Was Thor: Love and Thunder filled with too much comedy? That’s what critics and audiences felt when the film was released in late 2022. Now Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, is adding his feelings to the Marvel comedy discourse and admits he feels the Takia Waititi-directed fourth Thor movie got a bit too silly for him.
Speaking to GQ, Hemsworth dove into all things Marvel and even later addressed legendary filmmakers’ critiques of movies like Thor: Love and Thunder and other Marvel outings.
“I think we just had too much fun. It just became too silly,” Hemsworth tells the publication. “It’s always hard being in the center of it and having any real perspective…I love the process; it’s always a ride. But you just don’t know how people are going to respond.”
The actor notes some of the harshest critiques came from his kids. “It’s a bunch of eight-year-olds critiquing my film. ‘We thought this one had too much humor, the action was cool, but the VFX weren’t as good,'” he said. “I cringe and laugh equally at it.”
Lastly, Hemsworth addressed the common criticism launched by legendary filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. The actor doesn’t try to take it personally but admits it does slightly hurt. “That’s super depressing when I hear that,” Hemsworth said about Tarantino and Scorsese. “There goes two of my heroes I won’t work with. I guess they’re not a fan of me.”
He tries to keep it positive though: “I’m thankful that I have been a part of something that kept people in cinemas. Now, whether or not those films were to the detriment of other films, I don’t know. I don’t love when we start scrutinizing each other when there’s so much fragility in the business and in this space of the arts as it is…I say that less to the directors who made those comments, who are all, by the way, still my heroes, and in a heartbeat, I would leap to work with any of them. But I say it more to the broader opinion around that topic. I don’t think any of us have the answer, but we’re trying.”
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While Chris Hemsworth is not currently attached to any Marvel projects, you’ll be able to see him next in Extraction 2, streaming June 16th on Netflix.
Chris Hemsworth returns as Tyler Rake in EXTRACTION 2, the sequel to Netflix’s blockbuster action film EXTRACTION. After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
Produced by Joe and Anthony Russo, Extraction 2 stars Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Olga Kurylenko, Daniel Bernhardt and Tinatin Dalakishvili.
Extraction 2 streams on Netflix from June 16th.
