‘Blackhat’: Chris Hemsworth Shares His Prison Experience

What was it like for the Sexiest Man Alive to walk through a prison? About what you’d expect, according to Chris Hemsworth.

The handsome actor visited a correctional facility as a part of his research for his upcoming role in the action thriller “Blackhat” (he plays a hacker who gets broken out of prison), and the experience nearly scared the blond ponytail off of the towering Aussie!

“[We] got to the prison and I just felt all of a sudden, ‘What am I doing here? My hair is [standing] on the back of my neck,” Chris told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson at the “Blackhat” junket in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “And the warden says to us, ‘OK, look this is at your own risk. Let me tell you, all they do is think about ways to kill people, so, just so you know.’

“[I was like,] ‘What are we doing here then?!'” he continued.

The group proceeded with the tour, despite the warden’s warning.

Luckily for the star, he got off relatively easy, as many of the inmates were fans of a certain Norse god of Marvel fame.

“I didn’t even think about the Thor thing. Straight away, a lot of them had seen ‘Thor,’ and it was like ‘Oh, Thor’s in here,'” Chris said. “They start heckling as I start walking down between the prison cells. And it was like, ‘I’ve just been heckled!’

“And it wasn’t abusive necessarily, it was slightly threatening,” he added.

The prison trip proved worthwhile for the actor’s research.

“Man, different world! And so for me, with the character, it just highlighted [that] you go in to prison as one person, you come out a completely different person, as did my character,” he said. “That was so beneficial kind of seeing that. And it’s a whole other language.”

“Blackhat,” which also stars Viola Davis, hits theaters on January 16.

Erin O’Sullivan

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