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Marvel’s Chris Hemsworth stars in first take a look at new Netflix film

After the transformation of Thor in Avengers: Endgame, Chris Hemsworth is again to trying like his outdated self in new Netflix film Extraction.

The streaming service has now shared first-look photographs of the upcoming motion thriller which drops on April 24.

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Produced by Endgame‘s Russo brothers, Extraction sees Hemsworth star as black-market mercenary Tyler Rake, who’s employed to rescue the son of a world crime lord who has been kidnapped.

In trying to find the boy, Rake travels to Dhaka, Bangladesh, however because the mission progresses, he types a bond with the boy, introduced on by reminiscences of his personal son whereas setting him on a path of redemption.

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Speaking to USA Today, director Sam Hargrave joked that they tried to downplay Hemsworth’s handsomeness for the position but it surely was to no avail.

“We tried to make him dirty and bloody and (added) stubble and a beard and just beat him up,” he stated.

“But it seemed like the more dirt and blood we put on him, the more handsome he was. So we failed there.”

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And regardless of his experiences as Thor, Hemsworth admitted that the motion position “awakened the young teenager in [him] again”.

The actor added: “Not to say I’m pushing my limits or I’m over the hill in any means, however you discover by the years issues like, ‘Ooooh, there’s a bit hitch in my knee that wasn’t there earlier than’.

“Or a tweak in my shoulder I did not discover. But I felt prefer it reenergized me. It was a kick within the (butt) to say, ‘Come on, there’s nonetheless lots extra within the tank’.”

Extraction launches on Netflix on April 24. Meanwhile, Thor: Love and Thunder has a launch date of November 5, 2021.