Thoughts on Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth played the title character in this year’s adaptation of the comic book Thor.  His character was described as the God of Thunder and Chris Hemsworth played it well, if I might say so.

Chris Hemsworth managed to portray confidence, sorrow, acceptance, and humility in the character of Thor.  It was like watching a continuum of emotions being played out during the course of the movie.  He made Thor relatable and human.


When I first saw the trailer for Thor, I realized that the actor playing Thor was the same actor who played George Kirk, James T. Kirk’s father, in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009).  Albeit he had a small part in the film, his face seemed very familiar to me and I decided to find out what movie or show I had seen him in before.


I googled Chris Hemsworth to find out more about his filmography.  My gut feeling was confirmed when I remembered what show he was in.  It was in an Australian show called Home and Away which I used to watch a couple of years back.  He played the character of Kyle Hyde, the new principal’s son.

I asked myself why I didn’t continue watching it when I realized that this was the time that I started college and the time constraints made it difficult for me to continue watching the show.  :(


Nonetheless,  I’m happy to know that I can continue watching Chris Hemsworth on the big screen since he will be continuing his role as “Thor” in “The Avengers” (2012) and he has a movie with Kristen Stewart called “Snow White and the Hunstman” (2012) where he plays “The Huntsman”.  I think Snow White and the Huntsman will be a dark adaptation of the children’s story; I will have to check it out too.


I leave you with a quote from Chris Hemsworth about approaching the role of Thor:


“You sort of fill your head with information and research you have.  But on set, it was about making it truthful and finding a way that I could relate to it, like the scenes between fathers and sons and brothers.  You personalize that, and that helps ground the story.  And then I can relate to it and hopefully, an audience can too.”


*quote is from Hammer Time by Robin Lynch/Celebritext in Smile Magazine*
*pictures are from www.chris-hemsworth.net

Thoughts on Tom Hiddleston

I first saw Tom Hiddleston act in Thor (2011) as Loki, Thor’s brother.

I was drawn to his actions, the way his face displayed the emotions that his character went through in the course of the film, the gestures he did (like when his character, Loki, was in the palace with the Warriors Three and Sif and they were talking about Thor’s banishment while Loki was looking at and carefully touching his hand [the hand which the Frost Giant touched] ...and he was looking at it strangely).

I also like the way his voice changed throughout the movie, from silkily suggesting to Thor to go against Odin’s command, to pleading to Odin regarding his actions (“I could have done it! For you, for all of us..!”)



Anyway, I researched on Tom Hiddleston to know more about this actor and I came across lots of articles about him.  It turns out that Mr. Hiddleston and Mr. Kenneth Branagh (the director of the film, Thor) previously worked together in a show called Wallander.  Tom Hiddleston played Kenneth Branagh’s sidekick, Magnus.  I checked out the synopsis for the show since I am not able to watch it where I am.  I don’t have access to PBS.



I guess this picture sums up my feeling of not being able to watch it. O_o