{"id":309614,"date":"2025-11-26T09:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309614\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T09:20:10","slug":"robert-irwin-approves-of-chris-hemsworths-imitation-of-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwin-before-thor-actor-was-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/309614\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin approves of Chris Hemsworth\u2019s imitation of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin before Thor actor was a star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">There\u2019s only one Steve Irwin, but after witnessing buried vision of a teenage Chris Hemsworth imitating the late Crocodile Hunter in his first \u201cunofficial acting gig\u201d, Robert Irwin reckons the now Thor star wasn\u2019t too far off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The hilarious clip surfaced via a recent trailer for the actor\u2019s new Disney+ film titled Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember, which centres on Hemsworth\u2019s father\u2019s fight against dementia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Watching the dusty vision at home with his parents as part of the documentary, the 42-year-old can be seen wrangling his pet dog \u2014 which he jokingly renames the Siberian Tiger Australian Fox \u2014 as he proceeds to imitate Steve\u2019s familiar voice, movements and go-to khaki shorts and shirt combo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMy first self-appointed, unofficial acting gig. I drew inspiration from one of my heroes, the Crocodile Hunter himself. Thanks for getting me my highest grade ever in school, a C- \ud83d\ude02,\u201d Hemsworth said of the trailer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The clip \u2014 also posted to Instagram \u2014 drew praise from a famous Irwin family member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI reckon Dad would\u2019ve been stoked \ud83d\udc0a,\u201d Robert Irwin wrote in response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cChris, you are truly a Wildlife Warrior,\u201d Terri Irwin, Steve\u2019s widow, added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2022ff9c50e5270314774291ab5767d27d69efe4.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Irwin and his partner Whitney Carson during the finale of Dancing With The Stars America.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconRobert Irwin and his partner Whitney Carson during the finale of Dancing With The Stars America. Credit: Supplied@robertirwinphotography\/Instagram\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The vision even received top marks from the \u201cobsessed\u201d team at Dancing with the Stars US, of which Robert Irwin has just been crowned winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">As Robert follows in the legendary footsteps of his father, who championed nature until his final day, the multi-faceted performer and conservationist has also matched his older sister Bindi, who claimed the dancing competition\u2019s crown in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s only one Steve Irwin, but after witnessing buried vision of a teenage Chris Hemsworth imitating the late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,995,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-309614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-influencers","13":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}