LOS ANGELES Chris Hemsworth’s stellar stunt work in the action thriller Extraction – Netflix’s most-watched original film when it came out in 2020 – won rave reviews from critics, even those who did not care for the rest of the movie. And the Australian star is...
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth arrives for the US premiere of Extraction 2 at Jazz at Lincoln Centre in New York City on June 12.The father of three – who also says he gets lots of joint pains – says in hindsight, he would have handled some of the action work earlier in his career differently, because that attitude “doesn’t really lean into the longevity of it all”.
“It’s the fear of letting someone down and being ready to do whatever anyone says, because you’re so thankful for the job that you do some silly things.” That said, Hemsworth and Extraction 2 director Sam Hargrave did not hold back when it came to the big action set pieces in the new movie, which was written by American film-maker Joe Russo.
In an ambitious 21-minute one-shot sequence, he is set on fire as a helicopter lands on a train moving at 80kmh. Hargrave, who was both director and stunt coordinator, says Hemsworth and the stunt team pushed the envelope, especially for that 21-minute shot.
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