Chris Hemsworth to beef up for Hulk Hogan role

Chris Hemsworth might have looked beefed up in Thor, but he’s planning to get twice the size for his latest movie role.

Known for his rippling muscles and relentless workouts, Thor star Chris Hemsworth is set to get even bulkier for his latest movie role.

The Byron Bay local will play ’80s wrestling icon play Hulk Hogan in a biopic for Netflix, and to be convincing, he’s going to have to train harder than ever before.

Speaking to Total Film, the 36-year-old Aussie actor said: “As you can imagine, the preparation for the role will be insanely physical.”

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Chris Hemsworth is planning to get to double the size of Thor for his new movie role.

This is Hulk Hogan, the character Hemsworth has landed in his latest film.

“I will have to put on more size than I ever have before, even more than I put on for Thor,” the favourite Hemsworth brother went on.

“There is the accent as well as the physicality and the attitude.”

Earlier this year, the wrestling world was angered at the choice to cast Hemsworth in the role, as they didn’t think he was ripped enough.

The wrestling world thinks Hemsworth has a lot to live up to.

Chris Hemsworth has had to gain weight and muscle for previous roles, though this time he thinks will be particularly challenging.

Wrestling commentator Bryan Alvarez, 43, said Mr Hemsworth couldn’t possibly play the role as he was just a “regular size”.

“He’s big but … have you seen Hulk Hogan in the ’80s? He’s at least twice the size of Thor,” the commentator explained, exasperated.

In June, Mr Hemsworth told Popsugar spoke candidly about the gruelling process of gaining muscle and shedding fat to play Thor in the upcoming Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder.

“I put on a lot of weight – I put on about 20 pounds at one point,” he said.

“It was purely eating, eating, eating, working out and working out, trying to sleep as much as you can – that’s the other third of the equation,” he said.

Chris Hemsworth has launched his own home workout app, becoming a bit of an expert after all the bulking up he’s had to do over the years.

Chris Hemsworth is set to hit his own personal gym more than ever now that he’s landed this role.

It seems he’s set for another few months of eating, sleeping and working out.

We can’t wait to see the end result.