Christopher Hemsworth (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series Home and Away (2004–07) before beginning a film career in Hollywood by taking on parts in the science fiction film Star Trek (2009) and the thriller A Perfect Getaway (2009).
Hemsworth went on to star in the fantasy film Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), the war film Red Dawn (2012), the action thriller Blackhat (2015), the biographical thriller In the Heart of the Sea (2015), the comedy Ghostbusters (2016), and the Men in Black film series spin-off Men in Black: International (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012) and the biographical sports film Rush (2013), in which he portrayed James Hunt.
LIDL’s ‘Glenroe’ ad is triggering Sunday night fear flashbacks across the nation
evoke.ieIf you are of a certain vintage, there was nothing like hearing the Glenroe theme tune to give you the Sunday night fear. For those that grew up in the 80s and 90s hearing The By-Road to Glenroe, as it’s officially known, was as clockwork as the Angelus and marked the official end of the weekend and another week of school when you probably hadn’t gotten round to finishing your homework.
Decades later and apparently many ‘Glenroe kids’ are still traumatised by the sound of that tune. The By-Road to Glenroe has cropped up on the public’s radar again after so many years after LIDL used it in its latest rather genius commercial and it’s safe to say that opinion is well and truly, and hilariously, divided.
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