Natalie Portman says Chris Hemsworth was thoughtful before their ‘Thor’ kiss
Among the many disparities between “Thor: Love & Thunder” co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman, their diets are arguably the most noteworthy.
Portman, who makes her return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the new sequel as Dr. Jane Foster, has been a vegan and vegetarian for most of her life, while Hemsworth is decidedly not.
To show his support for his co-star on the day they shared a kissing scene, the Australian actor, who eats 10 meat-heavy meals a day to look like, well, that, changed his morning routine.
He’s really nice,” Portman told the U.K.’s Capital FM about Hemsworth. “The day we had a kiss scene, he didn’t eat meat that morning because I’m vegan. And he eats meat like every half hour. Like, that was so thoughtful.”
“That’s not something I’m angry about or care about, but he was just being thoughtful,” she added. “He’s just a very nice person.”
Though Portman did not request that Hemsworth change his diet for the scene, co-star Tessa Thompson was amazed he “could go without eating meat.”
“He’s like eating bison in the morning,” Thompson, who plays Valkyrie in Taika Waititi’s film, observed. “How wonderful.”
Hemsworth consumes approximately 4,500 calories per day and follows a hard and highly specific fitness regimen, according to his trainer Luke Zocchi, as disclosed in an Instagram post.
In the video, Hemsworth describes his diet as “eat till you feel sick,” with Zocchi saying that working with the actor is like “training a thoroughbred horse.”
Portman also had to bulk up for her role in “Thor: Love & Thunder” as her character transforms into a full-fledged superhero in her own right after becoming worthy of wielding the enchanted hammer Mjölnir.
“It’s quite unique and amazing to be entrusted with getting bigger as a woman,” Portman told The Sunday Times in a recent interview. Portman spent 10 months getting into Marvel shape for the movie.
“Most of the physical modifications we’re required to perform are as modest as possible, and there’s an emotional and sociological parallel to that,” she continues. “I turned 40 during filming, and it was a wonderful time in my life to declare, ‘You’re going to be the healthiest, strongest version of yourself.'”