Chris Hemsworth: Playing A Superhero Is a ‘Predictable Box’

Chris Hemsworth seems to be more than happy with moving on to other roles that aren't Marvel-related. The Furiosa star told Entertainment Weekly in a joint interview with Anya Taylor-Joy that after playing a superhero in four standalone movies and several Avengers films as Thor, the departure "was nice."

While talking to the publication on Wednesday (May 1), Hemsworth, 40, compared the red capes he wore while playing Thor and most recently as Dementus in the Mad Max prequel. Commenting on his villainous role as the sociopathic warlord, the Australian actor said it wasn't intentional to wear a red cape like his Marvel character. He also admitted that taking on such a bombastic character "scared the s--- out of me."

However, he found the parallels while transforming and inhabiting a completely different physicality from Thor was a "wonderful departure" and "a lot of fun. I loved it. And it was the real attraction.” The actor added that another selling point for Furiosa was the desire “to dirty it up and to be messy and ugly and violent and chaotic, rather than being in the somewhat predictable box of the hero in a superhero space. There’s a whole lot of rules that you have to stick to. With this, I could throw that out the window, which was nice.”

Taylor-Joy, who plays the film's title character, asked her co-star during their EW feature: "After years of capes, are they annoying?" To which Hemsworth immediately replied, "Hate ’em. So impractical."

Furiosa comes to theaters on May 24th. Watch the epic trailer below:

While promoting the film, Hemsworth had fun reading fans' reactions to his role in Furiosa. One person hilariously noted, "Forgot Chris Hemsworth was in Furiosa and I thought 'damn this ugly a-- dude looks like Chris Hemsworth.'" Director George Miller wanted Dementus "to be this historic-looking Roman figure" and used prosthetics for his nose. Another fan noted that Miller probably thought Hemsworth was "too pretty for the wasteland," thus the use of prosthetics.

Commenting on how Hemsworth looks as Dementus, a second fan said, "I am all in for Chris Hemsworth's 'ugly character actor' era #Furiosa." Hilariously, Hemsworth said, "I didn't think he was ugly, I thought he was quite lovely." One person bluntly states, "You're ugly as f--- in it and ya still HOT [flame emojis]." Another fan noted, "holy s--- i just realized chris hemsworth will be allowed to be australian furiousa."

Chris Hemsworth is one of three hunky Hemsworth brothers. As the middle child, he grew up in Australia with older brother Luke and younger brother Liam. All three grew up to be successful actors in Hollywood, but Chris arguably has the most iconic roles. Born on August 11, 1983, in Australia's coastal capital of Melbourne, Chris started his acting career by appearing in several television series.

In 2002, Hemsworth starred in two episodes of the children's television series Guinevere Jones as King Arthur at 19 years old. He also made an appearance in the Australian soap opera series Neighbours. The following year, he appeared in an episode of another popular Australian children's show, The Saddle Club. In 2004, Hemsworth auditioned for the role of Robbie Hunter in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He didn't land the role but was subsequently cast for the part of Kim Hyde. He moved to Sydney to join the cast, appearing in 171 episodes of the series until 2007.

Chris was also a contestant on the fifth season of Dancing with the Stars Australia. After six weeks, Hemsworth was eliminated. In 2009, Hemsworth landed the role of James T. Kirk's father, George Kirk, in the opening scenes of J. J. Abrams' Star Trek. That same year, he starred as Kale Garrity in the thriller A Perfect Getaway. Hemsworth went on to play his first film in the United States, 2010's Ca$h, alongside Sean Bean.

In 2011, Hemsworth landed the biggest role of his career in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Thor. He reprised the role as the God of Thunder the following year for the 2012 The Avengers. He would reprise the role for three Thor sequels, as well as appearing in three more Avengers movies. Hemsworth expanded his film range, starring in the horror movie The Cabin in the Woods, the Ghostbusters reboot, and the Extraction film series.

Take a look below at photos of Chris Hemsworth through the years.