Elsa Pataky poses hard while Chris Hemsworth complains about the paparazzi
Elsa Pataky’s thirst will never be quenched. I was genuinely shocked that she didn’t attend the London premiere of her husband’s film, In the Heart of the Sea. But here she was at the Madrid premiere. Elsa is Spanish, so this was a homecoming for her. A thirsty homecoming. If she was posing any harder, she might break something. Is it any wonder why Chris moved his family back to Australia? I mean, he must know. He must know that if they stayed in LA, she would be organizing pap strolls every damn day with this exact gleam in her eye.
Anyway, to promote the dumb whale movie – which I can’t believe we’re still discussing, at this point – Chris and Ron Howard cover this week’s Parade Magazine. Most of the quotes are super-boring, but here are some highlights:
The conditions of film ITHOTS: “Once we’re in the whaleboats, we couldn’t get off and on. We developed real love for one another. There was such camaraderie in that and a sort of gallows humor, like in war. I’ve never left a film and missed a cast so much.”
Why they moved back to Australia: “In the space of three years, we had our kids and simultaneously my career was happening, and everything changed. We’d leave the house and there would be six paparazzi out in front. In L.A., more than anywhere else in the world, paparazzi are everywhere, 24/7. We felt suffocated. The agitation you feel from the paparazzi rippled in the house.”
Their life in Australia: “It’s just a quiet little surf town with a lot of farming, an hour and a half outside of Melbourne. There are other things in my life now—family, kids. I don’t want to have to be in the position where I care if the phone stops ringing. I’m OK about potentially not acting. That just may be me trying to convince myself in case it does happen, but I’ve always been weirdly aware of that.”
On ‘the happiest moment’ of his life: “Last week, we were in the car driving somewhere and my little girl was in the back seat with me. I was really tired, and I leaned over and I put my head on her lap… And she started patting my head and singing a song through her pacifier… There’s the idea that we as parents spend all this time protecting our children. No, I think they’re protecting us. Sitting in the car with my head on her lap and her singing to me, there was this understanding of, ‘Wow she’s looking after Dad, and that’s her job.’ You know? And that was such a joy. Oh, there’s nothing better! It was the happiest moment of my life.”
Okay, the story about his daughter warmed my icy heart a little bit. But then I went back to the quote about the paparazzi and I iced over again. I mean… does he know? Does he even pay attention to his wife’s raison d’etre? I don’t doubt that Chris is concerned about the paparazzi and that the paps irritate him. But, as I’ve said many times before, he should talk to his wife about that. You know who else lives in LA with their kids and rarely gets pap’d? Matt Damon. Robert Downey Jr. Chris Pratt. Sandra Bullock. Brangelina. It’s more than possible for celebrities to avoid the daily pap strolls. But it’s something for which a husband and wife need to be on the same page.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and Parade.
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