After more than a decade swinging Mjolnir and surviving the emotional wreckage of gods and galaxies, Thor isn’t just back for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, he’s changed. And as Chris Hemsworth said, it was not a change that occurred by chance. It was earned, movie after movie, defeat after defeat.
With Phase 6 of Marvel approaching its climax, ‘Doomsday’ makes Thor not only the loudest Avenger in the room, but one of the most experienced.
Thor Has Seen Too Much And ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Lets Him Own That Weight
When examining the long MCU history of Thor, Hemsworth sounds like he has been living in the character his entire life, and in a sense, he has. Early on, Thor was defined by Shakespearean gravitas under Kenneth Branagh’s direction, a god learning humility. However, with the growth of the franchise, Thor changed. “Thor’s role changed in every film. I remember the first couple I did with Kenneth Branagh, that was a complete starting point and jumping-off point,” he told BroBible.
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Hemsworth has publicly admitted that the character didn’t always crack. Thor was too powerful to be easy to write, and sometimes the actor felt that the role was not clear. That anger later turned into fuel. When Taika Waititi came into the frame, the goal wasn’t just to reinvent Thor with humor; it was to break him open emotionally. That re-invention did not take away his pain; it made it more prominent.
Chris Hemsworth Believes Thor Now Finally Has A Voice
The difference now, Hemsworth explains, is agency. Thor, who has been in the MCU for 15 years, does not feel like a newcomer who is struggling to establish himself among the strongest heroes of the Earth. During Doomsday, he is like an elder, a person whose voice counts due to what he has gone through.
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“I remember sitting around on Doomsday with all these new characters, people in their first Avengers film, and thinking, ‘I have a bit of agency here. I should have a bigger voice or opinion as the character,” he says. There’s a quiet humanity in that approach. Thor’s weariness isn’t played for laughs alone; it’s rooted in lived experience. He is weary, but he is also considerate, deliberate, and very conscious of the price of warfare.
Such emotional maturity gives Thor a different form of power, which is not based on thunder. With Marvel on the verge of ‘Secret Wars’ and the conclusion of this saga, the development of Thor is deliberate. He is no longer simply fighting battles. He’s carrying history. And the god of thunder sounds as though he is quite aware of who he is, and is not afraid to tell it.
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