How Thor 4's Zeus Is Different From Zack Snyder's Justice League's Version
Russell Crowe plays Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder, but this version is quite different from the Zeus Zack Snyder delivered in Justice League. To those unfamiliar with Marvel's comic history, the inclusion of a character like Zeus might seem a bit weird. While Thor, Loki, Odin, Asgard, and such are rooted in Norse mythology, that's a world away from the Greek pantheon of gods, at least traditionally. In the pages of Marvel Comics, however, such differing mythologies have crossed paths many times.
In Greek mythology, Zeus is the god of the sky and thunder, so it makes good sense for his MCU debut to occur in Thor: Love and Thunder. Thor is, after all, the god of lightning and thunder in Norse mythology, and is portrayed as such within the MCU as well. With that in mind, it'll be interesting to see how Chris Hemsworth's Thor and Russell Crowe's Zeus get along, or perhaps don't, due to their similarities.
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With Crowe joining the MCU as Zeus, the way has also been paved for his son Hercules, a staple Marvel comics hero, to show up. However, the MCU got beaten to the punch a bit by Zeus' recent appearance in DC's own movie universe, via Zack Snyder's Justice League. Here's how the two characters will differ.
Zack Snyder's Justice League wasn't Zeus' first appearance in the DCEU, although it might be his most noteworthy. In the Snyder Cut, Zeus led a coalition of races into battle against Darkseid and managed to defeat the extremely powerful villain. In Wonder Woman, though, it was revealed that Zeus had actually fathered Diana, as well as the film's villain Ares, and had personally created humanity. Shazam! also confirmed that Zeus' mythological half-human/half-god son Hercules
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