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- 25 Nov 2014
- Entertainment
CHRIS Hemsworth says life in Hollywood before he made it big was “bulls**t” and it was “gross” how differently people treated him after he landed his role as Thor.
In an interview with GQ Australia, the 31-year-old said his role as the Marvel Comics superhero “opened up every door that’s available” but also exposed him to the industry’s dark underbelly and false veneer.
“It’s bulls**t,” he said of his experience being a relative unknown in the industry. “I remember how differently people treated me when things went well. Some directors and producers who never gave a s**t — at best, they’d have given me a sideways glance — next time I saw them, they’re my best friend. That’s gross.”
Hemsworth appears on this month’s cover of GQ Australia. Source: Supplied
Hemsworth’s sexy shoot for GQ Australia. Source: Supplied
A father of three young children, Hemsworth also laid bare his resentment towards paparazzi in the United States who get too close to his family.
“When I’m with my kids and someone is scaring my kids — which is what they’ll do — that gets me fired up. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up,” he said.
“I get hot, I get flustered. And in the States, they’re there, 24/7, at the gate, six feet away when you take out the rubbish.
“I don’t give a f**k what anyone says — you’re not a bonus to my career,” he added, referring to the paps.
From soapies to the big time: Hemsworth as Kim Hyde in Home and Away and right, as Thor. Source: Supplied
Perhaps surprisingly, Hemsworth admitted reaching the heights in Hollywood hasn’t been everything he expected.
“You get to Hollywood, you achieve something and then you realise, ‘S**t, it didn’t actually bring me the happiness I thought it was going to, it didn’t fix anything. Look, I mean I don’t wake up, look in the mirror and go, ‘Yep, all is perfect.’”
Of his recent move back to Australia’s Byron Bay, Hemsworth says he knew it was time to leave, wanting a different life for his kids.
“You start to think of it as the norm, that this is how people are — and that’s the danger. If this is life, I’m not raising my kids like this.”
Tang Wei, left, as Chen Lien, and Hemsworth, as Nicholas Hathaway in Blackhat. Source: AP
Hemsworth starred on Home and Away from 2004-2007. Source: News Corp Australia
He later added to news.com.au that being back here for four or five months was “amazing”.
“Being here in LA, I can’t complain about the place because it’s given me so much, but you are reminded about the industry every step you take down the street. Billboards of films you are not in or wanted to be in or ones that you are in, and everyone talks about the business, everyone you know, and it’s suffocating. And, being back there in Australia this time, I really noticed the difference. And you just distance yourself from it and you feel like a human being again. The experiences I had as a kid, I want my kids to have.”
Hemsworth also revealed the one time in his life when he felt positively terrified.
Researching for his role in upcoming thriller Blackhat, the 6ft 3 actor visited prisons housing some of the world’s most dangerous criminals and was told, “you’re going in at your own risk”.
Hemsworth’s character in the upcoming cyber thriller is a former Blackhat hacker, who is serving a 15-year sentence for cyber crimes. Source: AP
He later added to news.com.au that while he enjoys action films, he is starting to tire of the genre.
“I am looking for that script,” he said of his desire to pursue more drama films. “This was action coupled with a thriller aspect and acting and drama and that was exciting, but yeah, there are plenty of days where I am like, I don’t want to fight anymore.”
Hemsworth is now among the Top five highest paid male actors in Hollywood.
He was photographed in Sydney for the GQ shoot. The February edition is out Monday.
Chris Hemsworth as Nicholas Hathaway in Blackhat. Source: AP
