Chris Hemsworth Once Feared Thor Was Being Written Out of the MCU
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Thor star Chris Hemsworth has revealed that he thought his absence from Captain America: Civil War meant that he was "being written out" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
In Civil War, the Avengers were forced to pick sides between Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), but Thor was not included in the film and never had to choose.
In a new book called The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hemsworth said: "I remember being on the Age of Ultron press tour, and everyone was talking about Civil War. I was like, 'What's Civil War? Are you doing a side-project or something?'
"They're like, 'Oh no, Captain America, y'know? The next one is Civil War.' I'm like, 'Wait... Iron Man's in that?' And it's like, 'Yeah, but there's not just Iron Man. There's Vision. There's Spider-Man...'"
Hemsworth explained that he asked the studios what he would be doing instead, and they said: "You're doing your own thing."
"I thought, 'This is it. I'm being written out,'" he added.
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Of course, we now know that Hemsworth's Thor was not being written out of the MCU and would, in fact, become an important weapon in the fight against Thanos.
He and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk (who was also absent from Civil War) reunited in the feature film Thor: Ragnarok, before joining their fellow Avengers in Infinity War and Endgame.
Hemsworth will be reprising his role as the Norse god in Thor: Love and Thunder, which recently had its release date pushed back along with a number of other MCU films.
The movie will include a return for Natalie Portman's Jane Foster, who became Thor's girlfriend after the first movie but then didn't appear in Ragnarok, as it was confirmed that the couple broke up for unknown reasons.
Thor: Love and Thunder has a release date of July 28, 2022.
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