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As if Chris Hemsworth and Christian Bale were not enough, Thor: Love and thunder received an extra dose of star power. Matt Damon took part in the film for the upcoming film, after hitting Sydney, Australia, where he will be quarantined for two weeks before filming begins.
Co-stars Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Tessa Thompson are all also quarantined in Australia, while Natalie Portman has been in the country since September. Hemsworth, who plays the eponymous hero, lives in Byron Bay, a beach town north of Sydney.
“I am so excited that my family and I can call Australia home in the next few months,” Damon said in a statement to local press. “Australian film crews are world-renowned for their professionalism and are a pleasure to work with, so the fourteen days of quarantine will be worth it.”
Damon had a camera role in Thor: Ragnarok, the predecessor of Love and Thunder, and plays an actor who plays Loki in an Asgardian stage play. Love and Thunder, like Ragnarok, will be directed by Taika Waitit. It is being filmed in part in Australia thanks to a federal grant of AU $ 24 million, about $ 18 million.
Love and Thunder is part of Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is scheduled for release on May 6, 2022. a whole lot of Phase 4 between now and then, as Love and Thunder Black Widow (May 7, 2021), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (July 9, 2021), Eternals (November 5, 2021) will follow, an untitled sequel to Spider-Man (Dec. 17). , 2021) and Doctor Strong in the Multiverse of Madness (March 25, 2022).