Chris Hemsworth can wield a big hammer, but can he handle spades? As Ed Sheeran fans in Romania discovered, the actor could hold his own on stage for “Thinking Out Loud” during the singer's concert in Bucharest on Saturday.
As the duo revealed on social media soon after, Hemsworth's on-stage cameo will appear in the upcoming season of the Nat Geo and Disney+ docuseries Unlimitedwhere the Thor The actor subjects himself to different experiences in an attempt to prolong and improve his life.
“Basically what happened is Chris emailed me last December saying he was doing a documentary about cognitive health and the benefits of learning an instrument,” Sheeran explained backstage in a video posted to Instagram. “He came to visit me and has learned the drums. So he will go on stage in front of 70,000 [people].”
Hemsworth added of the assignment: “I think about this a lot. It will be nice to put it to bed.'
The actor then quietly joined the singer on stage for “Thinking Out Loud,” with Sheeran not revealing his famous drummer to the crowd until the end of the show:
Backstage, Sheeran told Hemsworth, “You did really, really well,” and gave him an “Participation Award” to remember the moment.
Hemsworth has long been a super fan, friend and self-proclaimed “stalker” of Sheeran, attending some of his concerts in recent years. Sheeran, in turn, attended Hemsworth's premiere Export 2.
“He's the most incredible musician, obviously, a good person, humble, kind, great sense of humor,” Hemsworth said. he said Additional last year. “That level of fame and success, you don't see that kind of personality very often.”
In the same interview, when asked if he would ever work with Sheeran, Hemsworth quipped, “I'd rather get him in a movie than try to sing. That would be disastrous.”
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