The scrawny kid who turned into Thor

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If you think about it, it’s pretty genius on Ben’s part to capitalize on his whole “Thor persona”. It has nothing to with vanity, and everything to do with helping people. He realized that by combining “Thor” with his “otherworldly” battle against his disease, he was allowing himself to be seen as a superhero himself. And you know how much we all love superheroes – he wanted to show struggling kids at home that they too can be like him – they too can be superheroes.