Chris Hemsworth on performing alongside Ed Sheeran: ‘It was an out of body experience’
Hemsworth joined the singer on stage to play at a concert filled with 70,000 people in Bucharest, Romania
Australian movie star Chris Hemsworth has recalled having an “out of body experience” while performing alongside Ed Sheeran during one of his shows.
The Thor actor, 41, learned how to play the drums as part of the National Geographic series, Limitless: Live Better Now, and joined the “Shape Of You” singer on stage to play at a concert filled with 70,000 people in Bucharest, Romania.
Speaking at a Q&A, he said: “(It was) very much a kind of out of body experience and and there’s something about being in unison and in time with, not just a band, but a mass group of people.
“And I imagine it was sort of like a universal prayer or whatever, where people got together, and this sort of intention to point towards something positive in the same direction that there would be some interconnected experience.
“And that’s what it felt like. I felt like it was kind of beyond me at that point. I was just floating along for the ride.”
Hemsworth also reflected on the first series of the show and said: “The first season almost killed me, emotionally and physically. That was by design.”
He continued: “We discussed, what, if we’re going to do a second season, what would we tackle? What new science is there? What we could expand upon.”
The first episode of the series, titled Brain Power, follows Hemsworth as he takes on the challenge of learning to play the drums, which culminates in the surprise live performance with Sheeran.
Hemsworth also climbs a frozen 600-foot wall to see if there is a benefit to breaking out of his comfort zone and and embraces special forces pain training in South Korea.
The movie star and his family attended the series London premiere on 17 July.
The National Geographic show will be coming to Disney+ on Friday 15 August.