Chris Hemsworth has revealed that a family trip was derailed before it even left the ground after he showed up at the airport with the wrong passport, and then attempted a last-ditch explanation that went about as well as you’d expect.
Speaking alongside his wife, Elsa Pataky, in a joint interview with Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, the actor recalled arriving for an international flight only to discover he had brought his daughter’s passport instead of his son’s.
Hemsworth, 42, and Pataky, 49, share three children: India Rose, 14, and 12-year-old twin boys, Sasha and Tristan.
Rather than accepting defeat, Hemsworth tried to convince airport staff that the passport belonged to the child traveling with him.
“This is her,” Hemsworth remembered telling a security agent.
The response was immediate.
“‘That’s a boy.’”
Hemsworth defended himself by noting that his children “kind of look the same,” prompting Pataky to deliver the sort of reality check only a spouse can.
“They don’t,” she said.
Needless to say, the argument failed to sway airport officials, and the family was denied boarding.
“So, yeah, that didn’t work,” Hemsworth said.
The Marvel actor and Pataky, who was born in Spain, have built a life far from Hollywood’s spotlight, raising their family in Byron Bay on Australia’s east coast.
In a previous interview with E! News, Hemsworth reflected on the dynamic between his twin sons, describing them as opposites whose contrasting personalities seem to balance one another.
“Tristan is so athletic but there’s not an aggressive bone in his body. He’s the most emotional one. Whereas Sasha is like a little gangster,” he said.
Despite their differences, Hemsworth said the brothers share a fierce protective bond. He recalled one memorable incident from their preschool years, when Sasha stepped in after another child pushed Tristan at a park.
“Sasha’s like, ‘Tristan, what happened?’ They’re four, by the way. ‘Another kid pushed me.’ Sasha goes over to this older kid, taps him on the shoulder and says, ‘Why’d you push my brother?’ I stood there thinking, ‘I should step in, but this is awesome.’”
Fatherhood, Hemsworth has said, reshaped his priorities in ways he never anticipated, after taking precedence over the demands of his career.
“There’s times when I’ve thought, ‘Wow, because having kids is more important to me, some of my roles have suffered,’” he said. “There’s definitely a couple of films I could’ve put way more energy into but I was like, ‘No, I’d rather be with my kids.’”
