THE EMOTIONAL REASON BEHIND WHY HEMSWORTH NAMED HIS DAUGHTER INDIA
New York: Chris Hemsworth’s relationship with India goes back well beyond the time he visited the country to shoot his film Extraction.
India is the name of the Australian actor’s daughter, and there’s a story behind it.
Hemsworth, who turned 37 on August 11, is married to model and actor Elsa Pataky, who spent a lot of time in India. While promoting his film Men in
Black: International in 2019, the actor told IANS, “My wife spent lot of time in India and that was where the name originally came from.”
Besides India Rose, Hemsworth and Pataky have two more children Sasha and Tristan. The actor has since spoken about the country on several occasions, especially after he shot
Extraction in Ahmedabad and Mumbai. “I love the place and the people,” he said at a press event, “Shooting there... There were thousands of people on the streets every day and I have never experienced that on set. It was sort of intimidating as it was exciting because there were so many people.”
He added, “I have such pleasant memories of people and interactions there, and a lot of enthusiasm and positivity. There was real excitement for us shooting there. We had never shot there before.”