Thor: Love and Thunder leaks reveal two big cameos

Thor: Beloved and Thunder leaks reveal two big cameos

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Spoiler alert: Casting news for Thor: Beloved and Thunder's casting news is spilling out, and this story dives into names you lot should expect to see in the upcoming movie.

Nosotros knew that Marvel's Thor: Beloved and Thunder is going to flip the script on who wields Mjolnir, simply we didn't know about how weird its casting was getting. Or at least we didn't until a couple of leaks produced new names — one of which we did not run across coming.

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Let'southward offset with the non-surprising news that Matt Damon is coming back to the Curiosity Cinematic Universe. According to The Daily Mail, Damon was seen on gear up in the same costume he was in in Thor: Ragnarok.

Oh, you lot forgot Damon was already in the MCU? To jog your memory, here's a clip from Thor: Ragnarok, where Jason Bourne himself is dressed up as Loki, acting out a scene for a play (with Luke Hemsworth as Thor).

The other glory making a cameo appearance — which may fit in with the to a higher place Matt Damon role — is Melissa McCarthy, with her married man Ben Falcone. McCarthy appears to be dressed as Thor'southward sister Hela, which could mean she's playing an actor portraying the function that Cate Blanchett had in Ragnarok.

McCarhy and Falcone publicly "auditioned" for roles in Thor: Love and Thunder on Instagram, where they read monologues to prove they were true thespians. Given the specificity of that postal service, we probably should have seen this coming.

Thor: Love and Thunder is due to hit theaters on February 11, 2022. In information technology, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) will go the new Thor.

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