Chris Hemsworth Says His AVENGERS Group Text Was Wild After Jeremy Renner's Accident: "Any of Us Can Go At Any Minute"
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth opened up recently to GQ UK in an interview about the actor’s life and career. As he approaches 40 and looks to a possible future in which he will no longer be playing the God of Thunder, he talks about finding meaning in his life, and coming to terms with the fact that life is short, and could end at any time for any of us.
Hemsworth talked about the group chat he has with his Avengers co-stars, including Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson. After Renner’s accident earlier this year in which he was hospitalized with blunt chest trauma, over 30 broken bones and more after his snow plow ran him over, Hemsworth explained:
“We were all on our ‘Avengers’ text chain, we were all chatting. And it was wild. None of us really knew how serious it was. I think anything like that, it’s an immediate realization of ‘Wow, any of us can go at any minute…’”
Hemsworth added, “We’re getting to the age now where we’re going to start losing people we love.” Once Renner returned home for his recovery, Johansson said the Avengers group text started piling on him with jokes.
“On the Avengers text chain, we’re like, ‘OK, you beat us all. That’s it. You won,’” Johansson said. “That’s like real superhero stuff. It’s unbelievable.”
Renner has since regained most his ability to walk and attended the April world premiere of his Disney+ series Rennervations in Hollywood. As for Hemsworth, he can’t shake the feeling that life is short.
“I don’t think I wanna turn 40,” Hemsworth told GQ UK ahead of his August birthday. “I still feel like I’m 25 and I’ve got heaps of time. Now I’m like, ‘Oh, I could be halfway. More than halfway’… The reality of ‘I’m not going to be here forever’ is sinking in.”
I think these are typical feelings of anyone hitting the middle season of their life. But whatever someone’s personal situation is, I think those feelings help us to appreciate the people closest to us, and take less for granted.