Chris Hemsworth is one of the very best Chrises. There’s no denying that. He’s also in the very, very good movie Thor: Ragnarok, which comes out on November 2. Hemsworth plays the titular god of thunder, and he’s on the publicity trail for the hotly anticipated release. All well and good! Except that, um…he’s been doing something rather peculiar on the red carpet.
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Chris Hemsworth apparently loves to grab people’s heads. See what he’s doing to sweet, unsuspecting Mark Ruffalo at the Thor premiere?
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And if you think that Mark Ruffalo thing was just a cute one-off, you’re wrong. Look at what he’s doing to the previously undisturbed Guillermo Rodriguez on Jimmy Kimmel Live. JUST LEAVE THEIR HEADS ALONE, CHRIS.
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Another victim. So sad.
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“I said, SMILE.”
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Chris: “Gimme yer head, ya big ol’ lug!!!!!!”
Taika Waititi: “I’m writing you out of the next Thor movie. I don’t care that you literally play Thor. It’s just going to have to be called ______ from now on. I don’t care. Just let me go. Let me and my gorgeous pineapple shorts suit go.”
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Chris: “Haha, Taika, you don’t mean that! Good joke, bro.”
Taika: “THAT’S IT, THE NEW MOVIE’S DEFINITELY GOING BE CALLED ______ NOW.”
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Mark: “See, I got Tom Hiddleston to take a photo of it. Chris actually does it quite a lot. That’s not a normal greeting, right? Is it an Australian thing? Like Vegemite? No?”
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Elsa Pataky: “If you ever play Headsy-Grabsy with me, I will call you Chris Evans until the end of time, I swear to God.”
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Chris: “What if I do it…just a little bit?”
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Mark: “So, hey man, what about if we just hug like regular friends or even shake hands, yanno? I would really love that. I like you a lot, pal, it’s just…Headsy-Grabsy is…a bit much. Sometimes! It’s a bit much sometimes! I like to shake hands. Do you know that game? It’s my favorite. Yeah! Shakesy-Handsy. That’s the ticket.”
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Chris: “Why would we want to play that?”
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“These hands were made for grabbin’!”
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“Who’s Australian and has hands?????? THIS GUY.”
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“See how much he’s enjoying it? It’s like his head is in a little box! Hee hee. A hand…box! Okay, that needs work. But it’s great! Dunno what Mark is always going on about.”
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Mark: “This is…good! This is great, Chris. I’m into this. Really into it. Love to stand. Side-by-side. Like friends. Like humans. With no grabbing. Yessssss. No head-touching of any kind. Well, your fist is kind of close to my ear…. What? No! Ha ha ha, yes, that’s fine. I love it. Um.”
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Mark: “I…I guess…uhhhhhh. Fine. FINE. Fine. But if you’re going to do it, then I GET TO DO IT TOO. HEADSY-GRABSY IT IS.”
