Chris Hemsworth Almost Lost Thor Role To Brother Liam Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth is such a perfect fit for the role of Thor that it almost seems ludicrous to imagine someone else playing the god of thunder for Marvel.

However, in a recent interview with W Magazine, Hemsworth admitted that the role actually almost went to his younger brother, Liam. Hemsworth recalled coming into the audition with director Kenneth Branagh, and the Australian hunk thought he did a really good job. But he became perplexed because months went by and he never heard anything back from the studio.

“Then my brother, my little brother, Liam, was in Australia and sent a tape across and he got a call back, then another call back and then was down to the last kind of four or five people for it. I remember sitting in Vancouver, shooting ‘Cabin in the Woods’ with Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon. Both of them were looking at the trades at this sort of top five guys for Thor and saying, ‘Why aren’t you in the mix here? What happened?’ I said, ‘I don’t know. I blew my audition I guess,’” he said.

Little did Hemsworth realize then that the “top guys” of the audition were not really offered the role of Thor, which eventually went to him. Hemsworth recalled feeling really bummed that his little brother got one over him. “I came in kind of with a little, I guess, motivation and maybe frustration that my little brother had gotten further than me. It’s a little family, sibling rivalry sort of kicked up in me. Then it moved pretty quick from there. It was cool,” he said.

Speaking of brotherly relationships, Thor and his half-brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has a complicated one in the upcoming Marvel film, “Thor: Ragnarok.”

They haven’t really gotten along, thanks to Loki’s mischievous spirit and devious plans. But this time around, they will be forced to rely on one another in order to defeat the villain, Hela (Cate Blanchett).

“The two of them are placed in such an extraordinary situation where everything is unfamiliar; that their familiarity, literally as family members, becomes important,” Hiddleston told Slash Film.

“Thor: Ragnarok,” which is directed by Taika Waititi, will be released on Nov. 3.