juliabohemian:

I’m not writing this to start shit. I don’t want to argue about this with anyone. This is how I feel. Period.

First of all, The Dark World is a movie that received rave reviews, almost entirely for Tom Hiddleston’s performance. Thor’s presence in that film wasn’t terrible by any means. But it was weak, and his performance did not stand out. The film is a favorite among Loki fans, because it pays the most attention to him as a character. The film was also released several months after Tom made his infamous appearance at Comicon, where he literally became an actual god. So yes, it makes sense that Chris might be bitter about the film in general. It certainly wasn’t the Chris Show that Ragnarok was, by any means.

What I find amusing is that Chris apparently thinks the initial Thor film was also terrible…for all the reasons it was actually a decent piece of cinema. His feelings are valid. Of course he is entitled to his opinions. But to express them publicly was poor form. I am embarrassed for him, for his lack of discretion, and his complete disrespect for those who gave him a chance when he was still a nobody.

If by some chance you are the type of actor who values action above all else…if you like explosions and cheap humor and jokes about poop and genitalia…if you just want people to ogle your muscles and tell you you’re hot…if you find Shakespeare to be boring and generally too difficult to recite or comprehend…please don’t pretend to feel otherwise just to get a part in a movie that you hope will skyrocket your career. And please do not turn around, years later, and talk shit about the very thing that allowed you to have a career in the first place. And please, when your co-stars reap well deserved success for their efforts, support them. Do not throw them under the bus. Do not agree to remake your own image at their expense. Do not forsake those who helped pave the way to your success. It might seem like none of this will ever come back to bite you. It might seem as though you are invincible. But I promise you, in Hollywood, there is no such thing.

Honestly, I wish they had cast someone else as Thor. Maybe even Liam Hemsworth would have been better.

I doubt that this particular thing will come back to bite him; it’s pretty safe to trash-talk a movie about which the “consensus” is that it wasn’t very good, especially when you’re riding the high from a movie that is supposedly leagues better. I don’t really blame Ryan Reynolds for talking crap about Green Lantern. But it does seem especially callous, or at least tone-deaf, to say TDW was “meh” when Tom’s performance in it was, as you note, very well-reviewed.

It appears that to convey that “it’s all about me” self-absorption that Thor* exuded in Ragnarok, all Chris had to do was act naturally.