Natalie Portman Praises Marvel's Creative Freedom
Ahead of the highly anticipated release of Thor: Love & Thunder, Natalie Portman expresses her admiration for Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, and the entire team behind the MCU. Writer-director Taika Waititi returns for his second MCU picture, reuniting with Chris Hemsworth to explore Thor's midlife crisis post-Avengers: Endgame. Taking a leave of absence from his superhero duties, Thor sets off on a quest to discover inner peace, confronted by new enemies and teaming up with old friends along the way. To make matters even more complicated, Portman returns as Jane Foster, now carrying the mantle of the Mighty Thor, reigniting an old flame for the God of Thunder.
Embracing new styles of storytelling and allowing the MCU to evolve is one thing many fans feel saved Thor as a character. While the first Thor was a straightforward action movie, each film since then has shown a new side of the otherworldly being, with the most significant shift taking place in Waititi's 2017 film Thor: Ragnarok. Giving Hemsworth the freedom to play and incorporate off-beat humor into the character revived the hero for many fans, exemplifying Marvel's successful risk-taking approach.
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Sitting down with Screen Rant for an exclusive interview, Portman expresses genuine praise and gratitude for Marvel's forward-thinking approach to embrace unique styles of telling these superhero stories. When she joined the franchise in Thor, Portman shares that no one knew how much of an impact the MCU would have on audiences. Since then, Marvel has grown immensely, in part due to the respect Feige and the studio give to their artists, and she notes that their willingness to take a chance
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