You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do

I have seen 'Thor', yeah. It's fantastic. Being that close to something, it's often pretty hard to watch yourself, but the film in so many ways is so impressive that I was swept along with it like an audience member, and that's a pretty good sign.

There’s a lot of pressure playing something that existed for so many years before you were involved, and already has a fan base. I approached it by doing it as well as I can.

Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do.

Every film has challenges and all of us are doing it together, all the cast is doing it together so you keep each other motivated I guess and keep each other in check.

It wasn’t until Thor that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.