Marvel Stop Casting People In MCU Post-Credits Challenge
Warning: Contains Thor: Love & Thunder spoilers!
Brett Goldstein appears as Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder’s post-credits scene, continuing an MCU Phase 4 trend of Marvel credits sequences introducing surprising new cast members. Thor: Love and Thunder's cast sees multiple new characters join the MCU, including Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) and Zeus (Russell Crowe), but saves one of the biggest for after the credits have started to roll with the arrival of Goldstein’s Hercules. The iconic God is also one of the most powerful characters in Marvel Comics, and now brings that power level to the MCU too as Zeus seeks retribution on Thor.
Introducing Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder’s end credits scene isn’t too much of a surprise, since it very much fits with Marvel’s M.O. Ever since Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) stepped out of the shadows in Iron Man to talk about something called the Avengers Initiative, the MCU’s after credits scenes have been used to tease future movies and characters, but it’s become perhaps even bigger in Phase 4’s movies. That’s not only been the case of the usual teases for the future and likely sequels, but bringing new actors to the MCU as well.
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Phase 4 is very much about expanding the MCU after Avengers: Endgame, with legacy and replacement heroes being set up and the multiverse being explored. Alongside that are some big actors being cast in Marvel’s post-credits scenes, which so far has included Harry Styles as Eros in Eternals and Charlize Theron in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Both were surprises that very much lay the groundwork for more to come, but Goldstein as Hercules in Thor: Love and Thunder may
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