Chris Hemsworth forced to lose muscle for 'Rush'

Actor Chris Hemsworth, who bulked up to play god of Thunder, Thor, had to lose muscle to star as Formula 1 racing star James Hunt in the upcoming film "Rush".
The actor beefed up for the role of Thor in the movie of the same name. For the film's subsequent sequels he maintained the physique, reported Contactmusic.
"Thor is large. For that I had to add some muscle, which hasn't been all that hard so far. I like training just fine, thanks. But to play a Formula 1 driver, I had to drop quite a bit of that. You know, slim it down.

"First time I looked at a Formula 1 car in person, I just stared at the cockpit, figuring I'd never get in there. The drivers wear the whole car like a tight-fitting suit. So I just started training differently, shedding all that Thor. I've come to see size as just a kind of prop," he said.
While Hemsworth is a fan of racing, he admitted he prefers motorbikes to cars.
"I grew up in a culture of motorbike. So I like racing just fine. Quite a lot, actually. That was when I was a boy in Australia. And I never really made the jump to cars after that.