Chris Hemsworth Ghostbusters: His sexiest role yet.

Overnight, the world was rocked by images that cannot be unseen. We don’t want to unsee them.

The movie Gods behind the upcoming Ghostbusters film, a movie set to reboot the cult franchise with an all-female cast featuring Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and everyone’s best friend/partner in crime of choice Melissa McCarthy, have released a series of new cast photos.

While the focus should be on how rad our new supernatural pest control ladies are going to look on the big screen (and, more importantly, how they’re going to translate and enhance the story), the people of the internet are much more focused on their secretary, Kevin.

Because, it’s Chris Hemsworth and he’s wearing glasses. And a vest.

Chris Hemsworth via Ghostbusters.comColumbia Pictures — He’s wearing glasses, so he must be smart. Image via Ghostbusters.com/Columbia Pictures.

At first, this sat a little uncomfortably with me, despite the fact I’m firmly of the belief that the Hemsworth brothers are our greatest export since Vegemite (but not quite as good as Tim Tams… Ed note — but he’s gluten-free).

We’re a world crying out for more female-led blockbusters, and since it appears that Marvel doesn’t want to play ball on that particular request (despite ongoing reports, I’ll probably be a cold, dead corpse before I get to see a Wonder Woman or Black Widow solo adventure), this seemed like the answer to our prayers.

Four female heroines that didn’t fit into the Young Adult mould (a la Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games or Tris from Divergent) who will use their intelligence and street-smartness to save the day with a hefty dose of humour thrown in for good measure.

Yet, despite this being a film full to the brim of Girl Power, our attention is also focused on the male role. Even though it’s only a supporting one.

thor-1200x630 — Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Image via Thor/Marvel Studios.

However, during a second glance through the promo shots, I decided that maybe that’s not such a bad thing.

There’s something to be said about a film that’s put Hemsworth, an actor we normally see sporting rippling muscles, a hammer of the Gods and leading his own blockbuster superhero franchise, behind a desk in a women-driven film.

It’s refreshing to anticipate a movie that’s firmly spun gender roles on their head, but still manages not to be degrading or inappropriate in the process.

We get the joke — it’s blatant and it’s gimmicky, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important.

I love that an actor who is known for trading on his body, his looks and his masculinity, has taken a supporting role in a film that’s set to show women suiting up and kicking ass on the big screen.

Because that’s sexy as hell.

Sorry Thor, we’re just not that into you. Kevin is the new man of our dreams.

Ghostbusters will be released in July 2016.

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