Hemsworth, Thompson suit up for 4th installment of 'Men in Black'

MOSCOW, Russia - The "Men in Black" are back - wearing the same suits and sunglasses but different faces.

Actors Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson flew to Moscow to launch the fourth installment of the science fiction franchise originally starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, which pits suited agents against aliens disguised as humans on Earth.

In "Men in Black: International," the "Avengers" star and "Creed" actress play Agent H and Agent M, who have to find a mole in the organization. As in the other installments, cars and gadgets take center stage.

"We had this pretty cool souped-up Lexus that we got to drive which has all sorts of gadgets and the ability to... fly across water and fly up walls and all sorts of things," Hemsworth told reporters on Thursday.

"And then there was this old classic Jag (Jaguar) that just looked like a classic beautiful car but again, all the weapons... come out of the exhaust pipe and the side-view mirror and so on, so that was pretty awesome."

Thompson paid tribute to Smith. "The first ("Men in Black") film marks his real entry into global stardom and I think now we can take it for granted because there are a lot of people of color in Hollywood but he was really... one of the first."

The agents try to keep Earth's alien population a secret from humans, and use neuralyzer devices to wipe people's memories if they see too much.

Given a real neuralyzer, "I'd probably attempt to... forget all the wonderful films that I'd watched over the years, that I grew up on, and erase them and experience that joy all over again," Hemsworth said.

"Certain films... I've seen 10, 15 times and still love them but wish I could have that very first impression and experience again."

The movie, which hits cinemas next week, also stars Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson, who featured in "Men in Black 3." 

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'Thor' star Chris Hemsworth named world's sexiest man

WASHINGTON - Australian actor and "Thor" avenger Chris Hemsworth is the world's sexiest man, the US magazine People said Thursday.

The honor was announced on the late night US TV show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and in the magazine itself.

With his face at first masked and his voice digitally modified, Hemsworth, 31, speaking from Australia, toyed with playful yes-or-no questions from the American TV audience.

Kimmel's instructions and teasers to his crowd: "If you guess correctly, the sexiest man alive will make love to you, so this is big. I will give you three clues. He is sexy, he is a man, he is alive."

Is he in a band? No. Over age 35? Wrong, again.

"Are you hairy?" a bearded, balding man in the audience asked, smiling.

"Just up here," the still unknown masked person asked, gesturing to his head.

Fast forward: the audience zeroed in on the guy as a non-American, buffed dude who is an actor that has played a superhero in the movies, wielding a hammer: Thor in the Marvel Studios superhero movies? Bingo!

Hemsworth’s award was a small facial mirror.

"Anything you would like to say to the men who lost, specifically Matt Damon?" Kimmel asked, referring to the popular American actor.

"I like everything there is about being sexy, to pursing the lips the right way to squinting at the essential time. Thank you, Matt, and all the other previous intelligent men. This is based on an IQ test, not just the physical appearance," the actor said.

Asked if there was anyone he wanted to thank, Hemsworth said, "my parents, I guess, for putting this together."

In this week's People cover story, Hemsworth told People he thought it was "pretty funny" when he first heard word of his new status. He is married to Spanish actress Elsa Pataky and they have three children.

"I think you've bought me a couple of weeks of bragging rights around the house," he told the magazine.

"I can just say to her, 'Now, remember, this is what people think, so I don't need to do the dishes anymore, I don't need to change nappies. I'm above that. I've made it now.'"

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