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Taika Waititi Teases Natalie Portman's Bigger Role in 'Thor 4': 'You Want Her to Be Part of the Adventure'

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Taika Waititi is dishing on Thor: Love and Thunder! In a new interview with Empire, the 46-year-old director discussed the latest installment in the franchise and hinted that Natalie Portman, who first appeared in the films back in 2011, would have an elevated role. Click inside to read more… Taika discussed the inspiration for the film, Jason Aaron‘s acclaimed comic book run The Mighty Thor, in which Jane Foster becomes a Thunder God herself. “I didn’t know we were going to use the storyline of the Mighty Thor character until we started working out the actual story,” he said. “I was writing and it was like, ‘Wouldn’t it be kind of cool to bring Jane back into the storyline?’” He went on to say fans will see a very different side to her character. “You don’t want Natalie coming back and playing that same character who’s walking around with science equipment,” Taika explained. “You know, while Thor’s flying around, she’s left on Earth, tapping her foot going, ‘When’s he going to be back?’ That’s boring.

You want her to be part of the adventure.” “Natalie’s really funny in real life,” he added. “She’s kind of goofy and has got a great sense of humor, and I don’t think that was exploited enough in the first films.” Thor: Love and Thunder is set to hit theaters on July 8, 2022.

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