Natalie Portman is back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Jane Foster Thor: love and thunder, but this time the astrophysicist looked a little different. In the film, Foster acquires the ability to wield Mjolnir and, in doing so, becomes Mighty Thor. With that, Portman needed to get in top form and he did it tremendously. (I still think of those amazing arms he had.) However, his impressive muscles didn’t develop overnight, as expected. Sure, he’s been through a grueling workout alongside his he co-star Chris Hemsworth, but the idea of the two co-stars training hard together isn’t as pretty as it sounds.
It seems the two stars have gone to great lengths to prepare for their latest MCU release. Natalie Portman’s coach Naomi Pendergast talked about the star’s preparation and how she coincided with that of her colleague. According to Pendergast, Portman has been training for a total of 10 months, and her work began in earnest four months before filming began. While detailing the various aspects of the Oscar-winning actor’s training regimen, the fitness expert explained that Portman and Hemsworth sometimes trained at the same time, but neither spoke much:
Natalie and Chris did some of their sessions at the same time, but they didn’t train together. There was some jokes in the gym, but for the most part everyone was focused on getting their workout done and doing it right.
And this training seems to be difficult. Naomi Pendergast also explained us weekly that to get those huge arms, the actress performed pull-ups (4 sets of 12 reps) and side lifts with straight-arm dumbbells (4 sets of 25 reps). And after resting for about 90 seconds, I switched to palm-up straight arm raises (4 sets of 20 reps) before finishing with the dreaded inverse plank (4 sets of 1 minute each). The star herself spoke earlier. in superhero form with Chris Hemsworth and detailed some of the other finer points of his formation. Anyone else sweat just thinking about all this?
However, the hard work paid off and fans certainly noticed when the shooting photos were revealed right how torn Natalie Portman was for his superhero shift. In addition to his physique, the performance of him in love and thunder it was also incredibly sweet and it was fun to see how The return of Portman’s Foster has really shocked Thor .
With the rather enthusiastic reception of the scientist’s return and her role as Mighty Thor, you have to ask yourself what could be the future of Natalie Portman in the MCU . Nothing may have been confirmed on that front at this point, but, at this point, it looks like anything is possible in this massive superhero franchise. And if the actress gets a chance to put Mjolnir on screen once again, I’m sure Portman will be ready to head back to the gym for a more intense workout.
Thor: love and thunder is currently being shown in theaters, while the first three episodes (along with others amazing movies ) are available to send with a Disney + subscription .
Source: Cinemablend
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