Chris Hemsworth is still cringing over the disappointing reception of Marvel's 'Thor: Love and Thunder.' The actor looked back on the 2022 Marvel movie in a new profile in Vanity Fair saying, "I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself. I didn't stick the landing."
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00:00 Chris Hemsworth is still cringing over the disappointing reception of Marvel's Thor
00:04 Love and Thunder. The actor, looking back on the 2022 Marvel movie in a new profile in Vanity Fair,
00:10 said, "I got caught up in the improv and the wackiness, and I became a parody of myself.
00:14 I didn't stick the landing." Hemsworth may be being a bit hard on himself,
00:18 given the film's creative direction was largely driven by its co-writer and director Taika Waititi,
00:23 who previously led the Thor franchise to what's universally considered its best film,
00:27 2017's Thor Ragnarok. Love and Thunder also still grossed $760 million at the box office,
00:34 despite its poor fan reception. Hemsworth has previously said that Love and Thunder was "too
00:38 silly," adding, "I think we just had too much fun. It's always hard being in the center of it
00:43 and having any real perspective." Elsewhere, the actor talked about feeling creatively
00:53 unfulfilled until working on George Miller's Furiosa with Anya Taylor-Joy.
00:57 "As soon as I got to Furiosa rehearsals, everything lifted. I just got reinvigorated.
01:02 Suffering without a purpose is awful. Suffering with purpose can be rejuvenating and replenishing.
01:07 I'd grown so tired of myself, and now I had to lose myself in a character."
01:11 The actor also reflected on wondering why he wasn't offered more roles from acclaimed directors.
01:16 "Why am I doing this film? Why isn't this script better? Why didn't that director call me for that?
01:20 Or why didn't I get considered for this role? Why don't I get the call-up from Scorsese or
01:24 Tarantino? I had begun to take it all too serious and too personal."
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