Liam Hemsworth followed his elder brothers Chris and Luke into Soapland. After a one-episode debut on Home and Away, Liam booked a recurring role on Neighbours: Josh Taylor, a hunky paraplegic who’s been injured in a surfing accident.

In this clip, Josh confronts his girlfriend Bridget (Didge, played by Eloise Mignon) in the General Store. Didge, who was run over by a car and is learning to walk again, arrives with Declan (James Sorenson) after standing Josh up. Josh angrily rejects her explanation and tells her to sort things out with the rival she obviously prefers, adding, ‘I’ll just staple-gun the pieces of my shattered heart.’ (Was Declan’s smirk at this line scripted?)

Liam was rejected in real life when he lost the role of Thor in the Marvel films to Chris. However, in roles like Gale in the Hunger Games series and Ted in The Dressmaker (2015), opposite Kate Winslet, he proved that he could throb hearts as well as any of the Hemsworths.

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