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combination of explosive action, global
devastation, and heartfelt humour.
Hemsworth admits that working with
the esteemed German director was partly
what drew him to the role, saying: “I was a
huge fan of Roland's. He's an amazing
director who pioneered this genre
and does this sort of film so well,
so I was happy to be a part of it.
"He manages to create a great
balance in these epic scenarios.
He creates very chaotic, literally
out-of-this-world scenarios with very
real human relationships and situations
that show you how humans would really
react in that situation – he nails that really
well by finding what cuts to the core of
audiences and really making it heartfelt.”
Playing the charming, maverick is not
new to Hemsworth, who is best known
for his role as the rebellious Gale
Hawthorne in
The Hunger Games
franchise. Growing up as the
youngest of the Hemsworth
dynasty on Phillip Island, Victoria,
he is also used to defending
W
hen iconic FX-fest
Independence
Day
was first released, Liam
Hemsworth was six. He
remembers watching the alien invasion
epic on VHS but says he had no idea
he would be starring in its sequel
exactly twenty years later. But every
Independence Day
needs its hotshot,
cocksure hero, and Hemsworth fills Will
Smith’s boots perfectly as Jake Morrison,
a US pilot serving in the Earth Space
Defence (ESD) unit who lost both his
parents in the original attack.
“He's a little bit more outspoken than I
am. A little bit more of a rule breaker than
I am. His ego is a little bigger than mine – I
don't really take myself too seriously,” says
Hemsworth, reflecting on the role. “We
begin the film with him being a forklift
driver on the moon. And because his ego
got in the way, he made a bad decision.”
Independence Day: Resurgence
, which
will be invading cinemas in June, sees the
planet much changed in the two decades
following the first attack. Having harnessed
some of the advanced technology from
the spacecraft wreckage, a global defence
programme (ESD) is in place to prevent
further invasions, with a military base
established on the moon. The trouble is
that in the meantime, the aliens have also
greatly advanced their technology and are
hungry for revenge.
The film sees Jeff Goldblum
and Bill Pullman return in their
respective roles, and, like the
original, it's directed, produced
and co-written by Roland
Emmerich, who delivers the same
his corner and admits that whilst he and
brother Chris are close now, as kids it was
a different story.
“We're both so like-minded and so
stubborn that we would constantly fight
for whatever we thought was right!” says
the 26-year-old. “There was one time
when my parents went overseas for a
couple of months and me and my brother
Luke stayed at my grandma and grandpa’s
house, and Chris had to stay at my uncle's
house because we were too much trouble
for my grandparents. We couldn't be
together without having a fight.”
Independence Day: Resrugence
Independence
Day: Resurgence
is out on
DVD & Blu-ray
October 19
The Dressmaker
I don't really
take myself
too seriously
Twenty years after the original movie,
Independence Day: Resurgence
sees the world
faced with a new alien threat. Luckily Earth has a new hero, and he’s a Hemsworth…
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