Why Matt Damon Is In Thor: Love & Thunder
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.
Several cameos make their way into Thor: Love and Thunder, but Matt Damon stands out for his reason for taking on the character. As Thor (Chris Hemsworth) hammers his way into theaters for the fourth installment of his epic adventures, he enlists the help of returning MCU characters Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) to battle Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale). All gods are in danger from the God Butcher's murderous plan to extinguish the gods, including Thor and his adopted hometown of New Asgard.
Thor: Love and Thunder is director Taika Waititi's second shot at helming a Marvel Cinematic Universe film after the success of Thor: Ragnarok. Playing into Waititi's signature comedy jabs, Thor: Love and Thunder continues some of the running gags initially laid out in Thor: Ragnarok. This includes sequences where Asgardian theater actors worship Thor and act out scenes from previous events that highlight Asgard's struggles and Thor's MCU timeline and accomplishments.
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Initially set up as a joke in Thor: Ragnarok begun by Loki, actor Matt Damon plays one of the Asgard performers who reenacts Thor's relationship with his brother, Loki. Both in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, Damon acts out the part of Loki while Luke Hemsworth embodies his real-life brother's character of Thor on the local stage. Matt Damon explained his Thor participation was down to his friendship with both Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth, noting that he believed it to be hysterical to play an intergalactic community theater type.
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