"Chris Hemsworth"

23 Feb 2026 · 1 h · 22 chapters

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In short

Smartless episode featuring actor Chris Hemsworth, mixing behind-the-scenes talk (acting, accents, tattoos, family) with stories from his upbringing and career, plus light banter with hosts.

Guest backgrounds

Hemsworth grew up in remote Northern Territory, about 4–4.5 hours from Catherine in an Aboriginal community; his father worked with cattle and buffalo. He spent teenage years surfing, moved between the outback and Melbourne, watched movies via VHS deliveries, and later trained in Melbourne acting classes. He moved to LA to pursue acting, nearly quitting until one audition changed things.

Key claims

He named his son Tristan after a character from Legends of the Fall. He says film shoots can be tedious (big-budget tech and downtime) and prefers faster, momentum-driven productions. He describes “sexy indifference” as over-preparation that removes desperation before auditions. He met his wife Elsa through a dialect coach and they connected after separate training.

Notable examples

First acting job The Saddle Club (as a vet). Hot Wings challenge on UK TV leading to vomiting and ice cream/milk. Tattoos include Dr. Seuss’s “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” and a daughter-inspired Wheel of Dharma design.

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Stage Experiences: Connection and Disconnection

0:00 to 0:22

The hosts discuss the challenges of performing on stage and the differences between shows.

“Mazda has been named Consumer Reports' safest new car brand.”

Stage Experiences: Connection and Disconnection

3:19 to 4:30

The hosts discuss the challenges of performing on stage and the differences between shows.

“You know, I saw you on my Instagram-ish thing.”

Chris Hemsworth's Journey to Stardom

4:30 to 7:09

Chris shares his journey from a remote Australian community to Hollywood.

“But I bet the audience, I bet it didn't feel good, but I bet it still was good.”

Naming His Son After a Movie Character

7:09 to 11:43

Chris explains the inspiration behind naming his son Tristan after a character in 'Legends of the Fall.'

“He grew up in a remote Australian community four hours from the nearest town, spent his teenage years surfing.”

Life and Work in Hollywood

11:43 to 14:00

Chris discusses his experiences in Hollywood, including working on films and the industry.

“I met Brad once and a big fan, obviously, and kind of had this awkward interaction where I went for the handshake.”

The Fast-Paced World of Film

14:00 to 21:47

Chris discusses the differences between working on fast-paced projects and soap operas.

“Then you do a smaller film and everyone's, it's fast-paced, you don't have the luxury to sit around and wonder.”

The Fast-Paced World of Film

21:51 to 23:00

Chris discusses the differences between working on fast-paced projects and soap operas.

“and, you know, dads traditionally are really like, supposedly they don't like gifts.”

Chris's Journey to Acting

23:00 to 28:00

Chris shares his upbringing, inspirations, and journey into acting.

“So you're saying with Hilton Honors, I can use points for a free night stay anywhere?”

Chris Hemsworth Reflects on Home and Career

28:00 to 42:01

Chris discusses his upbringing in Australia, his return to his roots, and early acting experiences.

“And the detail to which these places prompted the vivid memories was astounding.”

Light-Hearted Banter

42:01 to 42:16

The hosts engage in playful banter about body locations.

“Because that's when people will snicker.”
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Accents and Acting

44:08 to 45:57

Chris discusses the challenges of accents in acting and his experiences.

“More now I didn't even know I had the option in the past and I see some review talking about not so favorably and then the worst was a Scottish accent I did for something.”

Kids and Acting Aspirations

45:57 to 48:31

Chris shares stories about his children's interests in acting and their experiences on set.

“Yeah, I mean, but I meant like, why were you there at the same time?”

The Evolution of Thor

48:31 to 51:10

Chris reflects on playing Thor and the evolution of the character over the years.

“like, I don't know, they like the kind of, they're a bit more of a showman kind of, you know, they like that space.”

Early Jobs and Hobbies

51:10 to 54:49

Chris shares his first job experience and talks about his hobbies including sports and outdoor activities.

“I mean, that's really, really, really cool.”

Life as an Athlete

54:49 to 56:00

Chris discusses his history with sports, injuries, and the physical demands of AFL football.

“and they would come back to us and I'd have to repair them when the little belt, the motor belt would break.”

Injuries and Athleticism in AFL Football

56:00 to 56:48

Learn about Chris Hemsworth's experiences with injuries in AFL and the athleticism required.

“and I'd been surfing a lot at the same time, and so I had eight weeks of sitting on the couch doing nothing, and I was like, I don't want to risk not surfing anymore, and then sort of gave that up.”

Shark Attacks and Ocean Safety

56:48 to 58:08

Hear about Chris's encounters with sharks while surfing in Australia and the community's response.

“Hey, so I'm still just in awe of your general manhood and exposure to elements and things like that.”

Dangerous Wildlife in Australia

58:08 to 59:28

Discuss the various snakes and spiders Chris has encountered in Australia and their dangers.

“And everyone would sit there and go, I'm not getting out of the water.”

Matt Damon's Snake Encounter

59:28 to 1:00:41

Chris shares a humorous story about Matt Damon encountering a snake during his visit to Australia.

“No, I mean, you can, my kids will go and grab them by the tail sometimes.”

The Avengers Crew and Filming Experience

1:00:41 to 1:01:42

Explore the camaraderie and experiences of the Avengers cast during filming.

“I heard one that more people die in America shaking a vending machine trying to get chocolate or whatever and it collapsing on them.”

Chris's New Movie: Creme 101

1:01:42 to 1:02:50

Chris talks about his new film 'Creme 101' and its unique elements.

“I'll just say one of the greatest Halle Berry, you go ahead.”

Chris's New Movie: Creme 101

1:03:36 to 1:07:45

Chris talks about his new film 'Creme 101' and its unique elements.

“Boy, that's definitely going to be somewhere around 15.”
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2:18Sean Hayes:We're gonna go cold. and we're going to go live in five. We're going to go... Will, let's do a quick cold. Let's do a quick cold. Let's do it in five. Like a quick freeze. When I get down, we're going to go cold. This is how we count down to the cold open.

2:32Will Arnett:Right.

2:33Sean Hayes:Are you going to say one or are you just going to stop at two? I'm not going to say one and I'm also not going to say two.

2:38Will Arnett:Old broadcast house. I'm going to go five, four, three. By the way, you're wrong about that. You know, I've heard you say that before. Everyone always says the two. It's just the one that's not safe. Five, four, three.

2:49Sean Hayes:Welcome to the cold open. Welcome to Smartless. Smart. Smart.

3:00Smart. Smart.

3:04Smart.

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3:11Sean Hayes:Hey, everybody. Jay, in through the nose, out through the mouth.

3:17Sean Hayes:Now we start. Hi. Hi. Hey. Thanks for coming today. Hey, you want to know? Oh, go ahead. Oh, no, sorry. Do you have a story all queued out? Yeah, I just actually thought of this. Our show opened last Saturday.

3:32Will Arnett:You know, I saw you on my Instagram-ish thing. And you were saying hi to the audience. And I immediately got a little nervous. I was like, oh, my God, there he is. He's on stage. He's in front. He did it. So you did it. You did an initial, are we in previews right now? Yeah, first preview went great. Second one went terrible.

3:50Sean Hayes:I love all the photos. You look like you're standing on the bow of a boat because you're always standing there looking off into the distance. Yeah, Simon the King of the World.

3:58Will Arnett:Yeah, he's proud and he's here. Hey, tell us what was good about the first and bad about the second. Well, you'll relate. You like this kind of talk. It's a talk and shop. You know, when you kind of connect to what you're saying, it's very real and it's authentic, right? And then sometimes when you do a show after you a million times, you sometimes, there's a little tiny veil between you and the words. You disassociate. Yeah, and so, but you're doing the actions and you're emoting, but it's a little manufactured.

4:27Sean Hayes:Yeah, and that's how the second show was.

4:29Will Arnett:That's how the second show was. But I bet the audience, I bet it didn't feel good, but I bet it still was good. Sean, explain to the audience

4:35Sean Hayes:a little bit, because you told me that, you and I spoke earlier and you told me that. And I said, well, that's to be expected. And I said that because it's kind of a known thing, right? You do your first show and it's great. It's like gangbusters. Yeah, and then there's that sort of sophomore slump. Yeah, I guess, I wonder if it's an energy thing. Like, oh man, I'm exhausted, right? And then maybe that's just, I don't know. And then you kind of build back up again. Yeah, but when you're standing on the stage and you're saying the words and your mind goes blank, but your mouth keeps talking. Right.

5:08Will Arnett:Was it just you going through this or did the other actors have a good time? Was it a good show for them? How were they? sometimes you can just rely on the rest of the team

5:20Sean Hayes:as you know jb jb and i and our crew we're coming next week to see you and jb i don't know if you know this this is the best news sean told me today you ready it's an hour 15 yeah oh it's a tight hour 15 do i get to sit front row we're at dinner before we

5:36Will Arnett:know it do i get to hold the book can i hold the book front row yeah and be the guy you turn to if you forget a line? I would love that. And then I give you the wrong line. Or you just, you look to me and I just look up at you and I just give you a real polite middle finger.

5:49Sean Hayes:Yeah. If you gave JB the book,

5:51Will Arnett:I would say this is a compliment. You just give me a line from 12.

5:54Sean Hayes:JB would be off book in 10 minutes. Yeah. That's the way he's doing it. Yeah. He would be really good at that. It's ridiculous. Yeah, but when those curtains open and the lights come on, you're like, oh, there's, I have to do this. It's the scariest thing

6:08Will Arnett:in the world. How was Scotty? Was Scotty a puddle of nerves? I'll bet he was. He looked scared. But you know what?

6:15Sean Hayes:He looked like he doesn't know what to do. I went to PT today, physical therapy, because I'm standing so long on stage. And so even right now, as I'm talking to you, I have to learn how to do sit-ups. Like, you know, like you... Oh, is that what they said? Engage your core. You got to engage your core. Yeah, engage your core. PT doctors said the middle's too soft. And you're wearing double hokas, right? You got custom double hokas on.

6:37Will Arnett:Hey, why don't you get one of those cashier mats?

6:40Sean Hayes:custom double hokas hooks them at the bottom of my shoes yeah

6:45Will Arnett:cut out a couple of shoe size shoe size cashier mats like snowboards

6:53Sean Hayes:so you've got to engage so you're doing sit ups you're trying to do exercises to engage your core so you're back right you guys all know that but I just kind of haven't been doing that anyway who cares don't get me going on core guys someone who has a really good core is my guest today. Here we go. He grew up in a remote Australian community four hours from the nearest town, spent his teenage years surfing. Bad income. And at one point repaired breast pumps in a factory for 10 bucks an hour. He moved to LA to be an actor and was about to quit until one last audition flipped the script. That's the way it always happens, isn't it?

7:28He named his son after Brad Pitt's character in Legends of the Fall, but you may know him as Captain Kirk's father. It's the brilliant, charming Chris Hemsworth. Hemsworth.

7:38Will Arnett:Oh. Wow. Hello. How are you? How are you? Hi, Chris. I'm doing well, Chris. Guys, Chris knows my wife, okay? Oh, really? I'll leave it at that. How do you?

7:51Sean Hayes:Well, we got to start there.

7:53Will Arnett:You'll leave it at that, and I'll pick it up from there.

7:56Sean Hayes:Chris Brutel. Wait, for real?

7:58Will Arnett:Yeah, they've done a little bit of partying together. Oh, what is happening? Yeah, it's getting worse. Where have you been at all those parties, Mike? I know. You weren't involved? I'm so jealous. You weren't allowed to come. I'm kind of jealous. Well, I lost my privileges years ago, and I think it's better for me to stay out of what we call trigger environments. I should probably do the same. Wait, wait.

8:20Sean Hayes:What are we alluding to? What happened with the parties?

8:23Will Arnett:They've got some mutual friends, and they have fun, and they create trips, and they go places. Like recently or in the past? Trips of Ocons, yeah. Yeah, I think recently, yeah. And then I, you know, I stay home, and I just, I work on stuff. I do charity work, you know, and I fix the house. I take care of the kids.

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8:42Sean Hayes:That's what we call watching TV now, huh? Yeah. Can you share? Chris, hi. Nice to meet you, by the way. Hi, Chris. Thank you for being here. See you guys. Thanks for having me. Can you share with us one of those vacations or trips? They're hard to recall, aren't they? Yeah. They're quite a blur. The last one was at Palm Springs, and there was about 50 or 60 people flying out there, and it was quite a big three-day event. and you were missed, Jason. We talked about you.

9:10Will Arnett:I would have. God, I would have crushed that. You would have crushed me. Back in the day. You would have been back in the old days. I'd still be there. Hey, Will, you know what, Will? It's amazing you and I never partied.

9:20Sean Hayes:I know. We did. We've been through this. We did one night. Jason doesn't, Chris, Jason doesn't remember, but before our privileges were suspended years ago, Jason and I had a night out. I don't want to get into the details of it. But we were irresponsible in our 20s. There were moments where... We had fun.

9:40Will Arnett:I had some fun with David Cross, too, a couple of times, too. Anyway, done that, did that. Free iPhones and cameras and... Jason one time took his belt off.

9:48Sean Hayes:He tried to climb a light pole once. I was with him and David Cross. And I only stayed late because I was looking out for their safety because they were both acting like ding-dongs. I remember I had your belt for like two years.

10:00Will Arnett:Yeah, why did my belt come off?

10:02Sean Hayes:What happened just after that? was i looking to self-asphyxiate oh my god anyway chris welcome to smart yes i want to start like in the intro like learn i've read so much about you coming up to this and i knew none of this first of all i just want to in the intro you named your son after brad pitt's character is that true tristan it was a legend of the fall i mean did you talk about it with your wife yeah no so so we we We liked the name and then we were sitting on the couch one day. We had a few different ideas and that film came on and the scene where he's on the horse and rolls into the space across the field and couldn't look more legendary.

10:44And me and my wife both went, oh, this is the coolest character ever, isn't it? And his name was Tristan. And I was like, what about Tristan? How about that? That could work and then off we went.

10:56Will Arnett:How about that? That's pretty cool. Now, has your kid grown into that name? Like, does he look like a Tristan now to you? He does. I mean, he is short of hair now, but he had for the first kind of, he's 11 now, for the first kind of 9, 10 years, he didn't cut his hair, so he was long, blonde hair.

11:13Sean Hayes:I mean, you really went with the Legends of the Fall. I didn't know if it was an influence by our doing or whether there was some sort of... It wasn't a Halloween costume. No.

11:24Will Arnett:Did he look like mini Thor? He absolutely did, yeah. And he's incredibly high energy and rides horses and motorbikes and surfs. Oh, that's cool. He fits the name. And did you ever meet Brad and tell him that? Not that particular story, no. I met Brad once and a big fan, obviously, and kind of had this awkward interaction where I went for the handshake. Or he went for the handshake, I went for the hug, that kind of in-between thing. Oh, God. It almost turned into a kiss, and then I was throwing it over to the party. My God, it would slow down too slow for me at that moment. I was standing across the room, and my agent was like, he wants to meet you.

12:08I'm like, who? No, he doesn't want to meet me, whatever. And then eventually, an hour later, I was like, oh, Brad, you're here. Oh, just trying to act all nonchalant.

12:18Will Arnett:Hey, look at you. One of those. Look at you, you're doing well. Where are you today? Are you down under? No, I'm in New York. I'm in a press tour for Crime 101, a film we're promoting. Oh, I can't wait to see that. You know where he is, JB. Look, you can see where he is. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's right. That's our place. That light switch right there turns on the fireplace if you've been looking. That's what that does? Yeah. I never knew where. It's going to take a little while. It's going to click for a bit. You won't explode. Hey, that Bart Layton. I love that guy. What a great director he is.

12:49I can't wait to see your film. I just saw it last night. It was fantastic. I loved it. Yeah. Incredible.

12:56Will Arnett:Yeah. Edge of your seat the whole time. No notes? A couple. Is it locked? They're not locked yet. Always notes. If you want to give us a few notes off air, I won't take them so personally. Now, Chris, don't you want some, don't you want to do a film next that doesn't take like six months to shoot and all these sort of life-threatening stunts you've got to do? And don't you want like a nice, calm, sort of like the equivalent of a sitcom in a movie. Sure. You know, that you can just relax. Yeah, yeah. The four, five, six-month shoots are tedious. And I know you've all experienced this, but unnecessary too, I feel like, at this point.

13:40You know, like the technology of cameras and lighting and what you do in post-production and everything is still done how we did it 10, 20 years ago. Yeah. and you have, you know, 20 big trucks there full of equipment sitting there just in case, and especially on the bigger budget, you know. And you just stand around and do nothing. Then you do a smaller film and everyone's, it's fast-paced, you don't have the luxury to sit around and wonder. You know, it feels like the preparation's almost done in a far more specific way because there's such a limited time frame. And I love that style of working.

14:18Like I grew up working on a soap opera and it was, we'd shoot 20 scenes a day. And as you know, the scripts were not great, but you made them work. But just the momentum you get from that and the sort of, just by having your feet on the ground continuously day after day, the knowledge you gain from that I think is fantastic.

14:40Will Arnett:Yeah, learning to be good quick, right? Like you've got to be good fast on those soap operas, yeah? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. What was the soap opera? Or you're going to be bad fast too, which is what most of what I did. Yeah, we just had Margot Robbie on. She said she was on a show. She was on Neighbors. Yeah, I did Neighbors for like an episode and then I did Home and Away, which is the sort of competing one for like three years. And when Margot was on, she talked about when she moved to LA that there was like an Australian mafia that helped each other out kind of thing. Right, you know what I mean?

15:16Were you part of that? There was like a drive. To be honest, I always felt there was the Australian Mafia kind of film industry and then the folks that had trained at NIDA and I think Mel Gibson and Cate Blanchett and the big acting schools and then the theater group and then I was on the soap opera. And I always felt a little outside of that cool Mafia bubble. Right. And I remember kind of turning up to a few premieres and kind of being on the guest list but not really and having all those awkward moments. And honestly, when I came to L.A., I didn't know that whole crew of Australian people. And I started working and eventually met them all, and, you know, Joel Edgerton and a few folks, you know, good friends of mine now.

16:00Love that, Joel. I always felt I was, you know, I did a side proper, I did Dancing with the Stars, so I wasn't seen as being taken seriously. Wow. Everyone was giving you the Brad Pitt handshake?

16:12Sean Hayes:Yeah. Did you rent a car from the Romanian guy? Margot rented a car from a Romanian dude who didn't require any ID. Oh, God, no. She first moved there. No.

16:24Will Arnett:Well, now I imagine you're fully embraced and it's all one big party. It is. Because it is such a small industry, you know, and those who have had success in Australia and make the leap overseas and work, there is just such a cool gang of people in support now. It's remarkable.

16:45Sean Hayes:Again, we said it with Margot, but it's remarkable how many Australians come off those two shows and come and have huge success in this country. It's really cool. In the film business. It's remarkable. It really is. It's the SNL of Australia. Yeah. You know what I mean? SNL bores so many stars.

17:05Will Arnett:All right, so you're in New York and you're doing a bunch of press for Crime 101. I would imagine you're going to do a talk show or two, but are you noticing, are you doing like some of the content stuff that is kind of like a part of most of these press tours now? Like, Willie, I know you've got a Hot Wings out there. I still haven't seen, but I'm dying to. But like, I saw clips of it. Yeah. So like every, have you been doing some of that stuff? Yeah, I did. I actually did Hot Wings for a previous film. A lot of fun. How far did you get? Did you do all 10? I did, and I was getting really cocky and kind of just more, more, more, more, more, and this one's not so bad.

17:41And Will, you know by like the ninth or tenth one, it's just a different game. And they just stopped recording because I was like, we had to throw up and they got me ice cream and milk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we were all supposed to go out for dinner that night and I hadn't eaten all day. And by the time I did the show, it was the first thing I put in my stomach was this bowl of hot sauce. And then I just went back to the hotel room and I sat there for the next 12 hours hugging the toilet bowl. Did you sit down? I didn't. I was just on the floor. Nothing was operating properly. Everything wanted to come out.

18:14Why does it...

18:15Sean Hayes:I had to take the ice cream and I ended up slathering it on my lips like zinc, like a surfer.

18:22Will Arnett:Tell me slow. And then was it dripping down your chin?

18:25Sean Hayes:It was... Honestly, at one point I was like, I wanted to rip. Like it was spurting so bad. And I was just... The whole time, I was slightly angry. Yeah. and then you enjoyed a second he just kept looking at Louis K by the way I did I called him out and by the way the only reason I went all the way through is because they told me JB that you had made it all the way through sure not a problem shut up this mouth can

18:48Will Arnett:this mouth can take a lot hey but what I only took one bite there's nothing enjoyable

18:52Sean Hayes:about having it that hot anybody wants to have that shit on their food like what are you doing

18:56Will Arnett:did you eat the whole wing I just took one bite no one bite

18:59Sean Hayes:one bite yeah yeah that's all it took that's all it took well Chris ate the bones that's why he threw up yeah Yeah. But it was just on, I did Graham Norton with John Bishop. Oh, wow. Oh, you did? Yeah. Oh, nice. Lovely bloke. Yeah. And a fantastic film, by the way. Oh, thanks, man. He's a great dude, isn't he? He's great. He's amazing. And he told the whole story. And yeah, what a beautiful story. The kind of thing you can't write, you know what I mean? Oh, yeah, yeah. Real life kind of shows you the better stories. I love that.

19:32Will Arnett:What would the sequel be on that, Willie? What would be the sequel? Is this thing still on? What's going on? Is this thing still on? What's, John Bishop, what would happen with you? You'd go to the Olympics with Laura, right?

19:46Sean Hayes:By the way, no bad pitches. Keep going. And she'd win the gold. As a coach. She'd win the gold as a coach.

19:52Will Arnett:As a coach, yeah. And then you guys would go on tour doing a stand-up tour as a couple.

19:57Sean Hayes:And I'd get canceled on tour. And then it would be, you know. Let's ride it. Yeah, let's write it. Here we go. It writes itself. Chris, I haven't seen you since we were singing that song in that car on that crazy commercial we did. Karaoke? No, what was it? It was for a video game. For a video game. Some headbanging. Yeah. Sounds like a payday. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Congrats, you guys. And artistic, you know, integrity, expression, all of that. Yeah, yeah, that too. It was a crazy huge production for a video game commercial. It was a mobile game. Yeah. Yeah. It was... Well, God, what was it called?

20:42Sean Hayes:Chris, do you play... We had fun, though. We loved it. We loved it. We loved it so much. We loved whatever it was.

20:46Will Arnett:Chris, do you play those video games that you need, like, a headset to play? You know, you're shooting people up? No. Willie does that.

20:51Sean Hayes:No.

20:52Will Arnett:Well, you don't still do that, do you?

20:53Sean Hayes:I don't. It's been years, actually, to be honest. Yeah.

20:57Will Arnett:I want to know... Sean, you're into Sonic, aren't you? The burgers, or...? No, immediately to food.

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23:36Will Arnett:And now back to the show. So Chris, I want to know about growing up and talk to me how that started and where the first love came from. Like, what was the first thing?

23:48Sean Hayes:Like also an acting family, Sean. It should be pointed out. Oh, for sure. Well, I was getting there well. Well, I'm sorry. Yeah, neither of my parents were actors. My mum has more of an artistic flair. You know, she paints a lot and writes. And was interested in acting, and then she got pregnant with my older brother when she was 19, and then had me, and then had my younger brother, and so we kind of ruined our dreams in that sense. And there's three. Are there any more than the three brothers? No, it's just the three of us, yeah. There's three, yeah. And I grew up in Melbourne and then moved to Northern Territory in the outback and lived in an Aboriginal community there.

24:30And my dad was mustard cattle and buffalo and so on. No way. Yeah, it was the complete removal from the suburban Melbourne city life. We were literally, you mentioned before, but four and a half hours outside of Catherine, southeast Arnhem Land. And it's just a different world. Like my most vivid memories and some of the most beautiful memories I've had.

24:55Will Arnett:How old were you when you left there? I was, first time I was about four to six and then came back to Melbourne for a year and then went back up for another year and a half. Wow. So you know, do you know your way around a farm then with cattle and stuff like that? Could you get by? Yeah. I mean, I was young, you know. I was just kind of exploring and doing, you know. Doesn't make you uncomfortable though. No, no, no. I was around it all and was sort of fascinated. I don't think he gets uncomfortable with a lot, JB. Let's be honest.

25:26Sean Hayes:Yeah. He'd handle himself. He'd be surprised. Unlike me. Yeah. He's, you know, he's not skateboarding around Hollywood, you know, going on dishes. I know. I'm so soft. Why am I so soft?

25:38Will Arnett:I'm just a grown-up out back. But did you have, like, this is a dumb question, but in the middle of basically nowhere where you grew up, like, what was the impetus for, did you have a TV? and you're like, oh, I want to see that from that person on that TV show? So the first time we lived there, we were in kind of shanty-looking shacks and then a tent at one point. Like it was proper, like out in the middle of nowhere on different cattle stations. And so no TV during that time. The second time we had a TV and there was a truck that would come and deliver food and supplies to the community every month or so on, and he dropped us off a couple of VHS tapes.

26:17And I remember watching, as a really young kid, Terminator 1, a bunch of other random sort of things, which are great for kids at the age of five or six. Yeah, sure. And it wasn't that that inspired me, but that was kind of, I don't know, my earliest memories of what cinema was and that experience. And then I just loved watching movies and not so much to be an actor. it was more of like, oh, I want to be Legolas in Lord of the Rings and I want to go and, you know, swing a sword and be in that fantasy world. Right. And again, not escaping what I was in, you know, in my own world, but just the sheer adventure of it.

27:03And then by the time I was 18 and finishing high school, it just became a real obsession like it does and like it needs to be, I guess. Right. Right. And then I did the soap opera and then off to L.A.

27:18Will Arnett:Wait, I want to get back. So the Whole Foods truck just drove right up to the community and they just opened up the back? There was a big shed in this community. There's a lot of separate communities throughout Arnhem Land and they would do deliveries with basic sort of, you know, bits and pieces that would go into this, what was the shop, which was literally just a big shed. I did a documentary actually with my dad. Yeah, incredible. We go back to that community. And it's the same shed there from 30-something years ago. Did it come back to you? Oh, my God. The huge sort of nostalgia. And the detail to which these places prompted the vivid memories was astounding.

28:10Will Arnett:Yeah, probably surprised you, right? You didn't know it was going to come back? I thought it would have changed dramatically and I went, oh, and I remember every little corner of the little streets we were living on and I remember what games I was playing and what places and where I was hanging out and there was this big freezer in the back of their shed where they kept all the cold food, which me and my mate, you should just go and sit in and, you know, eat the chocolate bars and so on because it was so hot out there in the middle of the outback. But it was, yeah, fascinating and beautiful place.

28:42Will Arnett:And that's still, is that still home? Is that still main base for you, Australia? Australia, yeah. Byron Bay, we live like northern New South Wales now and moved back there 11, 12 years ago. It was kind of like my daughter is 13, my boys are 11, so it was right around the time my boys were born. and it was just, we kind of were set up in LA and not enjoying it, you know, like nothing was shooting there. We were filming kind of everywhere else.

29:14Sean Hayes:Well, you're traveling anyway, so you might as well. I mean, it's a lot longer, but you might as well live where you want to live, is that the idea? Yeah, and then we'd come home and there's a paparazzi and all the sort of the trappings of, you know, living in that space and moved back to Australia and that just was, it's been the greatest decision because it's such a, it's like, you know, when you come back from work, you want to go on a holiday, like coming home for me, it feels like a holiday. We have a big farm and horses and motorbikes and surf. That's so cool. And that's how, I read that's how you guys, you and your brothers grew up too, just like no helmets, riding, like no supervision, just like crazy, right?

29:53Yeah, yeah. You know? Not because my parents didn't care, it was just because we were. No, right, I didn't mean that. No, no. Jesus, Sean. Jesus, Sean. No, no. But it was, we lived about 20 minutes from like the main sort of suburban areas of Melbourne up in the hills and the nearest neighbour was, you know, a kilometre or two away and it was just all bushland and rainforest sort of set up around us. And so we would just spend, you know, outdoors adventures and playing different characters. And I think that's, to be honest, where the sort of intrigue or interest into, you know, transportation into another.

30:33The imagination.

30:34Sean Hayes:So then how do you go from that from, and you have this sort of interest, and what was the first audition? Like, what was the first thing you go, like, I'm going to go read for that?

30:49I did like every Wednesday night I used to drive an hour and a half into the city, into Melbourne to do this acting course. It was like a two-hour session where they record everything you did and you'd have a little VHS tape and you'd go home and watch it and you'd go, wow, it doesn't look anything like I thought it would. And so I was kind of shocked at the system and tried by fire and a pretty good sort of wake up. But you learn quick. as opposed to just doing acting classes and not ever being confronted with what you're actually putting on screen.

31:22Will Arnett:You learn a lot from watching yourself. I do about, oh, shit, don't do that again. 100%, yeah. And all your little sort of tells or habits or things you're repeating are like, oh, wow, I thought I was kind of in a completely different space and I'm doing exactly the same thing I did before. Right, right, right. But I got an agent and then my first audition was... I think the first job I got was, I think it was called The Saddle Club. It was a Canadian-Australian show about... Sean, you used to run the door at The Saddle Club, didn't you?

31:59Sean Hayes:Run the door.

32:01Will Arnett:I still do. I still do, just for some extra money. We take those easy, cheap shots. Feel free to jump in any time you think of one. It was a show based on horses and, you know, horse club. And I came in as a vet at the age of 18, you know, as a doogie house of the vet world. That's funny. Sean would let the bears in too, as well as the bears. Sure. So he was a vet of sorts, I guess, in that way. Veteran, yeah. Wait, which brother got the first job? My older brother, Luke. He worked on Neighbors actually for a while as a steroid-selling football player. That's funny. So that was quite a role. And then in the intro I read that one job because you said you wanted to quit.

32:50Like Jason was saying, it always happens that way. When you're like, I can't do this anymore. And then something in the universe goes, wait a minute, you have to. And what was that? Was that Cabin in the Woods? Yeah, it was. It was. And it's funny, is it the universe or is it this sort of you just surrender to the process and you remove some of the desperation that may be coming out of you? Yeah, you kind of hit fuck it. You fuck it, yeah.

33:14Will Arnett:And people can tell. It's that sexy indifference, guys. Yeah. Right?

33:20Sean Hayes:No, what is that expression? So here's what it is. It's a bumper sticker. It's amazing. We all know what that means. When you're exhausted or you come in and you're hungover and all of a sudden it's like your body just doesn't have the strength to light your being up with adrenaline and you're just kind of sick just in a pocket. And you're not thirsty. You're not looking. You're not desperate. You're just like, this is me. This is the way it is. Take it or leave it. There's something about that. People are like, I like that. Which it comes through the like excessive sort of preparation too, you know what I mean?

34:03And that was what I learnt. Like I then would try and replicate that by like not caring, which of course I did care. So it was like, well, how can I get to the point where I can let go? And then it was just about over-preparation and where there was no stone unturned. Then you felt like, well, I've done everything I could. Anytime I would walk into a room and audition and feel like, oh, you could have learnt these lines a bit better well, you should have done this. And then that kind of voice takes off and does all sorts of shitty things.

34:31Will Arnett:Have you ever fallen into the trap? I used to fall into this trap of trying to pretend like I didn't care. Sure. So acting twice in an audition. It was like the most idiotic, most exhausting bullshit thing. Like I'm already sweating, you know, trying to pretend like I'm not going to sweat. Yeah. Wait, so just a sidebar I was going to say is the day that Cabin in the Woods came out was also the same day my movie Three Stooges came out. but I think you guys beat us. Anyway, moving on. This picture! Let me tell you something about this picture! This idiot, this 3D brother, he's so stupid.

35:06Sean Hayes:They can't do it. Was it the time you guys?

35:08Will Arnett:Sean, I actually watched 10 minutes of that like not four days ago. Thank you. What, the three stooges? Yeah. No, you didn't. On the big screen? You gave it a full 10 minutes? A full 10 here on the TV and then we lost power or something like that and so I couldn't see anymore. Sure.

35:23Sean Hayes:It literally crashed the power at your house. Jason, you mentioned before you know Bart Leighton or you just know him? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

35:33Will Arnett:I'm a huge fan of his film American Animals. Yeah. And I just started pursuing him like some crazy fan after that. And he sat down and had lunch with me and humored me for a bit. But yeah, I cannot wait to see this film. He's incredible. This was, I think, sort of the best experience I've ever had in a set. and I've had some amazing times. And it kind of reminded me, to be honest, of like Furiosa with George Miller felt like this and Rush many years ago. Yeah. And it's that thing where there's just this beautiful, he is just such a craftsman, such a master. Attention to detail is beyond anyone I've ever seen.

36:20Some of those shots are incredible. The cinematography is stunning. and he wrote the script, so there's this deeper sort of understanding of every element to it. But then there's just this kind, collaborative, humble human being, which you don't get the two come together.

36:37Will Arnett:I was just going to say, kind leadership, right? Ron Howard on Rush, Bart on this. It ends up yielding great input from this entire team if somebody at the top is not a monster. You should look into that. Yeah, I'm reading and reading. You should take note.

36:58Sean Hayes:Because I've heard a lot of stories from your sets. I get a lot of anonymous emails. A lot of it's true. I'm working on it. Real Groucher me. Groucherton is your nickname. JK. Everybody loves JK. Wait, so a couple things I didn't know. Are we back off the sidebar?

37:19Will Arnett:Or we're into mainstream questions? No, this is back on. I don't know if we have enough time for this segment, Things You Don't Know. No, but look, you've got, I love Oh, The Places You'll Go. Oh, yeah. So when I, first of all, talk about your tattoos. Then I'll get into that. So you've got tattoos, which I didn't know you've had this many tattoos. So tell us the tattoos you have. Are there a bunch of random kind of... Start with the back tat. Start with the back tat. The Holly Dyson and the Hulk. No, no, no, the one on the tailbone. The barbed wire. The one that says just breathe. Open for business.

37:59Will Arnett:Oh, my God. That's hilarious. My tattoos. I have a Dr. Seuss tattoo. My daughter, I used to read that book to her a lot. And my mom read it to me. Oh, the places you'll go. And she just would draw that little character and loved it. And so I got that tattoo. Oh, I love that. Isn't that great? And then a few years later, I was like, I'm kind of sick of it. So I started getting it taken off, and I did like one laser session. And then she came home one day, and she goes, it's rubbing off. What happened to it? It's rubbing off. And I was like, oh, did you still? I don't know. I thought you were sick of it.

38:34She goes, no, I love it. I love it. So it's now kind of half faded, you know, but it's still there. I love that. Another, it's a bunch of my arm, actually, the little drawings that she did that I was sitting with a tattoo artist one night and it was like 10 o 'clock and he's designing all these different things and all this sort of sacred geometry and trippy looking stuff. And my daughter walked out and goes, Dad, I can't sleep. You're making too much noise. I'm like, sorry, sorry. And she sits down and starts squiggling and drew the three little images here, which one of them, and the guy next to us goes, that's the Wheel of Dharma.

39:11It's the Eight Steps to Enlightenment. So it's this, she's drawn that. Oh, really? And then the five-pointed star. So he looked at me and goes, I think they're way cooler than anything we're designing. And so I took a photo of that and that's that. And then a bunch of other sort of scrimmels. And you're Avengers friends, which is cool.

39:30Sean Hayes:I made disparaging remarks about people with tattoos on a podcast in the UK. Do you know that guy, Roma? She's hilarious. Do you know that dude over in London? Anyway, I made a sweeping generalization kind of as a bit and I got a bunch of hate from it. What was it? I said, there's a direct correspondence between the more tattoos you have. By the way, I don't even believe this. The more tattoos you have, the more boring you are. All I said was boring. People freaked out. And I'm like, I'm just fucking around. I don't have a scientific opinion on this. I'm just fucking around.

40:09Will Arnett:Sounds like someone who would like a few tattoos. Would you like a couple?

40:13Sean Hayes:I would like a couple, actually. I thought you were having to get your kids.

40:16Will Arnett:I don't have one. All I have are just my kids here on the inside of my arm. That's it. But I feel like I want like a thousand more. I feel like the dam is broken. I have a million friends who are covered in tattoos.

40:27Sean Hayes:That would mean that I hate all my friends. The problem is I get sick of them. And so I'm into them for a few weeks. That's what I'm worried about. I want to just get them all removed. But you're not sick of the ones from your kids, though. The kids ones just have a bit of something to it. But I've got some other ones that are like a weird sort of psychodrometry one, which looks like the Illuminati kind of vibe to it.

40:49Will Arnett:I love all those little tiny drawing ones, you know? I think like what you were showing on your arm, like just the little doodles. Yeah, that's what I, yeah. I love that. I want some of those.

40:59Sean Hayes:I love, you know, but then you get a lot. Do you have any of the ones I see people like on their arm, it's like, stay alert. And I'm like, do you have to look at it to remind yourself? And if you're looking at it, you're not alert. Just breathe. Just breathe. Oh, right. Fuck, fuck. Any quotes or any? I wanted JBI. I always threatened that if the Leafs win the Stanley Cup, I'm going to get my whole back of Wendell Clark, who's been retired for years, but my hockey idol, holding the Stanley Cup on my back. I think I'm safe for now for a while. Oh, yeah.

41:30Will Arnett:We're struggling along with you here in Los Angeles. Sean, you don't have any, right? You don't have any. No, I've always wanted one. I was wanting like a.

41:36Sean Hayes:Let's do one. Let's design. I'll design one for you, and then you design one for me.

41:40Will Arnett:Sean, if you had to get a tattoo of a snack food on your body, what would it be? Oh. You have to. Guns to your head. One snack food on the body.

41:48Sean Hayes:Yeah.

41:49Will Arnett:It would have to probably. And it can't be hot dog. Can it be a Twinkie? What about a Twinkie? No, it would probably be a Snickers bar. A Snickers bar. And where would you put that?

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44:07All right, back to the show. So, Chris, in Crime 101, this is, I mean, we always talk about this on this podcast, but, like, when people from Australia or the UK have to do these American accents, and they're so good, and they're so believable, and then you speak in your regular Australia, It's just like, I don't know what happens. It's like, how do you do that? I could never do an Australian accent. That's the hardest one. Try it right now. No, I couldn't do it. Guns to your head. Guns to your head. I can say one word. Chest is cheest. That's all I know. That sounds more Kiwi. Cheest. That sounds what?

44:41Like Kiwi. Sounds like more New Zealand. Cheest. Yeah. Oh, it does? We'd say chest.

44:46Will Arnett:Oh, you would say chest? Say aluminium, Sean. Aluminium. Aluminium. I can do a British one. I can't do it. Let's hear that guy. Let's hear that guy. I think most of our television and film growing up is American so we have an ear for it I guess but I've also screwed it up many times as well How often will you go back in like you'll see an early cut of something and you'll ask the director hey could I go in and read you that line or that line? More now I didn't even know I had the option in the past and I see some review talking about not so favorably and then the worst was a Scottish accent I did for something.

45:26And someone said, it's the worst Glaswegian accent we've heard since the fat bastard in Austin Powers.

45:33Will Arnett:Which is one of the greatest all time. I was like, I think you did a great job. Yeah. I love these guys on the sidelines throwing bombs. They can do it. I know. I think you're brilliant at it. And what about, and didn't you meet Elsa, your wife, through a dialect coach? We did, yeah. It was a... What was she going for? Um, the dialect coach or Elsa? Yeah, I mean, but I meant like, why were you there at the same time? Oh, no, we were both training separately with her and she said, oh, I think you'd like a, you know, someone else I'm working with. And I said, oh, what's her name? And looked her up and thought, oh, gee, looks lovely.

46:10Sure, give me a phone number. Really? That was that simple? And then we, no, we went out for dinner and then I went and shot a movie and then came back at dinner and then went off and shot another movie. And so it was like we weren't together, but we'd sort of been in contact for kind of eight months. and then got together very quickly, kids and marriage and all that fun stuff.

46:29Sean Hayes:But that's nice, though. That's kind of a nice slow burn, though. Like, you kind of, like, ease into it a little bit. A couple of dinners are in there. Yeah, a bit of distance, kind of long distance.

46:36Will Arnett:Is that a novel idea to you, Will? Just a couple of dates before you start? Yeah, man. Hey, so, wow, so you took her out to dinner a couple of times, did you? So, Chris, your kids are now at the age where they can see how badass dad is and they can appreciate kind of like what a set is like and that that might be a fun sort of atypical work environment. Are any of them getting kind of the bug to do what you do? Any interest there? Yeah, they do. My daughter was in Love and Thunder, the last Thor film, and she played Christian Bale's daughter. Did she dig it? Yeah, but she was like, I asked her to, you know, I said, look, do you want to do this role?

47:26And she goes, oh, yeah, cool, what do I have to do? And I said, I'll just read these lines. She goes, no, I don't want to read the lines. And I was like, well, I'm going to record something to send to Kevin Feige. She's like, no, I'm not doing it. And I was like, okay, well, you can't do it. She goes, no, but I want to do it. I'm like, yeah, but you've got to, this is like an audition.

47:41Will Arnett:She won't read. So she finally did it. They were like, great, loved it. And then she did Avengers. and this is three or four years later. And by this point, she's so much more jaded about it all. She kind of is like, hates the whole scene and everything. But, you know, tells me she enjoys acting. We do one take, wide take, mostly sort of in my direction. And she gets up and goes, okay, we done? I said, no, you're serious? And she goes, how much longer? And I'm like, we're here all week and you've done like one wide shot. and every single time we'd go back to the tent or the trailer and they'd call us in.

48:19She'd be like, oh, God. And I was like, India, you begged me to do this. You wanted to do it. And then her brothers were like, we'll do it, we'll do it. You're such a sook, India. And so they probably have more of, my boys probably have more of a, like, I don't know, they like the kind of, they're a bit more of a showman kind of, you know, they like that space.

48:39Will Arnett:How were the Russos on her? Did the Russos take care of her or was Joe just hammering her with notes? Just heaps of notes. Backstory incessant on sort of the study and the preps you've done. No, not at all. They were fantastic. The greatest. And Chris, do your kids, I read that they critique your movies. Do they actually write them or do they just tell you? No, they'll just blatantly tell me. I mean, they're tough. But that whole generation, they're like, yeah, visual effects weren't as good and that went out. I don't ever remember commenting on any of that. as a kid. Yeah, my kids never like watching anything that's like five years old.

49:16Will Arnett:That's sick and stuff.

49:17Sean Hayes:My kids came and saw my brother, is this thing on? And Abel, my 15-year-old, goes, a lot better than that one movie you did with the talking dogs. I go, hey, dude. Yeah. Did your braces get paid for? Yeah. How are you doing the house you're living in? Yeah. Yeah.

49:36Will Arnett:Pretty comfy. Exactly. Pretty comfy right now. Do your kids give it up, Chris? Well, like, if you do something great, Well, they go, you know what, Dad, that was awesome. No, no. They're really supportive.

49:49They remember the first time when they were sort of realizing what it was that I did and the first time my son, I took him to the cinema to see Thor and he was just running up and down the aisle and I was like, just got to sit down. And he's jumping up and down the chairs and I was just like, you know, just trying to sit him down and hold him down. on band and then i was like fuck this is my movie i'm fucking on the screen and then you know a lot worried about someone's going to yell at us but i thought and then in the end he was like having so much fun he's sweating he's sweating and he's like right let's go and then so he left halfway through and he ran up and down the hallway he's like that he's terrible it's big but but he he became obsessed with it and had a little hammer that he'd run around with and smash things and oh really I mean that's cool I mean that is I get it

50:37Sean Hayes:my 15 year old wishes you were his dad too it's unbelievable it's a long long line of kids but it's changing like the 11 13 year old time when you know there's a whole new vernacular and all this sort of new language they seem to roll with and everything's got like a sarcastic sort of twist to it now because of all the YouTube shit and so on and I'll say something and they've got cringe I'm like no no no no i'm i'm fucking cool right i'm not i'm not yeah you know i'm not cool with dads right and it's like yeah right it's all fighting in the distance i love that you know this the avengers doomsday i was at anthony russo's house and we saw the trailer we're the first people to see the trailer yeah it was it was incredible this will be the i don't know if you know this this will be the 10th time you've played thor which is really cool it's wild isn't it i know It's wild.

51:31I mean, that's really, really, really cool. Oh, really? There's more? Yeah. Oh, that's great. Yeah. But it's just been the, it's been so much fun. And what I've really enjoyed is, unlike I think a lot of what the other characters that the scripts were given, they have had to be pretty consistent, whereas working with Tyka on his films versus Kenneth Branagh with those films and then from, you know, with the Russos, all had quite a different sort of tonal opinion but also let me kind of try different things because I was getting, same with my tattoos, I'd be getting really bored of the same thing and have a real need to kind of just try it in different directions.

52:18And I was talking to Kevin about it and he said, oh, it's cool because we've, the audience now expect dramatic turns with the character and whatever we do next, that we've got some ideas to do something pretty unique again or hopefully be...

52:32Will Arnett:Yeah, I was going to say, you must have ideas. You guys all must have ideas about where your characters might go because now you guys, I guess for a long time now, you guys have been going... There aren't comic books to write these scripts off of. You guys have gone past those. And so do you guys...

52:51Sean Hayes:But there's also an obligation though, JB, within... Isn't there like a... Not an obligation, but like... because the fans are so, they know these characters so well, so you've got to handle it kind of with care. Like, you take chances, but you've also got to, like, make sure that they don't get pissed off. No, for sure, because, I mean, you still can pull from, there's so many different stories within the comic books, and you pull from ideas and certain, you know, directions. And each, even within the different comic book artists, writers, they had sort of slightly different takes as well, so there's variations.

53:28But you do have to be careful because when we made Ragnarok, it was quite a twist, you know, and with Taika's time. Such a great movie. So good. And it was so fun. There was a huge kind of like appreciation for the shift. And then Love and Thunder was kind of like a Monty Python sketch and we sort of took the piss probably a little much and then there was some of that backlash, you know, that there was the real kind of, why is he a goofball and why is it this? And, you know, violently offended. And we were like, oh, we're just having fun or trying to try something different.

54:05Will Arnett:But it's cool that there's that partnership there, though, with the audience as well as the filmmakers. That doesn't really exist in other, I mean, maybe Star Wars, there's some of that as well. But that part is really cool. Star Wars, sorry. I mean, if you can stick around for a couple hours. Okay. Wait, what about like in the intro, I didn't know, this is total left turn, but when you were growing up, you repaired breast milk pumps? What? Yeah, I worked for Fisher and Pikell, this home, what do you call it, white goods. Home goods? Yeah, fridges and so on. They also make dishwashers. Dishwashers, and they make breast pumps.

54:47They make the, I didn't know that. And they would rent them to different pharmacies and chemists and they would come back to us and I'd have to repair them when the little belt, the motor belt would break. I'd also have to clean all the dried milk that was on them so I'd have a toothbrush and spray and wipe. And that was my first job. How about that? A lot of time to think about what else I would prefer to be doing. Yeah, for sure. And you're a big surfer and you do snowboarding and it's like, by the way, is there snow there in Australia right now? Yeah, it's just summer now. But I was just in Courchevel, France last week with my family, snowboarding.

55:28Did you do some skiing? Yeah, I did a lot of skiing, snowboarding, and kids were all doing backflips. Did you, you must have played a lot of sports growing up. Yeah, I did the 110 hurdles. That was my event. Oh, really? I wasn't quite quick enough for the 100, but I was tall enough and agile enough for the hurdles. so it was a good combination. What about footy? Did you play any footy? AFL football, yep. AFL? Played for eight or nine years, and then when I was 17, I dislocated my shoulder and tore all the ligaments, and I'd been surfing a lot at the same time, and so I had eight weeks of sitting on the couch doing nothing, and I was like, I don't want to risk not surfing anymore, and then sort of gave that up.

56:11Sean Hayes:Must be a lot of dislocated shoulders in AFL football. Every injury I have now, like the back and things that start to play up, I swear were from like nine years of just getting belted on the football field. Like it's intense and your body would shatter if you got hit at that speed now. But running full pelt into each other, you know, I got two concussions when I was like 14, 15. I remember going to Australia, going to Melbourne and going to an AFL match and just watching and just seeing like the pure athleticism of these guys running, kicking, catching, tackling, all of them just incredible athletes.

56:49Sean Hayes:It's amazing. I'm surprised. Yeah, it's wild.

56:51Will Arnett:Hey, so I'm still just in awe of your general manhood and exposure to elements and things like that. So down there in Australia, you got the snakes, you got the spiders, you got the sharks. When you're surfing, have you ever seen a dorsal fin? And when you were out back just running around with your motorcycles and pop guns and shit, Did you ever see any of the snakes or spiders or things like that? Oh, yeah. Yeah. When I first moved to Byron Bay, there was a string of shark attacks, two deaths, and then one guy survived. In the space of two weeks, one out the front of my house and one 10 minutes south of me and five minutes north.

57:34And I was like, where have I moved to? What have I done? This is crazy. And then so for the next—

57:39Will Arnett:You're still paddling out. Yeah, when there was other people in the water. So there was your chances. Your odds. A little better. Your odds were a little better. But no, there was a period when there would just be choppers, helicopters going up and down the coastline and just like shark spotting. And then they have a siren on because there was, for whatever reason, just this kind of feeding frenzy. That's how they do it. So they fly above and then if they see one, there's a little siren from the helicopter? Yeah, or they tell the police and the police should come down with a big speaker and tell you to get out of the water.

58:10And everyone would sit there and go, I'm not getting out of the water. And as each guy starts paddling, it's like, all right, fine, fine, we'll go in. And these aren't sand sharks.

58:18Will Arnett:The only kind of shark they've got down there are the big daddies, right? Yeah, the bull sharks and great whites are the most predominant. No, thanks. What about the snakes? You saw snakes? Heaps of snakes, yeah. A lot of like kings. Heaps of snakes. Heaps of snakes. King brown, like the brown snakes, which is, you know, You've got kind of 15 minutes if you get the anti-venom in you before you eat. Yeah, and the brown spider is also like the most venom. The redback spider is, and then what's the brown spider? Physically pulling your shirt down, you're an anxiety attack. I got to hang up. I mean, we see a lot of snakes around our house, but also a lot of big pythons, and the pythons are really territorial and keep the bad ones away.

59:06and so you kind of, you want those ones around.

59:09Will Arnett:Python is not bad? No, no. They're not venomous, but they're very territorial with the brown snakes and the red-bellied black snakes and the ones that are nasty. And so we don't mind having the pythons around. The pythons aren't looking to mess you up. They're not looking to attack. No, I mean, you can, my kids will go and grab them by the tail sometimes. No, no way. How do they do their killing if they don't have the venom? Do they just, they're squeezers? Yeah, like mice and rats and they'll just swallow. Squeezers. Squeezers. Wait, go back. Matt Damon, the first time, he was asking me all these questions before they came out to Australia.

59:53Oh, that bitch. He won't even. And he literally, I was like, you're fine, you're fine, you're fine. The first day he drives down the street, gets out of a car, and step straight on a snake. I've been there 42 years and never stepped on a snake. And day one. I mean, this guy's a dummy. He's a dummy. What did the angel do?

1:00:12Will Arnett:The angel buy himself a pair of boots immediately after that? Right up to the hip. And a helmet, gloves, a pair of white boots. Oh, my God. Wait, Chris, go back to the water for a second with the sharks. Do you still go in the water? Sure he does. Oh, yeah, I surf every day. I mean, people still surf. Again, it's like all the statistics you hear. Getting hit by lightning. You're hit by lightning or driving a car is worse. I heard one that more people die in America shaking a vending machine trying to get chocolate or whatever and it collapsing on them. Now, I don't know if that's true, but it's...

1:00:52Sean Hayes:Sean's got a vending machine story.

1:00:54Will Arnett:He almost got cut to ribbons with an exploding glass door there at Chin Chin when they were closed too early, right?

1:01:00Sean Hayes:I eat a lot of junk food, Chris. Um, so, wait a minute. You know what I love about the Avengers crew? You guys all seem to be having a good time, don't they? It's fun. Every time I see you guys. Of course. You and Robert and all the, the whole crew, you guys are all just yucking it up, and it kind of, it's kind of fun. It's a good group. It's a good group. And I think, you know, everyone had come into it expecting kind of nothing, and it was right at the beginning of, I guess, a sort of superhero emergence, and each time one of them worked, it was a win for the others and their individual films but then when the Avengers worked we're like oh we're going to make a second one and a third one and a fourth one so everyone's kind of pinching themselves that we're still here and it's still working yeah and just a good group of people you deserve it pal you really do great films yeah you do Chris Hemsworth what a pleasure thanks for chatting with us today mister thank you when does Creme 101 what's the release date it's already out it's already out oh yeah yeah it came out It's in cinemas.

1:02:02When did it come out, Sean? It came out, wait, I have it. February 13th or February 12th? Yeah, February 13th. February 13th. No, it's great. It's a character-driven crime thriller, you know, and it has a beautiful sort of suspense through the action but also through the dramatic scenes and the way Bart's crafted this movie, it's edgier seat pulse-pounding from start to finish.

1:02:30Sean Hayes:It's a sick cast as well. I'll just say one of the greatest Halle Berry, you go ahead. Barry Keegan, Mark Ruffalo, Monica Barbaro Nick Nolte a phenomenal cast but it's sort of a throwback to the heist films of the 70s 80s, 90s but has a contemporary feel to it really cool, I'm seeing it this weekend but I just have to say now that I've seen it and I'm a big fan of the movie and of course you, that I won't reveal anything but when that one character gets in the car. That's all I'll say. That was really cool. You don't know when part of the movie I'm talking about. You know what I'm talking about.

1:03:13I was like, whoa, that's pretty cool. I was on the edge of my seat. Anyway, Chris, thanks so much for being here. Thanks for having me, guys. Chris, thank you.

1:03:23Will Arnett:Amanda would say hi if she was here. Maybe I'll make it to the next one. Please do, mate. I hope thanks guys alright pal good to see you bye buddy thank you peace bye pal bye bye splendid just splendid really good this is a great guy

1:03:43Sean Hayes:this is a great guy first of all great guy I don't know what you guys

1:03:47Will Arnett:are talking about big star he was great

1:03:49Sean Hayes:big star big star huge star big star and yet so grounded as you know you know him a little bit I hung out with him for a couple days What a good dude. Humble, kind. Oh, my God. Wait, what's 26 minus 11? Boy, that's definitely going to be somewhere around 15. Honestly, that actually came out. 15 years. So he's been playing Thor for 15 years. That's okay. That's a lot. I want to go back to the math question because I'm so disturbed.

1:04:20Will Arnett:Is this worthy of recording, Sean? You know we're on right now. Oh, we still are.

1:04:24Sean Hayes:I'd say cut it, but I need the world to hear that.

1:04:27Will Arnett:this is our life guys yeah okay welcome to it listener this is this is you know it's free to you but it costs us a great deal I mean it's free you know time patience

1:04:39Sean Hayes:yeah he's he's yeah 15 years as Thor and then doing all this other stuff in between how about how about I threw you guys at the beginning when I said it was Kirk's dad yeah great job Sean I mean it's sick sick what a burn I was like fucking who is this

1:04:58Will Arnett:who could it be this guy

1:05:00Sean Hayes:he's unbelievable on the breast pump

1:05:02Will Arnett:information breast pump information right no that is that I'm I'm now I gotta join my wife on some of these some of these yeah by the way I wanna know what all that is hey guys when you have okay yeah

1:05:21Sean Hayes:oh that's it you're right into it huh no more wrap up nope So, Shani... No, I gotta go.

1:05:29Will Arnett:Wait, Sean, do you have a performance tonight? No, today's our one night off. You're dark. Oh, good for you, JB. We're dark, yeah. Thanks, guys. So, then what do you end up doing tonight? Does Scotty get a night out? I'm not moving. I'm not moving. I'm so exhausted. That's fair to Scotty. Yeah. What about this afternoon? Well, we might... Maybe just take him for ice cream. Yes, or... No, but you know what I've been craving lately is sushi. And now, when you guys eat sushi, Do you put, and you know, they come up with a side of ginger. Yeah, and usually next to it's a little pinch mound of green mustard called.

1:06:04Will Arnett:Well, no, I think a better way to say that is, what did the sushi say to the bumblebee? What's up, bee? Bye. What's up, bye?

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