Natalie Portman on Mighty Thor: ‘Grateful to everyone’s imagination to cast a 5’3 actress in a six-foot role’

Natalie Portman’s colleagues were excited about her re-entering this realm, as Chris Hemsworth said that this film is actually Jane Foster’s ‘rebirth’ of sorts, while director Taika Waititi heaped praise on Natalie’s portrayal.

“It’s brilliant to see Natalie in a way that we don’t expect. She’s such a great actor, and in keeping with reinventing this franchise again and again, we didn’t want to go back to seeing her in the same role. We don’t want to see her just being a scientist on Earth waiting for Thor,” Waititi said.

Natalie Portman had appeared in the first two Thor films, Thor and Thor: The Dark World, where she played the scientist girlfriend to Chris Hemsworth’s Thor.

Helmed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Love and Thunder releases in India on July 7.