‘Fat Thor’ No More: ‘Love and Thunder’ Teaser Reveals Thor’s Weight Loss, Reignites MCU Controversy

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Zack Sharf The controversy around Thor’s weight gain in “Avengers: Endgame” has been reignited on social media following the debut of the first “Thor: Love and Thunder” trailer.

Chris Hemsworth’s superhero infamously packed on the pounds for “Avengers: Endgame” (the internet dubbed this iteration of the character “Fat Thor”), which led many to wonder how the upcoming “Thor: Love and Thunder” would handle the character’s weight gain.

Although Thor has his “Endgame” weight when the trailer begins, it’s not long before there’s a brief training montage (Thor exercising with chains) and then the return of the muscular Thor from the pre-“Endgame” Marvel movies.“Fat Thor” proved controversial and made headlines for much of summer 2019 during the record-breaking run of “Avengers: Endgame.” While some fans were delighted to see a new side of Thor (and of Hemsworth, especially in that viral video of Hemsworth singing “Hurt” in character), others accused the movie of being fat-phobic since it frequently used Thor’s weight gain as a source of comedic relief.

The “Thor: Love and Thunder” trailer confirms the superhero’s weight loss within its first 30 seconds. “If Marvel had any guts they’d let Thor stay fat,” wrote /Film chief film critic Chris Evangelista on Twitter about the “Thor: Love and Thunder” trailer.“It would have been nice if we got to keep fat Thor for awhile,” added another fan. “Because it would have been nice to see him learn to love his body and find it valid and worthy.”“Thor: Love and Thunder” director Taika Waititi told Yahoo Entertainment before filming started on the movie that keeping “Fat Thor” was “an ongoing debate that we’re still having at Marvel,” adding, “We’re trying to figure out how long — how many.