Retro-Spunktive: The Young Chris Hemsworth

As we continue our month of spoogy Australiana, we look back at the early days of Chris Hemsworth, bodybuilding, gravel voiced star of Thor and various other films. Before Chris went to Hollywood and increased his muscle mass by about 100 pounds, he was the epitome of the lithe, lean surfer dude that the north east coast of Australia is famous for.
If you ever travel to that particular part of Australia, you’ll know instantly what we’re talking about. These guys saunter around the place with no shirts on and, sometimes, their surfboard under their arms, 365 days a year (there is no Winter in this part of the world). They’re also very friendly, and not at all homophobic, and will happily stop and chat to anybody, often standing in front of you with their hands behind their head nodding and smiling while you tell them about your ex-boyfriend or how in need of a blowjob you are. They’ll cheerily agree, and in some cases, may even suggest they can help out. True story!
Anyway, Chris shot to fame as “Kim Hyde” in Australian soft porn/teenybopper TV soap Home And Away and though he had yet to discover the power of personal trainers and bench presses, had just the right combination of star power and sun damage that often spells success for gravel-voiced Australian actors. More power to him, and lucky us.
A dozen pre-Hollywood pics and clips:

Teen fan mag fave:


Screen shot clippings:


General loveliness:


Then, he went to Hollywood:


Which Chris do you prefer – the Aussie Boy version, or the Hollywood version?