After seemingly parting ways with Marvel Studios on bad terms after 2013's Thor: The Dark World, Natalie Portman was absent from the MCU until suiting up as the Mighty Thor in 2022's Thor: Love and Thunder.
While Jane Foster's arc wasn't quite as satisfying as what we saw on the page, Portman kicked serious butt as Thor before ultimately succumbing to her cancer. The door was, however, left open to a possible return after she entered the gates of Valhalla alongside Heimdall.
Talking to Total Film, Portman was asked if she'd be open to returning as the Mighty Thor. "Oh, I have no idea," she started. "I mean, no one's asked me to. So I don't know. But sure, that was super-fun."
It would be a missed trick to not either resurrect Jane or have her play a Multiversal member of the Thor Corps, but at least we know Portman is open to the idea of returning.
Reflecting on shooting Thor: Love and Thunder, the Oscar-winner said, "Yeah, it was so fun. I had such a great time making it. I loved working with Taika [Waititi], and Chris [Hemsworth] is just the greatest, and so is Tessa [Thompson]."
"I was just laughing all day, every day. There's only my highest love for that experience - and not to mention Australia, which is just the most glorious country."
Before suiting up in the God of Thunder's divisive fourth movie, Portman made an ADR cameo in Avengers: Endgame. Talking in 2022 about that, the actress reflected on the experience of seeing herself in a movie she never actually stood in front of the cameras for (a stand-in was used for what little we saw of Jane).
"It was very easy for me," she laughed. "I mean, it’s always amazing to see yourself, even if only for a split second, in a Marvel film, because you’re in places that you’ve never actually been before. It’s like seeing photos from a vacation that you never took or something."
Back to Thor: The Dark World, and it's believed she was extremely unhappy about Marvel Studios' "creative differences" with original director Patty Jenkins. Asked for her take on the sequel being widely considered one of the MCU's worst movies, Portman said, "I mean, I had it with 'The Professional' too."
"It was slaughtered critically, and now, despite having been in Marvel and 'Star Wars' movies, it’s the main thing people come up to me about. That and 'Star Wars' are two examples of things that when they came out, I was like, 'Oh, my God, this is a disaster.' And then 20 years later - actually, 30 years later for 'The Professional' - it’s beloved."
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