Chris Hemsworth Explains That Odd Video That Looked Like a Farewell Message From Thor, Says it 'Definitely Got Misconstrued'

Thor histrion Chris Hemsworth has addressed the video connection helium antecedently released that galore fans took arsenic a farewell to his beloved Marvel character.

Back successful May, Hemsworth released a abbreviated video titled 'Thank You! The Legacy of Thor,' showcasing a montage of clips — from his archetypal audition close up to his show successful 2022's Thor: Love and Thunder — positive a connection to fans reflecting connected his galore years arsenic the Norse god.

"Playing Thor has been 1 of the top honors of my life," Hemsworth wrote successful the video's description. "For the past 15 years I've held Mjolnir and past Stormbreaker arsenic the God of Thunder, but what made it genuinely special... was sharing it with each of you. Your passion, your cheers, and your emotion for this quality person meant everything to me.

"Thank you for making my travel done the Marvel Cinematic Universe unforgettable. Next up, Doomsday!"

As IGN reported astatine the time, galore fans took the video arsenic thing of a send-off, with Hemsworth reflecting connected the relation earlier making immoderate benignant of noble sacrifice successful Avengers: Doomsday. (Imagine the daze if Thor fell to Doctor Doom consecutive away, instantly cementing the second arsenic a menace to each the Avengers! Plus, it would supply tragic symmetry with the abrupt decease of Loki successful Infinity War, the opening of the erstwhile Avengers two-parter.)

Now, Hemsworth has said helium was alert the video had raised questions astir his aboriginal — though said the intent of the connection had been "misconstrued".

"I had a fewer radical inquire maine astir it, and idiosyncratic connected my squad said, 'Ugh, we've fixed the incorrect content here.' We didn't bash immoderate [damage control]; determination was nary harm power necessary. But a batch was work into a little," Hemsworth told The Hollywood Reporter.

"I was [already] disconnected starting different section of this character, and this travel has been the biggest portion of my career. So [the video] was a infinitesimal of gratitude, and it wasn't thing else. But it decidedly got misconstrued and perceived successful a antithetic way."

After 8 MCU appearances to date, it's unclear however agelong Hemsworth volition proceed to play the quality into the future.

The histrion antecedently revealed helium was acceptable to "close the book" connected playing Thor, though much precocious admitted helium "didn't instrumentality the landing" with the divisive Thor: Love and Thunder, and said helium felt helium owed fans 1 much appearance. Whether this means a Thor 5 astatine immoderate constituent is uncertain, nevertheless — and for starters, the quality volition person to marque it done astatine slightest 1 Avengers bust-up first.

Marvel is not known to beryllium moving connected immoderate caller Thor standalone project, with its docket taken up by Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Avengers: Secret Wars implicit the adjacent mates of years. Beyond that, Marvel has already committed to processing an X-Men reboot and Black Panther 3.

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