Chris Hemsworth Told Me About His Hardest Challenge Yet, And Fans Won’t Expect It [EXCLUSIVE]

Chris Hemsworth faces down excessive bodily trials in his National Geographic docuseries Limitless, which returns for a second season this week, from fasting and freezing plunges to being pepper sprayed and even electrocuted.

However in chatting with me for our Limitless: Dwell Higher Now cowl story, the actor revealed that his hardest problem was not any of the stunts, it was stepping onstage with Ed Sheeran in entrance of a large stadium crowd.

Hemsworth admitted to me that the important thing sequence of episode 1 (“Mind Energy“) of season 2 of the re-titled Limitless season 2 offered the best problem out of all the things he skilled over two years of capturing throughout six international locations:

“I would say enjoying drums in entrance of 70,000 individuals with Ed Sheeran in Bucharest was most likely the hardest, though I by no means wish to get pepper sprayed once more.”

Whereas the Marvel star who introduced Thor to life on the large display is understood for embracing grueling coaching and endurance challenges, the considered conserving rhythm with Sheeran throughout a dwell present pushed him far out of his consolation zone:

“I can do intense coaching, excessive chilly, fasting, all of that, however studying to play the drums was means out of my consolation zone.”

For Hemsworth, the true check was not bodily energy, however overcoming stage fright and trusting his preparation:

“And also you’ll see within the episode it didn’t come naturally to me, so I needed to dig deep, embrace my worry and belief that the entire practising I had accomplished would repay.”

The collaboration with Sheeran is one among a number of distinctive challenges featured in Limitless season 2, which shifts focus from sheer endurance to a extra introspective exploration of ache, worry, and mind well being. However Hemsworth’s candid admission reveals that even a superhero on display can discover his greatest check not in battle, however behind a drum package.

Limitless: Dwell Higher Now is accessible on Disney+ and Hulu, and airs August 25, 2025 on Nationwide Geographic.