was really weird. It's kind of like Matt's trying to bump me from my own character. Damon appears once more . The actor's big break came in the early 2010s when he was cast in several major movies. [2] Damon will be playing a cameo in Taika Waititi's directorial 'Thor: Love and Thunder'. Get it together. (Laughs.) It is no secret that Taika Waititi loves to include a hefty amount of humor and lightheartedness in his movies, and the fact that he got Matt Damon and Luke Hemsworth to come back for a second time to reprise their roles is just evidence of how great the environment is on set. So this season was really lovely because we could talk about the work and not just the work that we were doing on Westworld. 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As Thor (Chris Hemsworth) hammers his way into theaters for the fourth installment of his epic adventures, he enlists the help of returning MCU characters Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi), and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) to battle Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale). Thor: Ragnarok, 2017.Comic . How much did Matt Damon get . All rights reserved. But were still in conversation with each other, and, was not an easy film to make at all. Im excited for fans that have been following us to see the evolution and growth of both of these characters. Subham Mandal And he's right there alongside Sam Neill. But when we were doing the scene work, he felt entirely in it. I want to set a Black woman in this world., One of the reasons why I wanted to tell stories in the first place is because I really do think that political change is always preceded by cultural change. Matt Damon played an Asgardian man playing the role of Loki in a play going on in the movie. She was an entertainment features writer for sites like CCN, Floor 8, Mental Floss, and PROVOKR. So we were like, Wait a minute, and weve just been pitching movies that we might like to do. Ed really enjoys his part on Westworld because it gives him the ability to exercise some of our rage. ), We were making something [Little Woods] that at the time felt like a worst-case scenario for a young woman in this country, Thompson recalls. As a kid of the 1990s, he once appeared on the Nickelodeon show Wild and Crazy Kids, and later as a contestant on Game Show Network's reboot of Lingo, where he and a friend won close to $5,000 and an iPod Nano. . The two actors returned to the MCU in Love and Thunder, reprising their roles as hilarious stage actors. At times, he was like, Is this too much? And then suddenly, it almost wasnt enough. I just thought it was just a great, funny bit, and very easy to do. Did you also enjoy seeing the offstage personas of their characters? Then she dispels some popular misconceptions about the way Christian Bale and Ed Harris work. ) And while watching an early cut, Thompson even fought to retain a quick moment involving Val and two actor characters played by Matt Damon and Luke Hemsworth. So we were like, Wait a minute, and weve just been pitching movies that we might like to do. Funnily enough, Old Spice was the first deodorant I ever used because it was my grandfathers deodorant of choice. "I just thought it was just a great, funny bit, and very easy to do. Weve been doing a lot of press together, and weve been pitching each other movies back and forth because we accidentally arrived one day looking like. (Laughs.) You get to know someones process by being in close proximity to it, but there isnt a lot of very candid conversation about how we make work. Ragnarok is full of cameos. at this time, so I guess the only balm is to keep trying to tell stories, in addition to really working as an active and engaged citizen. Leaked set photos have confirmed that . Not a lot of people can say that they made Ed Harris scream in pain, but Charlotte Hale did just that during the second episode of Westworld season four. But Charlotte is trying to make hosts see that being tethered to humanity and to human form is a fools errand. "We talked about the Thor movies as a family saga, and the diametric opposition between Thor and Loki and duality and antagonism being a book that perhaps should remain closed for the moment," Hiddleston revealed to Empire Magazine (via Digital Spy). During our fight scene together, he did a funny thing where he would check on me constantly. Ive been having this conversation a lot, actually, in producing and because of some of the things on the slate at my [production] company, Viva Maude. She is a graduate of Montclair State University College of the Arts, earning a bachelor's degree in Journalism, and her hobbies include calligraphy, scrapbooking, and collecting books. Very mild spoilers for the start of Thor: Ragnarok. Having them around to explore the importance of theater and storytelling, as expressed in Asgardian culture, I just loved that. Loki follows the version of the character after he escaped with the Tesseract in Avengers: Endgame. Did you enjoy your scenes with him this year? Charlotte is really making some power moves against humanity, and given the way things have gone in her world, I dont blame her one bit. So they were running such a well-oiled machine, and Marvel was so generous in terms of providing me with whatever I needed, particularly because I was getting into Valkyrie shape. ", After Hemsworth and Waititi called him, Damon said yes, of course, because it was hysterical. Yeah, I just saw [director] Nia DaCosta last night. In the past, its been a lot of work to make sure that she has agency and an arc in the context of these sports films, essentially. Not even the screenwriter Eric Pearson was told who had been cast until Julys San Diego Comic-Con, after Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum whispered it in his ear. In 2021, Thompson launched a production company known as Viva Maude and signed a first-look deal at HBO and HBO Max, with two TV projects already in development. Matt Damonexplained his Thor participation was down tohis friendship with both Taika Waititi and Chris Hemsworth, noting that he believed it to be hysterical to play an intergalactic community theater type. She has! Me too. The actor known for playing the God of Mischief paid a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live and was asked about Matt Damon 's big cameo in Thor: Ragnarok. You dont have a lot of safe opportunities to do that. I still have moments like that with him because hes remarkable, and hes legitimately terrifying as the Man in Black. Get all the latest news and updates on Bollywood, Hollywood, South India film industry, cinemas in India, film stars, celebrities, movie reviews and much more at outlookindia.com. So [. ] Thats how these movies are sometimes born. So I like to imagine ways to basically hang out with my friends while making something. If you haven't signed up for Disney+ yet, you can try it out here. Because Waititi managed to change the MCU's image with Thor: Ragnarok, he more than proved he's a . They've done it, so". So she probably had a couple days in New York, where she saw some theater and became fond of it. It was so interesting because I wondered what it would be like for Mike to have to be a scene partner and a director. Im glad you asked because Mike [B. Jordan] just sent me a voice memo this morning reminding me that I need to send him a little bit of temp ADR. You dont have a lot of safe opportunities to do that. But Matt has also been involved in a number of other high-profile roles as well as a writer and producer. Sure Chris, ask your friend Matt Damon. I was like, That has to be in the movie! So I was very sad for a brief second when it wasnt there, but yeah, that was so fun. So shes spent a little bit of time away from New Asgard on a political tour, I suppose. July 9, 2022, 3:17 pm. She didnt text him to be like, Hey, your ex is here. So theyve been getting to know each other, and theres a real fondness that Valkyrie has for her. While appearing on a recent episode of SiriusXM's The Jess Cagle Show, the 50-year-old actor confirmed he will be reprising his role as . ", When it was suggested that having Damon in the film might distract people, Waititi had an excellent answer. And so there was one cut where that bit went away and I was so sad, but then it came back and I was so happy. New episodes of Loki will drop on Disney+ on Wednesdays. And so it was a pleasure to make that movie and to get to know Natalie. Both in Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, Damon acts out the part of Loki while Luke Hemsworth embodies his real-life brother's character of Thor on the local stage. When the Jason Bourne actor was asked about his role in MCU and what convinced him to do so, he revealed that all that originated from a simple phone call from Chris Hemsworth and Taika Waititi and he also didnt give it much thought as it was hysterical, funny and something he was eager to do. Kimmel asked. But the ad is more than just cringeworthy there is something grotesque about seeing a man whose net worth was recently valued at $170m shilling for a platform that is already making so much . Breaking news and interviews on comics, sci-fi, horror and more. Get it together. (. I was like, That has to be in the movie! Thompson tells The Hollywood Reporter. 26. You get to know someones process by being in close proximity to it, but there isnt a lot of very candid conversation about how we make work. It's also been reported that he earned over USD$30 million for starring in 2017's "Thor: Ragnarok," presumably reflecting salary plus back-end points. Damon had to go to a certain place to play Tom Hiddleston's beloved MCU character in the play on Asgard. "Ben and I grew up reading [Daredevil]," Damon said. But it didnt change the dynamic between these characters. Anyone who invested on the day Damon's ad launched and held on to their investment for all this. Damon played Actor Loki when Loki was still a bit of a side character (even though we didn't think of him that way), but now Damon will have to play Actor Loki following everything the character's done with the TVA. The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more. And then hell be hanging out with his kids or talking about the surf and what he did that weekend. (. Based in London, he oversees a global news & features team based in NY, LA and beyond. After his film debut Mystic Pizza, [1] he began acting in supporting roles. And then hell be hanging out with his kids or talking about the surf and what he did that weekend. Then she dispels some popular misconceptions about the way Christian Bale and Ed Harris work. It's not just Damon who's in the play. So, I was like, I dont know if theyll get the joke.". By Emily Krauser 2:18 PM PDT, July 31, 2016 . By the time Damon had his cameo in Ragnarok, he'd already had cameos in EuroTrip, Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, Finding Forrester,and Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back. There was one cut where that bit went away and I was so sad, but then it came back and I was so happy. She jokingly mentioned that "people are always mistaking (her) for Cate Blanchett," who is the actress that played Hela in Ragnarok: "This feels right. 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