Of course, he’s no less charming, and that’s borne out by Jane’s persistent belief in his potential.
Hemsworth has little ego and revels in undercutting the gravitas expected of him.
It’s an open secret at this point that Hemsworth, for his considerable action cred, is really a comedic ace, and Party Thor exploits that strength at every turn.
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What If has had mixed results making villains into heroes and vice versa, but Thor’s turn as an ‘80s movie bully who parties so hard he burns out stars was excellent. The resultant doofus is an exponentially more destructive bull in the galactic china shop, which positions Thor as both villain and comic relief. But this week’s spin on what we know of MCU history is that this Thor grew up with his trickster brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) to keep him in check. Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and Darcy (Kat Dennings) observe a cosmological anomaly, last detected at the sudden death of a distant star, happening in Earth’s atmosphere that turns out to be the God of Thunder himself, Thor (Hemsworth). While it doesn’t have a deep moral to impart, it does delight with some good old fashioned silly fun times.ĭr. Chris Hemsworth has made Thor one of the MCU’s most reliably funny heroes, and Episode 7 cements that with a so-dumb-he’s-evil version of the character that soars on the actor’s enthusiasm. Even the series’ better episodes so far have been relatively self-serious, so this week’s gleeful energy and momentum was an excellent change of pace. It’s taken this long into What If’s first season to get an episode that’s just plain fun (and no, I don’t count the zombie episode).