Director Taika Waititi has said in a recent interview that the return of Jane Foster in Thor: Love and Thunder it’s really crazy.
Waititi discussed Natalie Portman’s character reappearing after eight years and how that affects Chris Hemsworth’s Thor. She also comments on how the idea of using the character came about.
Eight years have passed. She has completely remade her life, and then the love of your life comes back on the scene, and she is now dressed just like you. It’s a real mental madness for Thor.
I didn’t know we were going to use the story of the Mighty Thor character until we started working on the story for the movie. I was writing and I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to bring Jane back for this story?’
You don’t want Natalie coming back to play the same character who’s running around with science gear. You know, as Thor flies around, she stays on Earth, stamping her foot and saying, ‘When is she going to come back?’ That’s boring. You want it to be part of the adventure.