"Thor: Ragnarok" star Chris Hemsworth has recently been talking about a possible female villain in his third Marvel standalone film, but now the possibility seems like a real thing since Marvel has just cast Cate Blanchett to play a mysterious role in the film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, this move came just over a week after Marvel Studios hired Stephany Folsom to work on the script.
They did not specify which character Blanchett would portray, but several sources revealed that Marvel has long been on the lookout for a "bad (expletive) female."
The third Thor film will be directed by Taika Waititi, who co-wrote and co-directed vampire spoof "What We Do in the Shadows."
Hemsworth is no stranger to teaming up with prominent actresses who portray strong female roles on the big screen. For the sequel for "Snow White and the Huntsman," simply entitled "The Huntsman," he co-starred with Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, and Jessica Chastain.
When asked by Cinema Blend who among the three would make a great villain for "Thor: Ragnarok," Hemsworth diplomatically answered that any of them would do just fine.
"They all have potential to scare the hell out of me, any of those women. I felt like the little brother, getting bossed around by these three women in the best way," he shared.
When he was forced to pick just one among them, he had to reflect a bit before answering: "Oh God, don't make me pick one... maybe Jessica, but only because (Emily Blunt and Charlize Theron) are already villains in our film."
Hemsworth also said earlier that they need to liven up the "Thor" franchise by incorporating some humor into the film.
"I think 'Thor 3' needs to be injected with that sort of smart wit and unexpected kind of humor, kind of what James Gunn came in and did with 'Guardians of the Galaxy.' It was like off center and unpredictable, and I think we can definitely use a dose of that, you know?" he said.
The "Thor" star has high hopes that Waititi would be able to achieve just that. "We've done regal. We've done Shakespeare, and we've shown that. I think now it's time to go, 'Okay, cool. Let's try something different,' and Taika just had such a brilliant sort of take and funny kind of ideas about where we could (go), how we could do that," said Hemsworth.
"Thor: Ragnarok" has been scheduled for release on November 3, 2017.
