- Title: PEOPLE-CHRIS HEMSWORTH Aussie actor named People's "sexiest man alive"
- Date: 19th November 2014
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 22, 2013) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** ACTOR CHRIS HEMSWORTH AT WORLD PREMIERE OF 'THOR: THE DARK WORLD' LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - OCTOBER 19, 2013) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR CHRIS HEMSWORTH SAYING: "Every job you can't help but think 'What if there's not another one?' or 'What if it doesn't go in that direction?' so I try not to think about ever feeling too safe in it all which keeps me awake, keeps me working and I just feel thankful to be able to have a bit of freedom in the roles I want to play at the moment and the people I want to work with. You finally have a choice. Because you spend so much time auditioning putting your hand up to get through the door, so it's nice to have a bit of say in that." LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 2, 2013) (REUTERS) FORMULA ONE DRIVER JENSON BUTTON DRIVING INTO LEICESTER SQUARE IN 1974 MCLAREN FORMULA ONE CAR
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- Story Text: "Thor" star Chris Hemsworth was named People magazine's "sexiest man alive" on Tuesday (November 18) in a live broadcast of the late night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Hemsworth, 31, appeared via Skype clad in a loose-fitting t-shirt with his face obscured and his voice disguised electronically, answering questions from the audience about his age, whether he was single and if he was an actor as they tried to guess his identity.
The star of "Thor," sequel "Thor: The Dark World" and "The Avengers" gestured towards his face and thanked his parents "for putting this all together" after he was correctly identified by an audience member and his full appearance was revealed.
Hemsworth, 31, also wryly thanked "all the other previous intelligent men, because this is based on an IQ test, not just physical appearance."
Past choices of the magazine, which began handing out the accolade in a 1985 cover story on fellow Australian Mel Gibson, have ranged in age from 27, with John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1988, to 59, with Sean Connery a year later.
Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Richard Gere have each been chosen twice. Last year's cover, rocker Adam Levine, was one of the few non-actors selected by the editors.
Hemsworth, whose first film was 2009's "Star Trek" and is married to Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, will appear on the cover of People in the issue published on Friday.
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