Chris Hemsworth Wasn’t The First Choice To Play Thor, It Was A DC Actor

But losing Thor to Chris Hemsworth ended up being the catalyst Alan Ritchson needed to take his career seriously.

Ritchson went back to the basics and hired an acting coach. He practiced scenes for three straight weeks before joining an exclusive acting class with Deborah Aquila, the now executive vice president of casting at Paramount Television Studios and CBS Studios.

Even as he practiced honing his craft, it would take another 10 years before Alan Ritchson would get his big break. While Chris Hemsworth was making Marvel movies left and right, Ritchson continuously suffered near misses where he’d almost get cast in big movies and then the role would be passed on to a younger actor.