Taylor-Johnson on Hemsworth’s superhero physique

Aaron Taylor-Johnson says Chris Hemsworth’s Avengers physique is “otherworldly”.

The 24-year-old actor stars as Quicksilver in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron. And Aaron admits when it came to getting to know his co-stars, there was one man he was most impressed with.

“You look around the room and the only one who is essentially otherworldly superhero physique is [Chris] Hemsworth,” Aaron told Collider. “You see, like, the size of his arms are like the size of my thighs. And you kind of think, just to kind of be an actor and transform your physique and body to that kind of level, and essentially he’s a God, and he’s 6ft 4in, but he’s such a great guy.

“Everyone is charming and brilliant, and a lot of fun, but you look around the room and you go, ‘Well, that guy is definitely, you know, a superhero.’”

Aaron first starred as Quicksilver, a superhero with incredible speed, in 2014 movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

But the new Avengers film will explore Quicksilver’s superhuman speed in more detail, with the special effects team put to good use making his running look as believable as possible.

“That’s the great thing with these things, with new powers, that you really can kind of play with that sort of stuff,” Aaron said. “We did a lot of testing. The more kind of crazy and kind of ducking and diving and when they sped that up it had a lot more of a really interesting flow to it. So we were experimenting with it and that was a lot of fun, and I usually turn up and be like, ‘What am I doing today' I run in, then I’m gonna run out' That should be fine.’ ”