The looming question of which actor could seal the deal is done. The Nordic (Asgardian) God will be portrayed by Australian Chris Hemsworth. Hemsworth is a relative unknown in the states except for his recent portrayal of the short lived character George Kirk in the rebooted Star Trek. PMC recently reported that HBO's Alexandar Skarsgard met with director Kenneth Branagh.
Thor is a necessary character in the Marvel Universe if they are to create the superhero team up of
The Avengers which includes Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America. Later incarnations of the Avengers include Spider-Man. Captain America's release date has been moved back from July 16, 2010 to May 20, 2011. Thor begins filming of January 2010 for the following year's June 2011 release. The Avengers film is set for the following summer release of 2012. For what it's worth, Spider-Man will be released in advance of them all in it's usual May slot of 2011.Hollywood Daily reports that a host of actors have either turned down the role or failed readings for the part of Thor. In the case of Daniel Craig, he turned it down; while Chris Hemsworth was turned down without even had read for the part. Then Marvel's representative on the project Kevin Feige reconsidered Chris Hemsworths Manager's request to have Chris read. "You've got to reconsider Chris, he's your guy".
Marvel's reaction? "Oh my God". Chris has the physical attributes for the task too standing at at a towering six foot three inches.
