Portman & Waititi Address Mighty Thor Cancer Story In Love & Thunder
Natalie Portman and Takia Waititi address whether or not Thor: Love and Thunder will adapt Jane Foster's pivotal Mighty Thor cancer arc. Following her absence from 2017's Thor: Ragnarok and a brief cameo in Avengers: Endgame, Portman's astrophysicist Dr. Jane Foster makes a dramatic return in Thor: Love and Thunder. Portman decided to depart the franchise after 2013's Thor: The Dark World due to dissatisfaction with her character's arc. Waititi, who has reinvigorated Marvel's Thor series with his own signature flair, was ultimately able to convince Portman to return by promising a more substantial story arc for Jane.
Chris Hemsworth's fourth solo outing as Thor finds the titular Norse god putting his superhero-ing days behind him in an attempt to find inner peace, but is soon pulled back in due to the emergence of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) who announces his intentions to eliminate all gods. To stop Gorr, Thor must recruit old allies such as Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (voiced by Waititi), and his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who has gained a Thor-esque costume and powers while wielding a reconstructed Mjolnir. For this storyline, Waititi clearly drew from Jason Aaron's Mighty Thor comics, though there has long been questions about whether or not the film will adapt one major aspect of Jane's journey.
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During a recent interview with Variety, Portman and Waititi both addressed whether or notThor: Love and Thunder will adapt Jane Foster's cancer storyline. To avoid giving away spoilers, Portman gave a vague non-revealing answer about the "duality" of Jane versus the Mighty Thor and how becoming a superhero "might give you a
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