Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth might be considered as one of the most liked star in the industry but he thinks otherwise as he beleives he still has a lengthy journey to go.
The 37-year-old men in black actor opened up about body image and weight loss and how artists like him aren’t taken seriously unless they lose or gain an “unhealthy” quantity of weight for a character.
Talking to The Telegraph, he stated: “There’s an aesthetic that the role requires. Bodybuilding is seen as vanity, whereas if I put on a bunch of unhealthy weight, or got unhealthily skinny for a role, I’d probably be called a serious actor.”
He further stated that training for a role is a “full-time job.”
“That and then a 12-hour shooting day — it’s [a] real grind. It’s incredibly rewarding, too — you have to look at it like a professional athlete,” he said.
“For years I probably overtrained. People who do muscle-building often don’t realize it’s a sport that shouldn’t be seven days a week, two hours a day. I was doing that in the previous Thors, and was coming up sorer, with less energy.”
“But you want it to be balanced, because there’s probably a shirt-off scene somewhere. You don’t want to look like Popeye with one section of the body blown up,” he added
