New breed of screen stars belongs on stage WOULD audiences like to see Chris Hemsworth, the young Australian star of Thor, do Shakespeare on stage here? Going on his performance in Ron Howard's Rush, yes. It was in nearly standard English, it was full of humour and authority. He is the kind of leading man we're starved of. His co-star Tom Hiddleston (Loki) is about to play Coriolanus for Britain's National Theatre. It's a role Hemsworth is more suited to, but who in Australia would ask him? What sort of actors do people want to see on stage when they go to the theatre?