Chris Hemsworth says he would be ‘unemployed’ if it wasn’t for fans after award nominations

Chris Hemsworth’s action film Extraction is Netflix’s most-watched original movie of all time.

And on Friday, the actor thanked his fans for their support, after being nominated for two E! People’s Choice Awards for his role as mercenary Tyler Rake.

In a video shared to Instagram, the 37-year-old admitted he would be ‘unemployed’ if it wasn’t for his army of supporters around the world.

Chris has been nominated in two categories: Male Movie Star of 2020 and Action Movie Star of 2020.

Extraction also received nominations for Movie of 2020 and Action Movie of 2020.

In his video, Chris not only thanked his fans but also encouraged them to vote.    

‘Myself and Extraction got a number of nominations,’ Chris said. 

‘So thank you so much for the support for this film… I have to say the People’s Choice Awards are the most special for me, as they’re the vote of the fans, the vote of the people, it’s your voice.

‘We would all be unemployed without you, so thank you, thank you, thank you!’

The annual awards show will be broadcast live from California on November 15. 

Fellow Australian Margot Robbie is also nominated for Female Movie Star of 2020, for her performance in Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. 

Extraction is Netflix’s most-watched original film of all time.

The 2020 mercenary-gone-rogue movie beat out Sandra Bullock’s 2018 post-apocalyptic thriller Birdbox on the popular streaming service.

Extraction was viewed by 99 million Netflix accounts within the first month of its release, according to CNet. 

It also beat the critically-acclaimed fantasy series The Witcher, which is based on the popular book series and video game. 

However, Netflix’s numbers are to be taken with a grain of salt, because a ‘view’ is counted after only two minutes of play time.

For Extraction, this means the film could be considered watched by Netflix’s algorithm even before the viewer heard a single line of spoken dialogue.