Natalie Portman

Thor meet… Thor. Natalie Portman's Jane Foster is all set to wield Mjolnir in Thor: Love and Thunder alongside Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder.

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"It's exciting to get to be a superhero," Portman says, having appeared as Jane Foster in Thor and Thor: The Dark World. "And there's no guidebook that comes ...

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Despite Natalie Portman's preparation for her new role in Thor: Love and Thunder, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige had to change one thing.

In discussing her preparation for her new role in Thor: Love and Thunder, Portman recalled training both prior to and during her work on the Marvel Studios film, and drinking protein shakes to help her look the part of the superhero and prepare for the action of the film. What happened between Jane and Thor was largely left to the imagination of Marvel fans, and Chris Hemsworth noted that he and Portman had fun diving into all the details of their characters' relationship in Love and Thunder. While Marvel Studios is often regarded for the beauty and intricate details of their costume designs, Portman noted that parts of the costume may be challenging without the right strength. Aside from the physicality of Marvel Studios' action sequences, Portman drew attention to another facet of being a Marvel hero that requires a bit of strength. Portman made her MCU debut in 2011 in Thor and reprised her role as Jane Foster in the 2013 sequel, Thor: The Dark World. Those involved with the film weren't shy to give Portman credit for how she managed to transform herself to prepare for her role as the Mighty Thor.

Natalie Portman is set to portray the latest of the MCU's champions in 'Thor: Love and Thunder' as The Mighty Thor.

To have that weight of the cape all day, you want to have some upper-body strength. It was definitely helpful to be strong. And there’s no guidebook that comes along and tells you how to do it.”

Natalie Portman revealed that she "trained for a long time" to prepare for her return as Mighty Thor in Thor: Love and Thunder.

It's likely that the actress' stint as Mighty Thor in Love and Thunder is not a one-off, meaning that she might end up returning for a potential solo movie or even Avengers 5. Thor 4 director Taika Waititi already teased that Mighty Thor's fighting style is different from Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder, noting that she has "a feeling of dance when she fights." Thor: Love and Thunder will showcase the return of Natalie Portman's Jane Foster in the MCU, but this time around, the character gets an upgrade.

Whosoever holds this hammer, if she be worthy, shall possess the power of... the new Thor? Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) thunders back into the Marvel ...

To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who — to Thor's surprise — inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher's vengeance and stop him before it's too late. "I trained for a long time before and during, and I was doing the whole protein shakes [thing]. It really helped prepare me for the level of action that we ended up doing," Portman said of director Taika Waititi's follow-up to 2017's Thor: Ragnarok. "We had incredible stunt doubles who did the really hard stuff, but there's still a great deal of running and jumping and swords and hammer-fighting. Portman worked out and bulked up to get into superhero shape for the role, showing off her physique as Thor's swole-mate in the Thor: Love and Thunder trailers.

Find out the funny reason why Natalie Portman says Marvel Studios chose her as Chris Hemsworth's love interest in the Thor film franchise.

Portman will soon film Todd Haynes’ drama May December alongside Julianne Moore and is also set to star in We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, an HBO miniseries based on a best-selling novel. Although her character was a straightforward love interest, Jane Foster has now been transformed into the Mighty Thor and is a superhero in her own right. Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi even used Jane’s transformation to get Portman back into the series. After Matthew Vaughn, Guillermo del Toro, and Sam Raimi had been attached to direct the film, Marvel Studios turned to Kenneth Branagh. What at first seemed an odd fit proved to be a bit of behind-the-scenes magic. By the time she was a high school senior heading to Harvard, Portman was an international movie star. Now, in the home stretch before Thor: Love and Thunder premieres, Portman joked about how she landed the coveted role beside Chris Hemsworth.