Chris Hemsworth is a Hollywood professional, having starred in dozens of films — however he says his newest challenge gave him a case of the nerves.
Whereas stepping out to Amazon MGM Studios’ presentation at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas on April 2, Hemsworth, 41, revealed that he was “intimidated” to work with Halle Berry for the primary time on their upcoming film Crime 101.
“I’ve admired Halle’s work for a lot of, a few years. I used to be clearly very intimidated to sit down reverse her inside a scene and attempt to, you already know, not simply be in awe of what she was doing,” Hemsworth advised E! News in a joint interview with Berry, 58, on the occasion’s crimson carpet.
However he stated the By no means Let Go actress instantly put him relaxed on set.
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“Sure folks simply convey out not simply the most effective in you, but in addition kind of a consolation degree the place it feels prefer it’s a spot to discover and it is a spot to look at totally different concepts and check out various things. And that was the expertise [with Berry],” Hemsworth continued, including, “I beloved each second of it.”
It appears the sensation was mutual. Berry advised E! Information that now that she’s had a chance to work alongside Hemsworth, the Thor: Love and Thunder star is formally “one in all my new favourite folks in the entire broad world.”
“[He’s] a stand-up man,” she stated. “I will not go into it now however he stood up for me in a second in our film, and immediately I knew proper then I am gonna observe this man, be a fan of this man for the remainder of his life as a result of he stood up for a girl. He did not should do it and he did it.”
Her reward prompted Hemsworth to answer: “Again at ya.”
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Of their new thriller Crime 101, an adaptation of the Don Winslow novella of the identical identify, Berry performs a weary insurance coverage dealer who will get concerned in a multimillion-dollar heist led by a grasp jewel thief named Davis, portrayed by Hemsworth. The movie additionally options Mark Ruffalo as an LAPD detective trailing Davis.
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Final month, Hemsworth recounted one other movie star encounter that left him feeling a bit flustered. Throughout an look on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert on March 26, the actor advised host Stephen Colbert that he regretted asking Billie Eilish to take a selfie on the 2025 Oscars.
“I bear in mind pondering, ‘Ah, do not do it, do not do it,’ ” he recalled of snapping a photograph with the “Birds of a Feather” singer, 23.
However he stated he and his spouse Elsa Pataky posed for the selfie anyway as a result of he knew their kids would get a kick out of their brush with Eilish.
“I used to be like, ‘No, my children are going to like this.’ After which the second I took it, I used to be like, ‘I went from work colleague to now like a fan,’ ” the Marvel star advised Colbert, seeming to indicate it made for a clumsy second for him.
“We’ll by no means be pals, by no means be greatest pals,” Hemsworth jokingly added.
