Australia-based actor Russell Crowe has officially joined the cast of the upcoming Marvel Studios sequel Thor: Love and Thunder. The role is being kept under wraps for the moment and was originally planned as a surprise until photos of Crowe hanging out with the cast in Australia surfaced online.
Deadline confirms that Crowe joins fellow cast members Chris Hemsworth, who is reposing his role as Thor Odinson, Natalie Portman, who plays previous love interest Jane Foster, and Christian Bale as the film’s antagonist Gorr the God Butcher. Tessa Thompson, who joined the MCU in Thor: Ragnarok, also returns as Valkyrie.
Born in New Zealand, Crowe has lived in Australia for most of his career. He is perhaps best known for his Oscar-winning performance in Ridley Scott’s epic Gladiator. More recently, he starred in the thriller Unhinged as a road rage inflicted driver who torments a woman and her child after a brief encounter. Crowe’s other notable recent roles include muscle for hire/ private investigator Jackson Healey in the 1970s era Shane Black buddy comedy The Nice Guys and Dr. Jekyll/ Mr. Hyde in the Tom Cruise led reboot The Mummy. Crowe also portrayed Superman’s father Jor-El in the 2013 film Man of Steel and had a brief voice cameo in the recently released Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
Thor: Love and Thunder has already been subject to other casting rumors and confirmations in recent months. Comedic actress Melissa McCarthy was spotted on set portraying a ‘fake Hela’ and actor Matt Damon also appears to be reprising his role from Thor: Ragnarok as ‘fake Loki.’ Director Taika Waititi and Marvel reportedly wanted to keep Crowe’s casting a secret in the hopes that it would surprise fans when they saw the film. The same tactic was used for Damon’s role in Ragnarok, whose appearance in that film came as a total surprise. However, after Crowe was spotted spending time with other members of the cast in Australia, where the film is shooting, fans began to speculate.
Fellow New Zealander Waititi returns as director for Thor 4, following his first Marvel film Thor: Ragnarok. Little is known about the plot at the moment, but it appears that Portman’s Jane Foster will be taking up the hammer and becoming the new Thor, much like her comic book counterpart.
Other confirmed cameo’s in the film include Guardians of the Galaxy actors Chris Pratt as Star-Lord and Karen Gillen as Nebula. Crowe was also recently cast alongside Zac Efron in Green Book director Peter Farrelly’s The Greatest Beer Run Ever.
Thor: Love and Thunder is currently scheduled to be released on May 6th, 2022.
Source: Deadline
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