Natalie Portman's Lady Thor In Love & Thunder Already Proves Doubters Wrong
In the Thor: love & Thunder trailer, Natalie Portman's Mighty Thor makes only a brief appearance, but she's already serving humble pie to any naysayers. Kevin Feige made us wait a long time, but the Thor: love & Thunder trailer is now here. The promo's unquestionable centrepiece is a last sting of Natalie Portman's Jane Foster, now outfitted in Asgardian armour and wielding a glued-together Mjolnir as "Mighty Thor," overtaking Zeus, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and everything else revealed. Jane is no longer a one-dimensional source of exposition and a boring love interest, and there's no context or reason for this. She simply catches Mjolnir and strikes a pose with him.
Natalie Portman's return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a superhero was first announced in July 2019, sparking a wave of anticipation for this new take on Jane Foster, but not everyone was enthusiastic. Portman, like the great majority of comic book superhero performers (Robert Pattinson excluded... maybe), put in a lot of work to get ready for her role as Mighty Thor. Again, the reaction was primarily one of expectant anticipation, but Portman's Thor workout also sparked a weird debate about her arms - whether they were real, if they looked out of place, and so on...