Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry Have ‘Epic Candle Blowout Race’ in Honor of NewTransformers OneMovie

Mar. 15, 2025

Chris Hemsworth.Photo:How Ridiculous/Instagram

How Ridiculous/Instagram

Chris HemsworthandBrian Tyree Henryare celebrating the release of their new filmTransformers Onein a fiery way!

The pair of actors competed together in a “candle blowout race” against the hosts of Australian YouTube channelHow Ridiculousto promote their new film — which is the latest in the Transformers franchise.

“Hemsworth and Herron — they’re neck in neck,” a commentator could be heard saying as the pair moved to blow out candles using their breath. Hemsworth then passed the torch to his teammate Henry, 42, who fanned a large cardboard square to blow out another line of candles.

TheEternalsactor took over the lead as they went over to their final challenge: using water blasters to put out several stacks of candles. “Who’s going to take it?” the commentator questioned, as Hemsworth went over to help his costar put out the candles.

The How Ridiculous team appeared to put out all the candles first and ran over to the final candle, blowing it out and ultimately winning the competition. “We win,” the How Ridiculous hosts cheered triumphantly.

TheFuriosa: A Mad Max Sagaactor then jokingly sprayed the winners with his water gun and yelled out, “Noooooo!” The video ended with Herron telling viewers to go “give”Transformers One“a watch.”

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Brian Tyree Henry (left), Chris Hemsworth, Keegan-Michael Key and Steve Buscemi.Jason Mendez/Getty

Jason Mendez/Getty

The video comes a few days after Hemsworth, Henry,Scarlett Johansson,Keegan-Michael Key,Steve Buscemiand the other stars of the Josh Cooley-directed animated feature walked the red carpet at the film’sNew York premiere.

The film chronicles the origin story of Transformers main characters Optimus Prime and Megatron and how they went from being friends to sworn enemies, changing the fate of Cybertron forever. It is a prequel to the movie series that began withMichael Bay’s 2007 filmTransformers.

The film’s director, Cooley, previously revealed that Hemsworth recorded his role in the new animated film from the comfort of his home in Australia — though not without challenges.

“All of Chris' recordings were done at his house. So I would travel all the way to Sydney and record there, which was really fun,” Cooley told PEOPLE.

“He got a great place and hiskids would come running into the roomoccasionally and he’d be like, ‘Oh, hold on, let me get lunch for him,’ or whatever it was,” he added. “But it was great. It was so super chill and he’s a phenomenal, a great guy.”

Transformers Oneis now out in theaters.

source: people.com