Matt Damonis heading back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Whileappearing on a recent episode of SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show, the 50-year-old actor confirmed he will be reprising his role as actor Loki inThor: Love and Thunder— the fourth installment in theThorfilm saga. He previously made a cameo in 2017’sThor: Ragnarok.
“I went down there [to Australia] to shoot, and I think they sussed out, ‘cause paparazzi took pictures of us, so that they sussed out what we were doing,” he continued. “We were kind of reprising a cameo thatLuke Hemsworthand I did in the last one.”
“And we had a ball, and soTaika [Waititi]had us back again to kind of run that joke back and upgrade it a little bit,“The Last Duelstar added.
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Thor: Love and Thunderwill seeChris Hemsworthback as Thor, alongsideNatalie PortmanandTessa Thompsonreprising their roles of Jane Foster and Valkyrie, respectively.Christian Baleis also set to appear as the movie’s villain.
In May 2020, Hemsworth, 37, spoke highly about the project’s script during an interview withThe Philadelphia Enquirer. “It’s one of the best scripts I’ve read in years,” he told the outlet. “It’s Taika at his most extreme and at his best. If the version I read is the one we get running with, it’s going to be pretty insane.”
Hemsworth, who first played the hammer-wielding god of thunder in 2011, previously said hedoesn’t plan on stepping away from the character at the moment.
“There will come a day,” Hemsworth told withVariety’s and iHeartMedia’s podcastThe Big Ticketin April 2019. “Whether it’s now or in the future, I don’t know. … Who knows what the sort of future holds? I don’t know, there could be remakes, sequels, prequels — who knows?”
Thor: Love and Thunderis currently set for a February 2022 theatrical release.
source: people.com
