Chris Hemsworth Bribed His Daughter To Film Avengers: Doomsday — Here’s What It Took

Chris Hemsworth is bringing his daughter back into the MCU for Avengers: Doomsday, and apparently he had to switch from superhero to negotiator to get the scenes done. The short version: teen actor, tight schedule, a dad with a budget, and a motorbike that saved the day.

The Hemsworth-on-Hemsworth negotiations

Hemsworth told The View that working with India Rose Hemsworth this time around was a different ride than when she played Love in Thor: Love and Thunder back in 2022. She is 13 now, and the patience level on set matched the age.

"She walks on set and she’s like, 'Ugh, how long is this gonna take?' I was like, 'We haven’t even started!'"

According to Hemsworth, after one take she asked if they were done. They were not. Cue the classic teenage exit. So he pulled the parent card: money. India said she was not getting paid, and Hemsworth had to clarify that she was, technically — it was just going into a fund until she turned 18. That did not land.

"I had to bribe her to come onto set."

The compromise that finally worked? Motorbikes. India rides and races, and once she asked if her paycheck could cover the one she wanted, the wheels started turning.

"...Could I afford that motorbike that I wanted?"

Deal made, camera rolled, problem solved. Also not helping: she had a Billie Eilish concert that night and was convinced the shoot would make her miss it. No pressure.

So what is Avengers: Doomsday actually doing?

This is the first Avengers film since Endgame, and it is being positioned as a full-court press to pull the Multiverse Saga together after a choppy stretch. The movie is aiming big — the kind of big that tries to pack in legacy returns, current favorites, and new heavy hitters in one swing. It hits theaters on December 18, 2026, and serves as the first half of a two-parter that wraps with Avengers: Secret Wars in 2027. The open question, because of course it is: do the Russo brothers come back to try to top their own Endgame bar?

• Original X-Men veterans expected to appear: Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Alan Cumming, and Rebecca Romijn
• The Fantastic Four, the Thunderbolts, and the Wakandans are in the mix
• Steve Rogers is on the board
• Robert Downey Jr. is set to debut as Doctor Doom
• Plus, the franchise’s current heroes folding into the same event

In other words: if Doomsday lands the way it is aiming to, it is the biggest movie of 2026 by default. Then Secret Wars has to go even bigger a year later. No small task, but that is the promise. We will see how much of this multiversal puzzle actually makes it to screen when the clock hits December 18, 2026.