the film’s storyline revolves around Hemsworth’s detective character, who goes undercover to unravel perplexing casino heists involving a group of Australian male erotic dancers. He thought about the questions that he has been thinking about, in one way or another, for the past 20 years. The film’s primary focus is the relationship between Megatron and Optimus Prime, who is voiced by Chris Hemsworth. That’s what I see, not only in Chris’s work but in meeting him and understanding how he thinks about the world. Hemsworth’s sweet spot is when good and bad collide, as they do in the Extraction series, in which he plays the guilt-ridden and seemingly indestructible mercenary Tyler Rake.

Based on the graphic novel Ciudad by Ande Parks, Extraction saw Hemsworth play Tyler Rake, a former Australian special forces operator turned mercenary that is tasked with saving the son of a crime lord who is kidnapped. He pulls out his phone and shows me a home video from his childhood: a blond-haired toddler sitting on his mum’s lap, his grandfather making his way towards them from the back porch. The movie serves as a spin-off and prequel to ‘ Mad Max: Fury Road‘ (2015) and it is the fifth installment in the ‘Mad Max’ franchise.

However, it was his embodiment of the Norse God Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) that catapulted him to fame. Something he wants to do, that he is really trying his best to do, is live his life as if everything were for the last time.

The Netflix action franchise director is determined to take things to the next level with Extraction 2’s one-shot scene. Still, he bristles when I ask him about criticisms of Marvel by filmmakers including Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino, who recently queried whether Marvel actors are really movie stars.