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I'm lucky. 'Thor' has kicked off everything I'm doing, and it's been the greatest thing for me, but I am aware that I need to mix it up a bit.

I thought 'Thor' would just be fun.

I always liked the idea that Thor was the god who'd wake up every day and look at that hammer and not know whether he was going to pick it up. Only the worthy can lift the hammer of Thor, and I love the idea of a god who was always questioning his own worthiness.

It wasn't until 'Thor' that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

I was so lucky because what I did in 'Thor' was I built the character from the ground up - the foundations of his spirit, really. He was someone who was born with an expectation that he would one day be a king, born with an entitlement.

I talked to Marvel about 'Thor' at one point, but I didn't want to do Thor. It wasn't something I read growing up, really; it wasn't one of the books I loved.

I was cast in 'Thor' back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics.

Just the idea that no matter what Thor is up to he comes back to Earth is something special.

I was very clear that I wanted to keep 'Thor' out of the rest of the Marvel universe for no less than the first six issues. And the success of the book, I think, speaks well to that decision.

I went back and started reading with Thor's first appearance, and my goal is to read all 600-plus issues in a row.