The Marvel Cinematic Universe is finally ready to introduce Jane Foster as the new Thor and it seems like getting Natalie Portman to return for the role was fairly easy. As it turns out, the Black Swan actress just needed to sit down for a meeting with Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi.
Portman had actually missed out on the chance to work with Waititi in Thor: Ragnarok but it's clear that the What We Do In The Shadows co-director knew how to convince the actress to come back for the fourth Thor film. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed to CNN that Waititi only needed to pitch the whole 'Jane as Thor' storyline to Portman.
"We love the story -- it's one of the best comic runs recently. [Waititi] would flip through and read that run while he was doing Ragnarok. And I think when he agreed to come back and do another Thor, he was like, 'How do we--?' This is a very big movie that'll be folding in a lot of elements. That is a huge important part of it. He pitched it to us, and we were totally in. We loved it. We'd been in touch with Natalie. She's part of the MCU family and we put she and Taika together. It took one meeting and she agreed to do it," Feige said.
We shouldn't be surprised. I mean, is there anything that Waititi can't do? For now, we can thank the Jojo Rabbit director for ensuring that we're getting an all-new Thor in Love and Thunder.
Thor: Love and Thunder is scheduled for release on November 5, 2021.
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