Chris Hemsworth said he eats eight to ten meals a day and consumes roughly 4,000 calories while preparing to reprise his role as Thor, describing a strict diet and intense training regimen ahead of the 2026 film Avengers: Doomsday.
The 42-year-old Australian told The Mirror that when he is "training to get into shape for Thor, I can eat up to eight meals per day," adding that the calorie intake is "obviously good stuff — not pizza & cheeseburgers." In a separate interview with his fitness app Centr, Hemsworth said, "I'm eating eight to ten meals a day, which is a decent meal every two hours." His stunt double, Bobby Holland Hanton, has said Hemsworth will sometimes train "two or three times a day" during Thor preparations.
Hemsworth linked the high-frequency eating pattern to the need to fuel heavy workouts and to bulk up for the superhero role. He has promoted his fitness app Centr and several public interviews over the years have outlined his approach to nutrition and weightlifting when preparing for physically demanding parts.
Alongside details of his training, Hemsworth has made time for family. The actor and his wife, Elsa Pataky, reunited in Fiji after spending portions of the European summer apart. Pataky, who has three children with Hemsworth, remained in Australia for part of the season while Hemsworth travelled for appearances and personal trips including an Ibiza birthday celebration attended by family and friends. Pataky posted a social-media birthday message calling Hemsworth "the best of the best." The couple married in 2010 and have lived in Byron Bay after relocating from Los Angeles.
The eating and training routine is consistent with Hemsworth’s prior preparations for the role of Thor, which have required significant physical transformation. The next Thor installment, Avengers: Doomsday, is scheduled for 2026 and marks another return to the Marvel franchise for Hemsworth, who first appeared as the character in 2011.
Hemsworth’s comments follow a wider pattern of public accounts from actors and trainers about intense regimens for major franchise roles. Trainers and doubles often describe frequent workouts, large but structured calorie intakes, and close monitoring of diet and recovery to meet short-term body-composition goals for filming. Hemsworth has previously collaborated with longtime trainer Luke Zocchi and with Centr to share training methods and wellness advice.
While Hemsworth framed the diet as functional and focused on nutrient-dense foods, he also balanced work commitments and family time in recent months. The actor attended events such as Wimbledon and took brief trips to locations including Hossegor, France, for training and recovery with his team. He and Pataky reunited publicly in July for promotion of Hemsworth’s National Geographic series Limitless: Live Better Now, which they appeared at with their twin sons Tristan and Sasha.
Hemsworth’s remarks contribute to ongoing interest in how actors prepare physically for blockbuster roles and how such regimens fit into broader lifestyles that include travel and family responsibilities. He has said previously that such periods of intense training are cyclical, undertaken when a project requires a dramatic physical transformation and eased after filming wraps.
Avengers: Doomsday remains a major upcoming entry in the Marvel slate, and Hemsworth’s descriptions of diet and exercise offer a window into the physical preparation expected of actors attached to long-running superhero franchises.