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[SpaceWolf]

Natalie Portman is currently generating a lot of Oscar buzz for her head-turning performance as Jackie Kennedy in the appropriately titled Jackie but her recent turn to more drama-oriented cinema has not completely shut the door on a Marvel Studios return. This runs counter to her comments back in August and additional reporting which stated that Portman and Marvel had a falling out after the studio parted with Patty Jenkins on Thor: The Dark World. Well, according to Portman, she's now interested in figuring out the blockbuster/superhero tentpole genre, particularly because of her young son.

“It is amazing to get to make movies that become part of so many people’s imaginations because it really is so widespread and now having a little boy too, you really see how much this becomes part of play and imagination and your internal life as a kid. It is really an incredible thing to get to be part of. As an actor it is like a completely different scale. Because when you are making those movies you are working with so much blue screen and so much fantasy, your imagination has to be so much larger.

It is really challenging for me that and I don’t feel like I have gotten it yet. I don’t feel like I have understood it yet. It is something that I’m fascinated by, because I’m really challenged by it more than anything almost. Because when you are in a room that looks like a room and has all the things a room has in it, you can interact with all that stuff, and all that stuff does what it does in life. You don’t have to imagine anything. You are just in the emotional state of your character. When you are doing those blue screen movies, you have to imagine everything outside and within. You have to create the whole world. It is like being a kid again."

Back in May, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige confirmed that Portman's Jane Foster won't appear in Thor: Ragnarok, and three months later, Portman herself said she believed she was "done" with the MCU. Even so, Hammond concluded his interview by asking, "So...more Marvel movies in your future?"

"Yeah, well, hopefully one day I figure it out," she replied with a nervous smile.

Would people be interested in seeing Natalie return? Or is this another "Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men" situation where fans collectively can't wait to see the back of her?

Although the character of Jane Foster was something of a non-entity in the Thor films and despite Portman's rather underwhelming performance in both films...I would actually really be interested to see Natalie return, more specifically in seeing her portray the current, Jane Foster incarnation of Thor. For one thing, I think Foster's Thor is a much more compelling character than Thor Odinson...as a gradually weakning cancer patient who must continually embody this figure of incredible strength, you would get the opportunity to tell some really interesting stories, giving Portman some much more meaty material to work with. It could always be an option to pursue once Hemsworth eventually decides to hang up his hammer.

CAST ME OUT if old.

 

[yanipheonu]

NO. Even amongst the mediocrity that is Thor 2, she is easily the worst part of that series.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

She should have been killed off in Dark Thor 2 World.

 

[m_dorian]

I say ok but she needs a better phone.

 

[Dalek]

Jane yes, Portman no.

 

[TheFlow]

She isn't the worst thing about Thor but is definitely not needed. Along with the rest of that silly ass crew

 

[StoopKid]

Who is asking for this?

 

[Sanjuro]

Just replace her with Keira Knightly.

 

[Plywood]

doit.palpatine

 

[jelly]

I wouldn't say no, but absolutely nothing like Thor 2, it was somehow her plot.

If you can't make her anything but something for Thor to save, don't do it.

 

[Kacho]

Who is asking for this?

Slayven

 

[Jigorath]

Just replace her with Keira Knightly.

She would have even less interest in the series.

 

[MadLaughter]

The awkwardness of her being written out or unmentioned bothers me more than her middling character.

 

[F0rneus]

I'm ok with Jane returning as Mary Elizabeth Winstead or whatever. Portman isn't needed.

 

[Beefy]

No thanks

 

[Ithil]

The hate for her in the Thor films is ludicrously over the top and I get the feeling people just say it to jump on a bandwagon. She had a nothing character and role but so are most love interest roles in blockbusters, they melt into the background. I couldn't remember enough about it to have a feeling, let alone boiling hatred.

Acting like she was Jar Jar Binks rolled into Skidz and Mudflap is just silly.

 

[Kayhan]

No thanks.

After her super unprofessional performance last time I think she should stick to other types of movies.

 

[Goo]

Thor 2: Part 2

Make it happen Marvel!

 

[RustyNails]

In before poll

 

[Fj0823]

"That Marvel crap is doing HOW MUCH?"

 

[Kayhan]

In before poll

Thor: The Third World

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Portman had nothing to work with in Thor Too: The Dark Thors. I wouldn't be against having her back, but they gotta give her some material that is worthy of an actress of her talents. You could have plucked a random White Lead Actress headshot out of a pile and put them in the Jane Foster role and it wouldn't have changed a thing. Nobody could have made that work any better, it's a painfully generic role that they made even more generic in the second movie.

 

[BronsonLee]

I liked her in the first one a lot and could totally see them bringing her back

 

[DieH@rd]

Since Thor is most likely dying in Infinity War films, I have nothing against her showing up for a bit.

 

[jb1234]

I don't really blame her for being unable to lift a character that as written was completely devoid of interest.

 

[SpaceWolf]

The hate for her in the Thor films is ludicrously over the top and I get the feeling people just say it to jump on a bandwagon. She had a nothing character and role but so are most love interest roles in blockbusters, they melt into the background. I couldn't remember enough about it to have a feeling, let alone boiling hatred.

Acting like she was Jar Jar Binks rolled into Skidz and Mudflap is just silly.

I think people have to take into account just how poor the writing is in those films. There's not a whole lot actors can do with flimsy material.

In those films, Portman essentially plays "Woman who asks questions and gets kissed by Thor". Even Meryl Streep couldn't do much with that shit.

 

[wenis]

I vote for

Thor: Portmans World

 

[Broken Joystick]

Have her and Betty Ross team up in an MCU at some point. Hell, give me more Pepper too.

 

[mugurumakensei]

I'm in for Thor 3: Thor 2: The Dark World 2

 

[highrider]

She was fine in the first Thor movie I thought. But yeah, she isn't like Mary Jane in Spiderman, seems more ancillary.

 

[victreeb3l]

Hell no. Please keep her away from Thor. I hated her in the films.

 

[Shadynasty]

sounds like it's time for another pole.

 

[Kickz]

NO. Even amongst the mediocrity that is Thor 2, she is easily the worst part of that series.

Yup like JLaw and Xmen

 

[Quick]

I'd say the way the series moved along, it was clear that either:

- The writers had no idea how to make her character be more than what we saw
- The director had no idea how to give Natalie Portman direction
- Portman herself really wasn't into it to begin with - might relate back to point 2

I'd say she was better in the first movie, but fell off by the second one.

Makes no sense to have her in any big capacity in Ragnarok considering that's not going to be set on Earth for the most part.

 

[CrocMother]

She's like hm I know they were bad movies but on second thought

 

[TemplaerDude]

"I like money"

 

[Fuu]

movies that become part of so many people’s imaginations because it really is so widespread and now having a little boy too, you really see how much this becomes part of play and imagination and your internal life as a kid.

There's the money, yeah, but for most of these actors in Marvel movies it boils down to this. It's mentioned all the time in these interviews.

They want to make something for their kids and nephews, while also having a chance to have them meet their heroes.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

She shouldn't waste her talent on these garbage films. Waste of her time. Especially since she's phoning it in for these movies anyway.

 

[Snaku]

The hate for her in the Thor films is ludicrously over the top and I get the feeling people just say it to jump on a bandwagon. She had a nothing character and role but so are most love interest roles in blockbusters, they melt into the background. I couldn't remember enough about it to have a feeling, let alone boiling hatred.

Acting like she was Jar Jar Binks rolled into Skidz and Mudflap is just silly.

Thank you.

 

[Litan]

The hate for her in the Thor films is ludicrously over the top and I get the feeling people just say it to jump on a bandwagon. She had a nothing character and role but so are most love interest roles in blockbusters, they melt into the background. I couldn't remember enough about it to have a feeling, let alone boiling hatred.

Acting like she was Jar Jar Binks rolled into Skidz and Mudflap is just silly.

You are really overstating things. I've seen people say her character's lame and badly written and she phones it in, but there's no 'boiling hatred' permeating discussions about her character.

 

[Dash_Riprock]

Who is asking for this?

Portman's bank account.

Aside from PotC Keira ruins every movie shes been in.

She ruined PotC for me as well...

 

[99Luffy]

Just replace her with Keira Knightly.

Aside from PotC Keira ruins every movie shes been in.

 

[JSevere]

Ragnarok is the last Thor movie so it's probably too late for her to return for that. Would be cool if she cameo'd in some other MCU movies though

 

[J_Viper]

Her performance in 2hor set a new low bar for the genre

No thanks, Nat.

Anyway, isn't Thor done after Avengers: Thanos Brawl?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Bring Darcy back.

 

[jett]

It's not like she's the reason the Thor movies are trash, but the fewer bottom-of-the-barrel forced romantic elements there are in movies the better.

 

[kunonabi]

As long as it doesn't lead to Fem Thor I'd be happy to see her back.

 

[Valkrai]

I completely forgot she was in the Thor films. I might need to watch Thor and Thor: The Dark World.

 

[Dysun]

Bring Darcy back.

This I can agree with

 

[SporeCrawler]

Who is asking for this?

Me