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A possible future easter egg associating Thor ('11) actor Chris Hemsworth & Italian automaker Ferrari may appear in 1986 SEGA arcade racing game Outrun.
- The car in Outrun is a Ferrari Testarossa Spider.
- On the right hand shoulder of the first stage along the coastal highway you'll see billboards with the image of a whale.
- Hemsworth played first mate Owen Chase in 2015 Ron Howard-directed historical adventure In The Heart Of The Sea. The story is based on Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 non-fiction book about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820, an event that in part inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
- There are many links between Hemsworth & Ferrari. In 2013 he played British Formula 1 driver James Hunt in Ron Howard's Rush. The story focused on the rivalry between Hunt & Austrian driver Niki Lauda in 1976.
- A white Ferrari Testarossa became iconicly associated with police TV series Miami Vice ('84 - '89) when it was adopted as the replacement car for undercover detectives Crockett & Tubbs.
- Movie director & writer Michael Mann was famously executive producer on Miami Vice used Ferrari roadcars in his films for decades & envisioned the 2023 drama looking at founder Enzo Ferrari & the story of the company.
- Chris Hemsworth appeared in Mann's 2015 techno-thriller Blackhat about hackers & cybercriminals operating in southeast Asia.
- Hemsworth provided original voice work for Japanese game publisher SEGA on their game Thor: God Of Thunder in 2011.

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00:00In this video I'll share a possible future easter egg reference to actor Chris Hemsworth
00:06and you can see this in Sega's 1986 arcade racing video game OutRun. This feature groundbreaking
00:153D-like graphics. The first of its kind, control inputs, you have a steering wheel, a gear shifter,
00:23a brake and gas pedal developed by Yu Suzuki and his team. He headed up AM2 for 18 years producing
00:33well-known Sega titles. Hang on an afterburner for arcade. The car in OutRun is the Ferrari Testarossa
00:40V12 mid-engine convertible. Only one of these was produced in real life by the legendary Italian
00:48car maker. So fairly early on in the gameplay in OutRun I think you can see a reference on the
00:57coastal highway some billboards on the right hand shoulder. One of these appears to have a picture
01:04of a whale. Let me think of 2015 Ron Howard directed historical adventure in the heart of the sea based
01:14stone Nathaniel Philbrick's 2000 non-fiction book about the sinking of the American whaling ship
01:21Essex in 1820. This event inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick. Chris Hemsworth plays Owen
01:31Chase the first mate in this story. Others in the cast Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson,
01:37and Jordy Mola. Additionally there are many links between Ferrari and Chris Hemsworth. In 2013 he played
01:46British Formula One driver James Hunt in Rush. Also directed by Ron Howard. The story focused on the rivalry
01:54between Hunt and Austrian Nicky Lauda set during the 1976 season. Also in this Daniel Brühl and Olivia Wilde.
02:06The Ferrari Testarossa was chosen to replace the black Ferrari Daytona used by undercover police
02:13detectives Crockett and Tubbs in NBC's Miami Vice television series. This ran between 84 and 89 starring
02:24Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. Michael Mann was executive producer for Miami Vice, a prolific film
02:33director and screenwriter known for Thief in 81 with James Caan, 95 crime drama Heat, which combined Al Pacino and
02:42Robert De Niro in the same story, and Collateral in 2004 starring Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise. Chris Hemsworth starred
02:51in
02:51Mann's 2015 action thriller Black Hat, which deals with computer hackers and organized crime.
02:59And Hemsworth worked with video game developer Sega owned Thor God of Thunder in 2011. An action hack and slash
03:07a title based on the Marvel Studios film. Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston Loki provided voices for this game.
03:15Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston Loki provided voices for this game.
03:15Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston Loki provided voices for this game.
03:15Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston Loki provided voices for this game.

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