Natalie Portman has been a part of the Thor series since the beginning. We all know her as Jane Foster, Thor’s love interest. However, her career in the Marvel Universe seemed to be over. She played the role of Jane in the first two Thor movies. But she didn’t return for Thor: Ragnarok, which appeared to be her goodbye from MCU. However, the major twist is, Natalie Portman will be back, now as the main character in Thor 4.
Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor in Thor 4
Thor 4, titled as Thor: Love and Thunder is set to be released in 2022. It will bring back the major characters. In addition, Chris Hemsworth aka Thor will be accompanied by his lady love Jane Foster aka Natalie Portman. However, this time, Jane is not just a scientist, but now she is more powerful and mighty. The new sequel by Taika Watiti will make Jane the new Thor, known as the Mighty Thor. The news about Natalie’s involvement in Thor 4 was announced in 2019, at San Diego Comic Con. Natalie also shared the news on her social media account.
Natalie Portman is preparing to start filming 'Thor: Love and Thunder' in Australia 💪
'I’m really excited. I’m starting to train, to get muscles'
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— Fandom (@getFANDOM) October 7, 2020
Certainly, now Natalie Portman herself confirmed by announcing that she has started preparing for her role. She is all set to get into her superhero body. In an interview, Natalie confirmed that her journey of turning into a superhero has begun. She said, “I’m really excited. I’m starting to train, to get muscles. If there can be all these female superheroes, the more of them they are, the better it is.”
Meanwhile, the reports say, “The comics used the power of Mjolnir to physically transform Jane into someone with a god-like physique, but the MCU hasn’t shown Mjolnir to have such powers yet.”
What will be Jane’s story in Thor 4
Natalie has appeared as Jane, who is a scientist, and a cancer patient. Hence, the major question that aroused for Jane as Mighty Thor was about her cancer. People wanted to know if Jane will be shown to still have cancer or would the super powers treat her. However, sharing the details regarding Thor 4’s storyline in an interview, Natalie confirmed the speculations. She said that the film is based on the Mighty Thor storyline and it will show Jane battling cancer. Natalie said, “It’s based on the graphic novel of the Mighty Thor. Jane’s going through cancer treatment and is a superhero on the side,”
According to Marvel Comics, Jane appears as the Mighty Thor when Thor finds himself unworthy of Mjolnir in the Original Sin event. Consequently, he is forced to abandon his hammer on the Moon. But later, on the final page of Thor #1, there is a mysterious woman reaching the hammer, saying “There must always be a Thor”. Subsequently, she raises the Mjolnir and transforms into the Goddess of Thunder. As a result, she gets blessed with superhuman strength, endurance, knowledge, durability, and flight.
