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Chris Hemsworth Reveals He Named One of His Sons After a Brad Pitt Character

The actor shares three children with wife Elsa Pataky.

While promoting his upcoming projects, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Limitless season 2, in a new interview with Vanity Fair, the 40-year-old Australian actor revealed that after growing up watching Pitt, 60, in Legends of the Fall on repeat, the first inkling of the idea came to him as they prepared to welcome their boys a decade ago. To this day, Hemsworth says that it's Pitt's character in Legends of the Fall-- as well as Patrick Swayze in Point Break and Robert De Niro in Heat -- that made him and his brothers, Luke and Liam, all want to pursue acting. Brad Pitt as Tristan Ludlow in 'Legends of the Fall' - Getty ImagesHemsworth says that he hoped the interview would inspire others and not create a media circus, but the story ended up being co-opted by outlets running with the scariest parts and not focusing on his reaction to the news.

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