Melissa McCarthy Denies Love & Thunder Hela Role Despite Set Photos
Despite set photos of the actor, Melissa McCarthy recently denied her involvement as Hela in the upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder. The highly anticipated MCU Phase 4 movie will follow the titular hero as he picks up the pieces of his life after the events of Avengers: Endgame. With Thanos defeated but Thor's home world destroyed, the god searches for a new direction in life in what director Taika Waititi has called Thor's mid-life crisis. However, when Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) sets out to destroy all gods, Thor must team up with King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Waititi), and his former flame Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) to defeat him.
Last year, photos taken on the Thor: Love and Thunder set revealed that McCarthy will play a role in the superhero film. In the set images, the comedian was dressed in an outfit that resembled Cate Blanchett's Hela, the villainous older sister of Thor from Ragnarok. The photos indicate that McCarthy will star in a scene in the upcoming movie featuring a reenactment of the events of the previous film akin to what was seen in the third God of Thunder movie.
Related: Thor 4 Can Give Melissa McCarthy A Better Superhero Joke Role Than Netflix
In a recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (via ET), McCarthy jokingly denied her appearance in Thor: Love and Thunder despite clear photographic evidence to the contrary. When asked by Fallon if she could say whether or not she is in the upcoming film, McCarthy jokingly responded, "You know what that was? That was me going to my cousin Dawn’s bridal book party. That’s [how] you dress to go to a bridal book party." When pressed again by the late-night host, the comedian cheekily answered, "If that is even me. But if
Read more on screenrant.com
