'In the Heart of the Sea' Trailer: Chris Hemsworth Meets a Killer Whale

In between fights with Loki, Thanos and Ultron, Chris Hemsworth traded his Nordic super-god costume for 19th century sailor garb and a battle with a gigantic whale.

The Thor star is also Ron Howard’s newest muse, having starred in 2013’s Formula One drama Rush, and now, playing first mate Owen Chase in the upcoming ocean disaster movie In the Heart of the Sea.

Based on the true story that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, the film’s second trailer above features Hemsworth looking dreamy and determined as he battles a sperm whale that plows into his ship, the Essex. As he makes clear, he’s not scared of the deep-sea monster, which is so big that it comes at the boats like an earthquake rolling through the waves.

Cillian Murphy and Benjamin Walker co-star in the film, which looks to be a rollicking adventure that will be a lot more fun if you don’t already know how it ends (so, don’t read Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 book of the same name).

In the Heart of the Sea hits theaters on March 15, 2015.