With Chris Hemsworth welcoming his first child 'India,' the 'Avengers' star has a lot more to share with his fans. There are many interesting tidbids to know about the star, aside from admiring his abs and his role as 'Thor.'

Hemsworth together with his wife, Elsa Pataky, has named their child after the country of India due to their love of the place. The pair got married in 2010. The Spanish actress warned Hemsworth to get ready with a lot of Spanish words because she is set to only speak with their child in the said language.

Here we feature other things you may find interesting enough to know about the Australian star.

  • Chris Hemsworth first starred in a soap opera entitled 'Home & Away.'
  • He spent his growing up years in an aboriginal community in Down Under together with his brother who is also a budding actor, Liam Hemsworth.
  • Hemsworth had to build up 20 pounds more of muscles for his 'Thor' role.
  • He got a slurpee cup named after him as 'Thor.'
  • His very first theatre stint was for the play 'Much Ado About Nothing.' It was the same play that 'Thor' director, Kenneth Branagh got famous for directing and acting in.
  • His favourite childhood books include 'The Hobbit' and 'Lord of the Rings.'
  • He and his brother, Liam, are very close to each other and maintains a healthy brotherly relationship.
  • He is a self-confessed OCD, as he is obsessed with keeping everything looking neat and clean.
  • He went into acting thinking that the idea is simply 'fun.'
  • He has gone through extensive training to be able to drop his Australian accent easily for any Hollywood film role.
  • It was in 2009's 'Star Trek' that he was seen playing the role of James T. Kirk's dad.
  • He admitted briefly stealing a golf cart when he was chosen to be one of Cosmopolitan's 2011 Fun and Fearless Men.

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