‘It was the toughest Thor to date’: Chris Hemsworth’s stunt double reveals hardcore training regime for Love and Thunder

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Thor: Love and Thunder, from eating 10 meals a day to training for eight months to match the actor’s physique. Bobby Holland Hanton, who’s been Chris’ stunt double for over a decade, revealed it was the ‘toughest Thor to date’, with the pair of them bulking up to a huge weight to play the god of thunder. ‘It was probably the toughest Thor to date and I think I say that because of the extensive training that me and Chris had to embark on over the seven and a half months I was in Sydney and a couple of months before that,’ Bobby told Metro.co.uk.‘It was during the Covid pandemic and Chris called and was like, “We’re hoping to start soon.” ‘He wanted his character to be biggest, strongest, and healthiest Thor that he’s been.

On the phone, I was like, “Dude, you’re always in incredible shape!” It’s so hard to get anywhere near his physique – I’ve been training for that for the past 10 years.’Explaining the training, Bobby continued: ‘It meant training twice a day, sometimes three, which was actually overtraining but one of those sessions would be more stretching, and then maybe swimming or cardio, and then eating 10 meals a day.

Sometimes two of those would be a protein shake but it would amount to 4,500, 5,000 calories a day.‘That’s what it took – I got up to the heaviest I’ve been, which was around 96kg.’Explaining that being that much heavier than his usual weight made everything, even walking, tougher, Bobby pointed out: ‘I was tough, it was really tough, but it was another great experience.’As for the kind of stunts he performed, Bobby went on: ‘There was lots of flying around, wirework, and hard hits, and that’s the Thor character wrapped in one.