Hollywood heartthrob Chris Hemsworth is a well-known face in the world of entertainment, but before attaining fame, the actor had his own share of struggles. It is widely known that many Hollywood celebrities have worked odd jobs before their acting careers took off, but Chris had a rather unique first job—he cleaned breast pumps.
During an interview with WIRED, while answering the “Web’s Most Searched Questions,” Chris Hemsworth opened up about his initial work experience. He revealed, “Wow, get ready. I used to work for a white goods company. They make fridges, and I used to fix and repair and clean breast pumps and milk extractors.” Emphasizing the unusual nature of his job, he added, “Yup, you didn’t mishear that. That was my job.”
Chris Hemsworth went on to explain, “This company used to rent them out to various pharmacies and chemists, and they would come back, and they wouldn’t work sometimes. They needed to be cleaned. I’d clean them and repair them. I just remember being really bored. I remember sitting in a factory after work, and thinking, ‘I’m gonna earn my ten bucks here’ or whatever. I’d make playlists to try to get me through it. Music that would sort of keep me in a calm state and not want to launch that machine against the wall. Van Morrison. The Beatles. Pink Floyd. A lot of music my parents listened to. And I used to kind of think about what I wanted to do, which was act, and all the other exciting things I wanted to journey into. So it was good. Boredom is kind of a good space to do some solid thinking, and I did plenty of that.”
Chris Hemsworth’s revelation about his early job provides a glimpse into the challenges he faced before achieving stardom.