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Chris Hemsworth has been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2011. Featuring in the role of Thor, the God of Thunder alongside the Avengers, Hemsworth found worldwide fame by starring in that role.
Starring alongside Robert Downey Jr. in the MCU, the director of the 2016 movieGhostbusters,expected Hemsworth to be more like his co-star in terms of improvisation. Chris Hemsworth, on the other hand, felt that his career was finished since he had never done improvisation before!
Chris Hemsworth Did Not Know How To Improv
Back in 2016, director Paul Feig tried to create a successful reboot of the classic 1984 movieGhostbusters.In the movie, Chris Hemsworth portrayed the role of Kevin Beckman but his lines weren’t properly etched out.
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Since Hemsworth’s co-star Robert Downey Jr. is known for his improvisation skills, Paul Feig thought thatChris Hemsworthmight also know how to improvise. Turns out that was the thing that the12 Strongactor was afraid of doing. In an interview withGQ, Hemsworth recalled how he found himself at a crossroads and felt that his career was going to end due to his lack of improvisation skills.
“I said to Paul [Feig], “There’s not a whole lot on the page, like, what do you want me doing?” He said, “Oh, we’ll figure it out when you get here.” So I said, “Okay, why not? Let’s go.” And I got there, turned up to the studio the day before we started shooting and he handed me the script, I read the script and I said, “There’s still nothing in here. Like, what am I doing?” And he said, “It’s okay, we’re gonna improvise and have fun.”
Well, theExtractionactor thought that his career was going to end and that he would be the person responsible for sinking the whole ship. Turns out, he was partially right, but it wasn’t his fault.
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Chris Hemsworth Thought His Career Was Finished
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While starring in the role of Kevin Beckman, Hemsworth had been told to improvise his lines. Since he didn’t have the improvisation skills, Chris Hemsworth revealed toGQthat he thought his career was finished. Having very little confidence in himself, the actor also assumed that his improvisation would be so bad that it would lead to the downfall of the film!
“And my immediate reaction was, this is not only the end of my career but I’m going to ruin this film, I’m gonna let everyone down, I haven’t done this before, what am I doing?”
In the end, it wasn’t theMen in Black: Internationalactor’s fault butGhostbustersreceived an average rating of 6.8/10 on IMDB and 74% on Rotten Tomatoes. The 2016 film is available to rent on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
