- Chris Hemsworth’s upcoming movie could potentially replace his role as Thor and marks an exciting new stage in his career.
- Hemsworth’s success in Extraction and its sequel proves that he has the potential to excel in new action franchises.
- The new movie directed by Matthew Vaughn has the potential to be another action triumph for Hemsworth and help him move on from Thor.
Chris Hemsworth’s upcoming movie marks yet another promising action role that could replace his former and longstanding Thor stint with Disney. Like many longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe actors and their characters, Hemsworth became synonymous with the God of Thunder role, playing Thor with dazzling appeal in a succession of MCU films, from the original Thor movie of 2011 to Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) more than a decade later. However, when Hemsworth cast doubt on ever playing Thor again after Love and Thunder, his last MCU appearance, it was actually shocking and felt like the end of an era.
Disney attempted to usher audiences through its period of change, which saw MCU actors like Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and Chris Evans depart from their roles, with a new generation of superheroes as a means to enter into a new and exciting stage in the MCU. While Hemsworth’s future role in the MCU is still unknown, the actor has also moved on to a new, exciting stage in his career. With an ever-growing, exceptionally successful action role to his name and one lined up in his near future, Hemsworth is equipped with very suitable reasons to leave Thor behind.
Hemsworth starred in the 2020 action thriller Extraction as black-ops mercenary Tyler Rake in a very different role from the stately, oftentimes hilarious, God of Thunder, but audiences loved it nonetheless. Extraction boasted 135.7 million views and was so popular that it quickly gave rise to the 2023 sequel, and respectively, both Extraction and Extraction 2 made Netflix’s top 10 most-watched movies of all time. With Extraction 3 on the horizon, Hemsworth already has a proper action franchise role to replace Thor, but he’s since taken on yet another role that could also serve as a suitable Thor replacement.
Extraction and Extraction 2 are available to stream on Netflix.
Recently, director Matthew Vaughn hyped a new movie starring Hemsworth in Josh Horowitz’sHappy Sad Confused podcast, where he vaguely hinted that the project was a “very, very special movie” and even teased it could break some world records. With notable films such as Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, and The Kingsman trilogy in his directing catalog, Vaughn’s forthcoming movie will almost certainly be another action triumph for Hemsworth. The Extraction franchise will obviously continue to grow, but this new opportunity could help Hemsworth leave Thor permanently in the past, especially with an acclaimed action director at its helm.
Why New Action Franchises Are More Exciting For Chris Hemsworth Rather Than A Thor Return
Hemsworth famously expressed that his Thor role became too familiar, so acting in new action franchises instead of making an MCU return would be an exciting way for him to prosper outside the God of Thunder mold.Extraction proved that he’s more than capable of excelling in equally enjoyable roles that audiences are eager to see reprised. Stuck in the same cape and armor time and again does little to express his full breadth of talent, but in new projects, like Vaughn’s forthcoming action film, Chris Hemsworth can effectively make exciting career moves without reprising the same old character.
Source: Josh Horowitz
