Ed Sheeran lives out his Thor fantasy playing ‘swapsies’ with Marvel star Chris Hemsworth-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro

Ed Sheeran is considering a career change as he gained control of Thor’s hammer.

The musician, 31, is a big kid at heart and was blown away with the opportunity this week to meet Thor actor Chris Hemsworth and trick him into giving him the iconic weapon.

Well, we say ‘trick,’ really it was a trade-off, but as Ed himself put it, ‘I think I got the better end of the deal.’

Shivers singer Ed shared a video to Instagram on Friday of himself and Chris meeting up and swapping the tools of their trade, with Ed claiming Thor’s hammer and Chris getting one of Ed’s guitars.

‘I’m really into trading trade tools for trade tools, so I’m going to give one of my guitars in return for someone else’s tool,’ Ed explains at the beginning of the video.

And suddenly, Chris appears, declaring he is ‘really into trade tools’ as well.

Ed gained the power of Thor as Chris tried out a song on his new guitar (Picture: Ed Sheeran/ Twitter)

The pals both seemed happy with their ‘swapsies’ (Picture: Ed Sheeran/ Twitter)

Chris stars as the God of thunder in the franchise (Picture: Marvel)

The duo then meet up and swap their gifts, with Chris looking slightly awestruck at being handed Ed’s guitar.

Which is nothing compared to Ed’s reaction at being handed Chris’ own ‘weapon of choice’ – Thor’s hammer.

It turns out Ed is a worthy owner of the hammer as he picked it up without a bother, and instantly began geeking out as he posed with it for the camera.

The famous pair signed each other’s gifts, making it all the more special, with Ed joking: ‘I think we should trade professions.’

You never know where Ed will show up net these days as he jets around the world like, well, a superhero.

Superhero Ed suited the mighty weapon (Picture: Ed Sheeran/ Twitter)

The musician recently shocked and delighted schoolchildren in Auckland when he showed up to play some songs (Picture: Ed Sheeran/ Instagram)

Recently the star appeared in an Instagram video alongside Friends star Courteney Cox, serenading her while she sat barefoot in the grass to celebrate her company being in business for a year.

And in a sweet gesture, the star took a break from his massive world tour to visit schools in Auckland, New Zealand, calling it ‘one of my favourite days on tour.’

Ed, who has two children of his own, surprised three different schools in the area to perform some of his greatest hits for the shocked school kids.

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Alongside a video montage, he wrote: ‘Spent a day surprising school kids in 3 different schools in Auckland. I had so much fun, couldn’t stop smiling all day thank you for having me ! And for the wonderful Pounamu, it was an honour.’

Following gigs in Auckland, Ed travelled to Australia, where he is set to delight crowds in Brisbane, Sydney, Richmond, Adelaide and Burswood, before heading over to Texas to kick off the US leg of his tour, which will take him all over until September 2023.

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