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"Thor stars Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston are among the nominees for this year&amp;#039;s BAFTA Orange Wednesdays &amp;#039;Rising Star Award&amp;#039;. Chris O&amp;#039;Dowd, Adam Deacon and Eddie Redmayne are also on the shortlist.  Hemsworth starred as Thor, the Norse God of Thunder, in 2011&amp;#039;s superhero blockbuster, while Hiddleston played his villainous brother Loki. The pair will reprise their roles in The Avengers this year. The IT Crowd&amp;#039;s O&amp;#039;Dowd recently appeared in the Kristen Wiig comedy Bridesmaids.   Deacon starred in Anuvahood and Redmayne acted opposite Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn. The nominees were decided by the British public after a jury put together a longlist of eight actors. Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Felicity Jones were the names who missed out after making the voting stage. Tom Hardy won the &amp;#039;Rising Star Award&amp;#039; in 2011, with Emma Stone, Gemma Arterton, Andrew Garfield and Aaron Johnson nominated. James McAvoy, Eva Green, Shia LaBeouf, Noel Clarke and Kristen Stewart have also previously won the accolade. The winner, voted by the public, will be announced at the BAFTA Awards ceremony on February 12. Go through our gallery of the five nominees below: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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