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Director Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok is now playing in select territories around the world and opens in North America next weekend. In the run-up to the Marvel film’s release, I got to sit down with Chris Hemsworth for an exclusive video interview about his work on the latest Marvel epic. He talked about why he wanted to do something different in the third Thor movie, why he had the most fun playing Thor in Ragnarok, why he loved filming with Mark Ruffalo, and a lot more.

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As I’m sure you all know by now, the Thor sequel finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) stripped of his hammer by Hela (Cate Blanchett), who escapes from her Asgardian prison and lays waste to the realm. Lost on a foreign planet, Thor teams up with Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and some new and old friends to take on Hela and protect the universe from annihilation. The film also stars Tom HiddlestonKarl UrbanTessa ThompsonIdris ElbaJeff GoldblumRachel HouseTadanobu AsanoAnthony HopkinsBenedict CumberbatchClancy Brown, and Ray Stevenson.

I absolutely loved this movie. It’s probably the funniest Marvel movie to date and it’s also a really fun ride that’s also loaded with some incredible action set pieces. I had a smile on my face beginning to end. I can’t recommend Waititi’s film enough.

Check out what Chris Hemsworth  had to say in the player above and below is exactly what we talked about and the official synopsis.

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Chris Hemsworth:

  • Why he wanted to do something different with Thor in the third film.
  • How he had the most fun playing Thor in Ragnarok and it was with someone from New Zealand.
  • Why he loved filming the Mark Ruffalo Hulk sequences.

Here’s the official synopsis for Thor: Ragnarok:

In Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Ragnarok”, Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe without his mighty hammer and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok- the destruction of his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization- the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela. But first he must survive a deadly gladiatorial contest that pits him against his former ally and fellow Avenger- the Incredible Hulk! “Thor: Ragnarok” thunders into theatres on November 3, 2017.

For more on Thor: Ragnarok:

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