Shape-shifting Christian Bale takes his body to extremes once again for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

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is a candy-colored carnival of action and humor, and a welcome return of favorite Marvel characters: Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Natalie Portman’s Jane, Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie and Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill, popping in from the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise.

One face you may have failed to identify in the trailer: Gorr the God Butcher, who’s played by Christian Bale. But if you know anything about Bale, you’ll know this guy is recognizably unrecognizable.Bale, 48, is the industry’s standard for body modification.

Over the decades we’ve watched him pack on the pounds for a role only to shed them, and then some, for another part. The second “Thor” movie from director Taika Waititi brings in the “Batman” star as the installment’s villain, a disillusioned former believer out to bring down all deities — of which Thor is, of course, one.

Gorr looks something like a vampire crossed with Marilyn Manson, though Bale says the latter wasn’t intentional. “I hadn’t heard that.