Chris Hemsworth isn’t afraid of the elements.
“And Chris Hemsworth is one of the most watchable there is.”
Hemsworth has always had an affinity for action.
Chris Hemsworth.Dennis Leupold for EW
In many ways, he seems an obvious choice for an action franchise likeExtraction.
“We have a movie star looking for a role.
We would be foolish not to capitalize on that.”
Chris Hemsworth.Dennis Leupold for EW
The sequel ups the action even more.
That mission takes him across Europe and pits Hemsworth against hordes of stuntmen.
You’re on the edge of your seat because it’s truthful."
Chris Hemsworth.Dennis Leupold for EW
The first film had a12-minute oner, following Tyler as he sped through crowded streets and sprinted across rooftops.
After more than a decade of playing Thor, Hemsworth knows his way around action choreography.
“It’s not an easy movie,” Anthony Russo adds.
Adam Bessa, Andro Jafaridze, Chris Hemsworth, Tinatin Dalakishvili, and Golshifteh Farahani in ‘Extraction 2’.
You’re going to get your hands dirty.
You’re going to get beat up.
The conditions are extremely harsh.
Chris Hemsworth in ‘Extraction 2’.
So, you have to be all in.
And Chris is absolutely all in."
At one point, Tyler gets caught in the middle of a prison riot.
Golshifteh Farahani and Chris Hemsworth in ‘Extraction 2’.
That sequence alone required more than 400 stunt performers, filming overnight in 10-degree weather in Prague.
“It’s not just you going through it.
You’re dragging everyone else back into another take.”
Chris Hemsworth.Dennis Leupold for EW
Yes, those were real flames, and yes, Hemsworth did the stunt himself.
“Initially, I thought it was a great idea because it was so cold,” he deadpans.
“But as you know, fire has a tendency to hurt.”
Chris Hemsworth in ‘Extraction 2’.Jasin Boland/Netflix
To complete the stunt, Hemsworth wore a flame-retardant jacket, coated with a thick flammable liquid.
Hargrave estimates that they set Hemsworth on fire six or seven times in total.
That’s a face that millions of people love!"
Chris Hemsworth for EW.
It kind of slams you into the moment.
Which just isn’t the case."
Still, he’s enjoyed the time off.
Chris Hemsworth for EW.
“They love sports, and they love art,” he says with a laugh.
“And then,” he adds, shaking his head slightly, “the chaos begins.”
It’s been a welcome recharge, but he’s also eager to get back to work.
Chris Hemsworth for EW.
“It’s all about balance.
I need to be building something, creating something,” Hemsworth explains.
“As fun as sitting around on the beach all day sounds initially, it very quickly becomes…
I don’t want to say mundane, but too familiar.
For me, I like the spontaneity.
I like the unexpected.
I like being challenged.”
“I wasn’t sure what I was going to do,” he says.
“It was starting to get scary the closer I got to shooting.
As for his future as Thor?
Hemsworth pauses, knowing that anything he says will spawn countless headlines across every geek blog on the internet.
“There’s always conversations, like withExtraction.Before anything is official, people are throwing around ideas.
But officially, I don’t know.”
Thor is already the only Marvel character to get four solo movies to say nothing of the multipleAvengersfilms.
I’ve loved being able to reinvent that character a few times.
“Streaming has allowed so many more films to be made,” he says.
“But I’m thankful that we’ve been able to make the film.
We might not have had the opportunity in a cinema release.”
“Chris is a very multi-talented producer,” Anthony Russo praises.
“He’s not approaching storytelling simply as an actor.
And he’d like to do a contemporary drama.
Maybe a love story.
(Hollywood, make it happen!)
“I’ve done so much gritty action and fantastical aesthetic,” he says.
“It’d be nice to be a little… what’s the word,cleaner?
Not be covered in blood and dust and dirt and being shot at.
I’m sick of being beaten up.”
He pauses, then grins.
“It’s in the hands of the gods.”
Good thing he knows a thing or two about those.
