Chris Hemsworth Reveals Why He Said YES To Bart Layton's Crime 101 And It's Not Mark Ruffalo

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Hemsworth is one of the top actors in Hollywood today. He has been winning and ruling millions of hearts for decades now. He has given many memorable performances in many films and series and now, he is all set to wow his fans again in Crime 101, releasing February 13. The film, under the Amazon MGM Studios banner, promises a fun and exciting watch, reuniting Marvel buddies, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo, for a cat and mouse chase thriller. Ahead of the release, Chris shared his thoughts on meeting up with filmmaker Bart Layton and what it was like to go through the film's script.

Chris Hemsworth calls Crime 101 '90's thriller'

Talking to Pinkvilla, the actor said, "I read the script and loved it because it felt like a real throwback to 90s thrillers." As to why it was special, he added that there was a sort of nostalgia to the story that you don’t see too much these days.

Coming face-to-face with the director was an interesting moment for the actor who had watched many of his previous works. He shared that he was a fan of Bart’s work and loved American Animals. He felt it was a very character-driven drama with elaborate intersecting storylines. After their first meeting, he thought not only has he written an 'incredibly compelling script', but Bart also has a brilliant vision for the film.

More About Crime 101

Crime 101 stars Chris Hemsworth in the lead role of a notorious thief named Mike Davis, infamous for stealing along the Los Angeles 101 highway. Meanwhile, Mark Ruffalo’s Lou Lubesnick believes he has tracked the culprit’s pattern and begins following the clues leading up to him, hoping to catch him red-handed in the act.

Talking about Chris Hemsworth's work front, he has worked in some of the iconic Hollywood films such as Star Trek, A Perfect Getaway, Thor, The Avengers, Snow White and the Huntsman, Rush, Thor: The Dark World, Ghostbusters, Thor: Ragnarok, Extraction, Spiderhead and so on. He also gave his voice to Transformers One, an animated film which released not just in Indian theatres but also worldwide in 2024. It serves as the prequel to the franchise's earlier live-action movies, which revolved around two factions of alien robots, the Autobots and the Decepticons, who have the ability to transform into vehicles and machines, and are engaged in an eternal war. Transformers One also features the voices of actors Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm.