Chris Hemsworth

Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky took part in an Experience Abu Dhabi promotional campaign presenting the emirate as a family tourism destination. NGOs and observers criticised the use of celebrities to promote the United Arab Emirates despite its record on civil liberties, migrant workers' rights and LGBT rights.

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An episode of Limitless featuring Hemsworth filmed a walk and Indigenous ceremony at Wrights Lookout in northern New South Wales. Members of the Thunggutti community stated that they had not been properly consulted and considered the filming culturally disrespectful.

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Shared responsibility

Netflix film Extraction, starring Hemsworth as a Western mercenary operating in Bangladesh and India, was criticised by several commentators for reproducing 'white saviour' narrative conventions and reducing aspects of the local setting to a backdrop of violence.

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Construction of Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky's extensive residence at Broken Head, near Byron Bay, prompted local criticism over its scale, appearance and what it symbolised in a region associated with a more modest and environmentally conscious image.

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Amid drought and a bushfire crisis in Australia, reports claimed that water trucks had been used to irrigate the garden at Hemsworth's property.

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Personally implicated

Hemsworth attended a party themed around The Lone Ranger wearing items imitating the clothing of Indigenous North American peoples. Following criticism of cultural appropriation, he acknowledged that his actions had been thoughtless.

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Personally implicated