Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)

Director: Taika Waititi

Synopsis

Thor (Chris Hemsworth) enlists the help of Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) to fight Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who intends to make the gods extinct.

Male Deaths

• Christian Bale [Gorr the God Butcher]
• Jonny Brugh [Rapu]
• Bobby Holland Hanton [Habooska the Horrible]
• Sam Neill [Actor Odin] (play within the film)

Female Deaths

• India Rose Hemsworth [Love] (revived)
• Natalie Portman [Jane Foster/Mighty Thor]
• Chloé Gouneau [Eloise Foster]

Gallery

India Rose Hemsworth

Jonny Brugh

Bobby Holland Hanton

Sam Neill

Chloé Gouneau

Natalie Portman

Christian Bale

Trivia

1. Christian Bale had initially turned down the possibility of appearing in any more comic book or superhero films after The Dark Knight Rises (2012), seeing the genre as uninteresting from an acting perspective, and especially finding the experience of donning the Batman costume to be a miserable one. He agreed to take part in this film however, after his kids begged him to take the role.
2. The cast features five Oscar winners - Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi and Russell Crowe - and two Oscar nominees - Bradley Cooper and Melissa McCarthy.
3. Chris Hemsworth, on his eighth time playing the character of Thor, achieved his biggest physique ever for this film - getting up to 105 kilos or 231 pounds for the role. His longtime trainer, Luke Zocchi said, "He is in phenomenal nick. He's the biggest he has ever been. He's the heaviest he's ever been." This extent of musculature required Hemsworth to eat at least 8 times a day during the entire duration of filming just to maintain all the muscle mass he had acquired.
4. So far, Thor is the only MCU character to have 4 stand-alone films.
5. The title design was inspired by the "sword and sorcery" subgenre, which was especially popular in the 1980's.
6. Chris Pratt, an action star himself, confessed to being awed by Chris Hemsworth's physique in the film. The film represents Hemsworth's biggest physique to date. Pratt said, "People are going to be astounded when they see what he's brought for Thor 4. It's actually next level. He's ratcheted it up to another level. I was just in awe of his presence. He's a man-God in real life. He's really got guns (biceps). He looks GREAT!"
7. Chris Hemsworth's son Tristan plays young Thor in the film, though he is uncredited.
8. Thor: Love and Thunder marks Natalie Portman's official return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Jane Foster. After her experiences working on Thor: The Dark World (2013), Portman had decided to retire from doing any more MCU films. But when it was revealed she had a voice cameo in Avengers: Endgame (2019), this suggested Portman was game for another Thor movie. This was officially confirmed at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con when Portman walked on stage and director Taika Waititi handed her a Mjølnir prop, also confirming that Jane would become The Mighty Thor in this film.
9. Before filming began, the actors and director Taika Waititi were Welcomed to Country with a traditional smoking ceremony by the Gamay Dancers from Gadigal and Bidiagal nations, who are the traditional owners of the lands on which Thor was filmed. There was also Maori Karakia from Te Aranganui at the ceremony.
10. Set to be filmed in Australia, the home country of Chris Hemsworth and neighbouring country of Taika Waititi as well as Russell Crowe who are from New Zealand.
11. Thor's vest has the image of a tree-like structure formed from nine orbs. This is a stylish rendering of the World Tree Yggdrasil, in Norse mythology the depiction of the cosmos and its nine realms.
12. Thor wears a vest over a T-shirt with jeans. This is the uniform of Thunderstrike, a superhero who inherited Thor's powers.