Chris Hemsworth is just as fantastic offscreen as the Marvel character he plays, per his co-stars — even pulling away from his television news habit before acting out a sequence in which he kissed his vegan costar in “Thor Love and Thunder,” Natalie Portman.
During an appearance on the UK radio series “Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp,” actress Natalie Portman and costar Tessa Thompson discussed Hemsworth’s kindness during a recent interview. The hosts grilled the two guests on whether Hemsworth had any hidden flaws behind the muscle and charm, but Portman and Thompson had nothing but pleasant things to say about the Marvel mainstay. “The day we had a kiss scene, he didn’t eat meat that morning because I’m vegan,” Portman said of Hemsworth. “He eats meat like every half hour … he was just being thoughtful.”
Hemsworth doesn’t really eat meat every half hour, but he does eat around 4,500 calories per day, as whatever is fueling the God of Thunder’s muscular build. Zocchi created a video of Hemsworth practicing his exercise routine, in which he is shown to be eating 10 meals a day, eight times over the course of a day, on average, about 4,500 calories.
Portman, meanwhile, has adhered to a vegan or vegetarian diet for most of her life and told multiple publications over the years that she believes it’s contributed to her overall health and happiness. While she didn’t insist that Hemsworth stop eating meat before their onscreen kiss, she said it was a considerate gesture. Thompson agreed that Hemsworth is overall a lovely coworker, even when he’s experiencing a bout of hunger-fueled irritation. “He does get grumpy and he does get ‘hangry,’ but he’s still sweet,” Thompson told the hosts of “Capital Breakfast.”
