‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ is filled with cameos — here they all are
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Chris Hemsworth’s wife, Elsa Pataky, appears briefly in the film as the woman who Thor kisses atop the werewolf.
It’s not the first time Pataky kissed her husband, who she wed in 2010, in a Marvel movie.
Pataky previously appeared in “Thor: The Dark World” as a stand-in for Natalie Portman’s character at the movie’s end to kiss Hemsworth.
“They put his wife in my wig and costume – that’s why it was so passionate. It was such a perfect solution, wasn’t it?” Portman told the New York Daily News in 2013.
Sean Gunn, who portrays Kraglin, appears with the Guardians of the Galaxy early in the movie.
Apparently, Kraglin has a habit of marrying someone on every planet they end up traveling to.
Stellan Skarsgård briefly reprises his role as Dr. Erik Selvig.
He appears via video while Jane Foster is at the lab and tells her that, unfortunately, the latest test results regarding her stage 4 cancer haven’t shown any changes.
Hemsworth’s older brother, Luke, reprises his role as an Asgardian actor who appears as Thor in a play.
The “Westworld” star previously appeared in “Thor: Ragnarok” and portrayed Thor in a play that took place on Asgard.
In this film, he acts out a scene from “Ragnarok” where he and Loki bid farewell to their father, Odin, and meet their sister Hela for the first time.
Matt Damon returns to the “Thor” franchise as a fictional Loki in a play.
Damon played Loki in a stage production in “Ragnarok,” acting out his fake death scene from “Thor: The Dark World.”
In “Love and Thunder,” Damon appears alongside Luke Hemsworth in the new play.
Later, when Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) attacks New Asgard, Damon’s character asks if they should make a new play based off of Gorr’s visit to Earth.
Once again, Sam Neill plays a fictional version of Anthony Hopkins’ Odin.
In the latest “Thor” film, Neill reenacts Odin’s death.
The “Jurassic World Dominion” actor previously told Australian radio station Nova that he did the cameo in 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok” as a favor to director Taika Waititi despite not understanding the MCU.
“I’ve never understood any of the Thor films,” Neill said. “In fact, the whole Marvel universe is a complete mystery to me.”
Melissa McCarthy joins the cast to play a fictional version of Thor’s sister, Hela, in the Asgard play.
McCarthy hilariously appears as a fictional version of Cate Blanchett’s Hela from “Ragnarok” in “Love and Thunder” during the play within the film.
If you were following reports, McCarthy’s appearance in the film may not have surprised you.
A photo of McCarthy dressed as the Goddess of Death previously leaked online.
When confronted about the image during an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” in June, McCarthy played coy and insisted that was how she dressed for her cousin’s “bridal book party.”
McCarthy’s real-life husband, Ben Falcone, has a cameo as an Asgardian stage manager.
Falcone bows on stage with Damon, Hemsworth, Neill, and McCarthy after they finish their play.
Hemsworth’s daughter, India Rose, plays Gorr the God Butcher’s daughter. By the film’s end, she’s nicknamed “Love.”
In the movie’s conclusion, Thor becomes her adoptive dad and together the pair is known as Love and Thunder as they travel the world together.
Hemsworth confirmed in an interview with entertainment reporter Kevin McCarthy that his 10-year-old daughter plays Love.
One of Hemsworth’s sons is briefly seen as young Thor at the film’s start.
In the same interview with Kevin McCarthy, Hemsworth confirmed his son appears in the montage at the film’s start as young Thor. He and Pataky have twin boys named Sasha and Tristan.
“It felt like a fun, one-off family experience,” Hemsworth said. “I don’t want them to now go and be child stars and actors. It was just a special experience we all had and I loved it. They had a great time.”
“Ted Lasso” star Brett Goldstein appears at the film’s end as Hercules.
Goldstein is revealed as Zeus’ son in the film’s first end-credits scene. The actor is known for his Emmy-winning role as the grumpy-but-lovable Roy Kent in the Apple TV+ show “Ted Lasso.”
In the end-credits scene, Zeus (Russell Crowe) asks his son to show the world why they should take the gods seriously.
Idris Elba’s Heimdall pops up in the second end-credits scene.
Heimdall was killed by Thanos (Josh Brolin) at the start of the 2018 movie “Avengers: Infinity War.”
The end-credits scene of “Love and Thunder” shows him greeting Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster as she enters Valhalla, the Asgardian afterlife, following her death. He thanks her for watching over his son and welcomes her to the serene place.