Chris Hemsworth compares Optimus Prime and Megatron’s Transformers One relationship to Thor and Loki: "There is a tight bond between two individuals that becomes fractured"
Jul. 26, 2024Exclusive: Chris Hemsworth tells us that “when you break it down” Optimus Prime and Thor are very similar
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Despite one being a god and the other a robot, Transformers One star Chris Hemsworth says there is actually a lot of similarities between Optimus Prime and Thor.
In the upcoming Transformers movie, Hemsworth plays the younger version of franchise favourite Optimus Prime way before we knew him as the Autobot leader, when he was called Orion Pax. The story follows Orion and his brother D-16 as the two choose different paths which lead them to become sworn enemies Optimus Prime and Megatron.
The main similarity between Autobot Optimus Prime and Thor lies in their relationship with their brothers, as Hemsworth says, “There is a friendship, a tight bond between two individuals that becomes fractured, and that could have gone either direction.”
“When you break it down, a lot of these stories are sort of about relationships between either fathers and sons, you know within the Thor world he has the father son [relationship] with Odin and then the brother [relationship] with Loki.” The Marvel star concluded, “And then here, it’s another brotherly relationship.”
Directed byToy Story 4’s Josh Cooley, Transformers One also stars Brian Tyree Henry as D-16, Scarlett Johansson as Elita, Keegan-Michael Key as B-127, Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion, Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime, and Steve Buscemi as Starscream.
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