Even though the Thor franchise launched Chris Hemsworth's career in mainstream Hollywood, the actor, who's set to reprise his role as Tyler Rake in Extraction 2 on June 16th reveals that sometimes he got sick of playing Thor.
via British GQ:
“I love the experience,” he begins. “I love the fact that I’ve been able to do something fairly different throughout the process. Thor 1 and 2 were their own thing, Thor 3 and 4 were a very different feel… and then even Avengers, the Lebowski Thor, the Infinity War Thor, due to different directors and I think mostly my own need to do something different. You know, I got sick of the character pretty quick every couple of years,” he laughs.
Russo praises Hemsworth’s comedic timing, increasingly on display as the franchise evolved. “He’s one of the funnier actors we’ve worked with, he’s very gifted,” Russo says. “You see it in Thor in Infinity War and Endgame… It’s very hard to pull off what he did in those movies, because he’s both ridiculous at times and utterly tragic.” The comedic gear shift was something Hemsworth relished; he’d need another if he was to return. “If I was going to do something again it would have to be tonally different. And we’d have to do something very drastic to keep people on their toes. Otherwise it’s just the fatigue of those characters and those films, where people are like, ‘I’ve seen it.’”
I totally get where he's coming from, but you've benefited financially from playing that very character you've become sick of playing. I'm sure Hugh Jackman felt the same way when he has to go on a strict diet and embody a specific workout regimen in order to maintain that superhero body.
Also as an actor you always want to challenge yourself and don't want to be playing the same character for 2+ decades. Even Elizabeth Olsen said recently on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that if you're looking to get into the superhero cinematic universe, negotiate signing on for one film first before you decide to play the same character for multiple films.
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