Elsa Pataky admires athletic women

Elsa Pataky admires athletic women.

The 38-year-old actress has confessed she loves working out and is impressed by sportswomen’s muscular physiques.

She said:  »I mean, I love fitness, I love sports – I’ve been into it since I was 15, working my body and just building it. I always admire sports bodies in women – that athletic look.

 »Even when other people say, ‘Oh she’s too muscly, » I always like it. I’ll never be in that professional shape, but I like to get as close to that as I can. »’

The blonde beauty – who has three kids, India, two, and 11-month-old twin sons Tristan and Sasha with her husband, actor Chris Hemsworth – has always wanted to channel her athleticism into portraying a  »tough » heroine in an action movie.

She said:  »I’m a fearless person and my dream was always to be in an action movie where the female characters are as tough as the men. »

However, for her recent role in the seventh installment of the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise, the pretty star – who was expecting her twins at the time – wasn’t even allowed to do her own stunts.

She told Women’s Health magazine:  »I think they forgot I would be pregnant [when filming]. I did get excited about doing stunts, but then they won’t let you do anything – like, nothing. You can’t even break a nail. »

The full interview with Elsa Pataky is in the April issue of Women’s Health – on sale Thursday 5 March.