Chris Hemsworth Fought to Keep Thor's Weight Gain in Avengers: Endgame

One of the funniest, and saddest, parts of Avengers: Endgame was seeing Thor's downfall. Our favorite god of thunder went through a bout of depression after: 1) losing his family; 2) his home planet; and 3) the battle against Thanos. He decided to drown his sorrows in beer and a whole lot of food, which is, frankly, kind of relatable.

Chris Hemsworth told Variety that he fought to keep his character's weight gain throughout the entire movie, as the original plan was for Thor to lose weight halfway through Endgame.

"I enjoyed that version of Thor," he said. "It was so different than any other way I played the character. And then it took on a life of its own."

And that's even more impressive when you learn how long it took Hemsworth to transform. "Physically, it was a good three hours in hair and makeup. Then the prosthetic suit, particularly for the shirt-off scene, that was a big silicone that weighed about 90 pounds," he explained. "It was certainly exhausting. I had weights on my hands and ankles just to have my arms and legs swing differently when I shuffled along through the set."

Hemsworth added that he appreciated Thor's more comedic and down-to-earth transformation in Thor: Ragnarok and Endgame , as he said he had felt "typecast" after Avengers and Thor: The Dark World .

"I did feel a bit trapped," he said. "I felt like I was typecast by whoever was writing those scripts. I feel like the creators were stuck on where they could take the character, and was this all he had to offer? I felt there was so much more we could do."

But if you're concerned about Thor's future, don't worry-Hemsworth would love to reprise his character in future Marvel films . "Id still love to do more, to be honest," he says. "And I dont know what the plan is. I feel like weve opened up such a different character. I feel more energized for the possibility of where it could go."