No one can interrupt Thor aka Optimus Prime aka Chris Hemsworth except his kids. While promoting Transformers One, in which Hemsworth plays Optimus Prime, director Josh Cooley gave a glimpse of his “fun” remote recording session and credited it to the Furiosa: Mad Max actor’s kids.
At the film’s New York premiere, Cooley told People that all of Hemsworth’s recording was done at his home, for which he travelled all the way to Sydney, but it was worth it. However, the actor’s notorious kids never missed a chance to interrupt his sessions. But Hemsworth, being the great father that he is, would stop his work to see them.
The director recalled, “Sometimes his kids would come running in the room and he’d be like, ‘Hey, wait, I’ll get them lunch’ or something. But it was great. It was very calm and he’s a wonderful, great guy.”
The Thor: Love and Thunder actor shares three children, twin sons Sasha and Tristan and daughter India Rose, with his wife model Elsa Pataky. The actor recently attended the Australian premiere of Transformers One with his family, except for daughter Indie Rose. The much-awaited animation film is a prequel to the previously released Transformers series.
The film tells the origin story of two brothers Optimus Prime (voiced by Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry) and their journey to eventually become arch enemies. At Comic-Con earlier this year, Hemsworth revealed that he consulted his children before taking on the role of Optimus. “I went to my kids and asked, ‘What do you think?’ and they said, ‘You have to do it,’” he told PEOPLE. “When I was recording a lot of these lines, they were in the background. They were trying to make suggestions or distract me,” he added.
The franchise also has plans to do a G.I. Joe crossover. When Hemsworth was asked about his involvement in a future film at Entertainment Weekly’s Comic-Con studio, the actor replied that he didn’t know yet. “I keep getting asked about that,” he said.
Transformers One will release in theaters on September 20.
