Spy director Paul Feig has taken to Twitter to announce the next piece of casting news for his fresh take on Ghostbusters: Chris Hemsworth will be swapping Asgard for a desk job. He's on board to play an assistant in the new movie.
There are few details available about what he’ll actually up to, as Feig’s tweet merely mentions he’s “our receptionist”, which points to him inheriting a version of the Janine Melnitz role played by Annie Potts in both of the original movies. Deadline, meanwhile, dug through the casting assignments for the film and found a “male tech assistant” supporting lead role, which appears to be where Hemsworth is headed.
He joins a cast that already includes Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones in a new take on the Ghostbusters concept that aims to tell its own story, not just a version of the idea originally cooked up by Dan Aykroyd and the rest, with shooting starting soon for a 2016 release. For more on the idea, check out our podcast chat with Feig at the bottom of the page.
Hemsworth will be seen stretching his comic muscles (plus, from the looks of the trailer, other parts of himself) in the new Vacation film, which drives on to UK screens on August 21.