Kelly Ripa Checks In On Chris Hemsworth After He Loudly Punches His Fists Together On ‘Live’: “Are You OK?”

Chris Hemsworth underestimated his own strength on this morning’s Live with Kelly and Mark.

The Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga star sat down with co-hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos to dish on his new film, which hit theaters today.

“Well, this is a part of the Mad Max universe, which has been running for about 45 years now,” he explained.

He clarified that the latest installment to the franchise is “a standalone film,” meaning that “you don’t have to have seen the previous ones to understand it.”

“I’ve been telling people, you know, the Americans have Star Wars, the Brits have Harry Potter, and we have Mad Max,” the Australian actor teased. “Which kind of says something about our culture [in Australia]. It’s a crazy, post-apocalyptic world in the Outback, a brutal, barren wasteland, war lords sort of vying for — you know, fighting over scarcity of resources and so on.”

Hemsworth then delved into a recap of the film.

“And a young girl is taken away from her home. And it’s… the odyssey and 15 years sort of tale of her trying to get back home. But sort of warring with myself,” he added, punching his fists together.

Ripa chimed in, “That sounded like it hurt. Are you OK?”

Hemsworth quipped, “I think I broke something, yeah.” He flexed his hand to check out his finger, flashing a smile as the audience chuckled along with him.

The Thor star noted that embodying the villainous role of Warlord Dementus was a “refreshing” departure from playing a superhero. Although he “loved” playing a superhero, the role came with “expectations” and “limitations and rules you have to stick with.”

“Whereas the villain is kind of boundless,” he added. “He’s allowed to be a little more complicated and unforgiving and relentless.”

Hemsworth’s co-star Anya Taylor-Joy appeared on Live earlier this week to promote the film, and explained how the use of AI allowed for the actress playing Young Furiosa to look more like her.

“They were able to composite our faces together, and it works on a scale,” she shared. “So at the beginning of the movie, it’s 35% my face, and then it goes all the way up to 80.”

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