Chris Hemsworth Thinks "Bodybuilding" Keeps People From Thinking He's A Serious Actor
"It's incredibly rewarding."
You know Chris Hemsworth.

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And you know that since the man is basically Thor, Chris Hemsworth has to work out. A lot.
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The actor opened up about his training regimen to The Telegraph — and while doing so, he claimed that the "bodybuilding" he engages in might cause people to take him less seriously.
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"There's an aesthetic that the role requires," he stated. "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."
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"The training across 10 years of doing it 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."
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It definitely sounds like Hemsworth's routines are intense. At another point in the interview, he talks about how quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed him to "see how [he] can manipulate [his] body"
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Which is fine! And, hey, if you're playing a Norse god who is also a superhero, maybe it's just flat-out necessary. But it's also worth remembering that "feeling good" and being healthy as a concept is different for pretty much everybody and every body.
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We can't all be Thor — and that's what makes us special.
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