Avengers and Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth had his first Saturday Night Live hosting gig back in 2015; his episode could have included a racially charged and potentially controversial sketch, had it not been for Hemsworth’s uneasiness regarding the premise.
Like Chris Hemsworth hosted and I wanted to do a sketch where the Avengers saved the day but in the process Thor accidentally kills an unarmed black teenager.
As Jost and Che speculated on Late Night, Hemsworth probably did not find the idea to be “on brand.”
One such idea was for a Chris Hemsworth-hosted episode that would have had the actor portray his MCU role of Thor in the sketch.