Chris Hemsworth is taking a walk on the dark side.
After playing memorable heroes in movies such as Extraction and as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the actor is excited to finally tap into his sinister side for the new Netflix movie Spiderhead, in which his character Steve runs a controversial penitentiary. (in other words, he gives inmates drugs to earn a reduced sentence.)
"It may be seen as sinister and manipulative, but he does believe he's doing it for the betterment of mankind," the 38-year-old exclusively told E! News' Daily Pop June 17. "He does believe what he's doing is just and noble and that left up to our own devices, we'll destroy ourselves. So, he sees it as himself to play God and intervene."
One of the film's experiments conducted by Chris' antagonist involves a drug that makes people fall madly in love with one another. But unlike his character, the star believes something like that is better left in fiction.
He told Daily Pop, "Manipulating someone to fall in love with you for the wrong reasons would be a devastating thing to have on the market."
The film also stars Miles Teller—hot off the success of Top Gun: Maverick—and Jurnee Smollett, who told Daily Pop that fans will be surprised to see Chris in a role "unlike anything he's done before."
"It's quite disarming because he's such a hero, and in this, he's such an anti-hero," Jurnee said. "He's not the twist your mustache-type villain. He's someone you would want to invite to your barbeque. And yet, what he's doing is really questionable and quite dark and dangerous to humanity."
Check out the full interview above.
Spiderhead is now streaming on Netflix.