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Natalie Portman's Jane Foster returns
transformed, wielding Thor's magical hammer Mjolnir, much to the
to chagrin of the male god played by Chris Hemsworth.
Offscreen, Hemsworth had nothing but respect for Portman, who
last played Foster in 2013's "Thor: The Dark World."
"Blown away, beyond impressed," Hemsworth said in an interview.
"I started this journey with Natalie 10, 11 years ago and now to
see her as this character is amazing and she did such an
incredible job."
Portman had to bulk up for the role.
"The eating was really surprising. You have to eat so much all
the time," she said. "There's so much protein, so many shakes. I
love food so much, you never imagine that eating is a chore."
Christian Bale donned prosthetics to become the evil Gorr the
God Butcher.
"I suddenly couldn't do anything, type anything and eat. I felt
like I couldn't even bloody move because of it," Bale said,
adding his character's fangs made it difficult to talk.
"It made me end up being this skulking character ... pacing
around the set not talking but I was having immense fun doing
that."
Tessa Thompson returns as Valkyrie, no longer a drunk and with
an impeccable English accent.
Alongside Jane and Thor, she goes on a rescue mission after the
children of the city of New Asgard are kidnapped by Gorr.
Director Taika Waititi and the cast had enough children to play
cameo roles.
"It was incredible also getting to have our kids on set,"
Portman said. "Chris' kids and Taika's kids and Christian's
kids, everyone like running around and playing together. It was
pretty dreamy as a working parent."
"Thor: Love and Thunder" begins its global cinema rollout on
Wednesday.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross; Editing by Richard Chang)
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