MOVIE NEWS – Thor: Love and Thunder’s concept art has revealed Russell Crowe’s original role. Although the former Gladiator star has signed on to play Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder, that wasn’t the original plan!
Many Marvel fans were excited to see Russell Crowe take on the role of Zeus in Thor: Love and Thunder, but his appearance in the latest MCU film could have been quite different, as a concept art has revealed. While many have been excited about Crowe’s portrayal of the Greek god, it turns out that one of the original concepts had Crowe appearing as a comic version of Satan.
Concept artist Miles Teves has posted two images that he took at the request when the possibility of Satan appearing in the film instead of Zeus came up. One of the images has something of The Office’s David Brent, aka Ricky Gervais, which may have been a deciding factor in why it was decided that Zeus would be a better choice. Teves explained in his comments:
“I was told by the good folks at Odd Studio down in Australia who commissioned this art that Russell Crowe might be having a comedic cameo as Satan in the new ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’. It didn’t work out that way. Hopefully, it wasn’t because he saw my drawings. Though I’d understand.”
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“Another shot at old Russ as the Devil for ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’. The folks at Odd Studio told me to depict him at his current weight due to his character being humorously debauched. Naturally I would have modelled for this drawing myself were my current physique not so rippling and sveldt.”
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Of course, Teves is just kidding, as his physique is even more muscular than Russel Crowe’s at the moment:
Chris Hemsworth praised Crowe’s Zeus.
As it turns out, Crowe’s portrayal of the Greek deity was praised by some in the audience for the fun look, which includes some nods to the actor’s previous historical role in Gladiator. Even if not everyone was thrilled with the portrayal, one person who was happy for him to be in the movie was Chris Hemsworth. In a previous interview, Hemsworth said:
“I never thought I’d see the day where Russell would appear on screen with hints at Gladiator imagery, yet with a wink-totally self-deprecating. He didn’t hold back. I’m such a fan. I have been since I first started acting. There’s such a weight and a seriousness to his performances and to him, as an individual, from afar. But meeting him, he has a great sense of humor and did whatever Taika asked on set, which was mind-blowing. And it was really fun to play with the mythology, going from Norse to Greek mythology – Taika pulls all these worlds together.”
We can only imagine how this would have turned out if early plans for Crowe to play Satan had come to fruition. Still, since Taika Waititi has claimed from the start that this film is one of the “craziest things” he’s ever done, it’s probably not too far-fetched an idea that would have worked in the movie if it had come to fruition.
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