Brühlsworth

Brühlsworth is the friendship between Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth from the Rush and Marvel Cinematic Universe fandom.

Canon
Daniel and Chris first met on set as co-stars in a biographical sport film - Rush (2013) - about the rivalry of two famous Formula One racers. They soon became good friends. They stated that they basically invented a romantic comedy between their characters in between takes. During that time, Chris had been casted as Thor for Marvel Cinematic Universe. They often joked about how Thor had become a racer. In one of interviews, Daniel claimed he had cracked up the first time he had seen Chris getting into a race car, imagining it had been Thor.

Several years later, Daniel got the role of Zemo for Captain America: Civil War Movie (2016). He emailed Chris to ask about his opinion on this. Chris encouraged him to do the movie, saying that they would take care of him. Unfortunately, Thor was not in the movie, so both of them could not meet on set. Daniel commented that he would have loved to have a scene with Thor.

Daniel then reprised his role as Zemo for ‘’The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’’ series (2021). In an interview, he was asked about acting along with Chris in Rush. Daniel said that they had given each other comfort, got along very well, and encouraged each other all the way through. Daniel was also asked if he had pitched Kevin Fiege some scenes involving Zemo and Thor. He answered that he would love it but he had not dared so far, then jokingly suggested a little dance between the two characters. Another day, Daniel was asked about his favorite avenger. He later posted a behind-the-scene picture of himself and Chris on Instagram, hinting the obvious.

Quotes
"We tried to at first, we always teased each other. But in fact, in between the takes, we invented our own relationship between Hunt and Lauda which would have been a romantic comedy!"

- Daniel Brühl

"At the end of the movie you see that these two guys also had very good chemistry and beneath all the rivalry there was a deep respect for each other. And that's what I felt for Chris. I think he felt the same for me too."

- Daniel Brühl

Fanon
As all of their interactions were fun and chaotic, some fans dubbed Daniel as the fourth Hemsworth. It was adorable to see Daniel paired up with the big guy Chris. The fans hope Daniel and Chris will meet again as Thor and Zemo in Marvel Cinematic Universe, given how good their on screen chemistry was. Some fans headcanon that Zemo and Thor have variants who are racers in another universe. Others joked that Zemo was distracting Thor with the race, so he wouldn't join Civil War, citing Rush as Zemo and Thor prequel.

Fandom
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