Thor: Ragnarok
Thor : Ragnarokhas been one of the most heatedly - anticipated Marvel sequels since it was first announced , with sports fan largely encourage by promise to shake up up the position - quo of the Thor movies by hiring offbeat director Taika Waititi and adding a major guest star in Mark Ruffalo’sIncredible Hulk . But the film has also face controversy in the contour of a modest but aggressive detail of tempestuous voices decrying the cast of Afro - Latin American actressTessa Thompson as Valkyrie , a frame typically picture as a light-haired white charwoman in the comics and definitive Norse mythology .
Now , a unexampled video post toFacebookgives rooter an early look at Thompson in part of her makeup as the character . The new telecasting , a candid walk of life through an outdoor set during downtime , was posted to the social media web site by theatre director Waititi and feature Thompson along with Chris Hemsworth and other on - site actors and plastic film personnel joking around about their presence on the set - in particular what they are and are not meant to reveal about the highly - closelipped upcoming film . Part of that joking around ends up admit Thompson ’s odd - look facial makeup , which is entail to be part of her costume in the existent film .
While the Valkyrie of the comics istypically depictedlooking like an otherwise normal homo being have on mediaeval - style armour , the Marvel film have not been shy about give a more stylised look to the Asgardian characters in theThorfilms , in keeping with the strange sci - fi / fantasy aesthetic established for the enfranchisement . So while Thompson ’s face paint ( a serial of symmetrical snowy lines above and below her eye ) does n’t equalize any straightaway intimate version of the character from the comic , the literary genre - turn away logical system of theMarvel Cinematic Universefilmes intend that any identification number of alternate takes are possible .
Still to be discovered : What the rest of Valkyrie ’s uniform will await like in the finished film . In addition to armor like to Thor ’s , the character in the comic strip traditionally convey a wizard sword ( a version of which Marvel hasalready shown off ) , wears a large cape and occasionally travels by means of a wing white horse . The heroine is based on figures from Norse mythology , who were said to transport fallen warriors to the hereafter .
And while the new look is improbable to quiet those lover who so strenuously objected to the graphic symbol ’s ethnicity being alter for the moving-picture show , Waititi has indicate in the past times that such issues are not his care . In fact , he’spreviously maintainedthat increase the diversity of theThorfilms and the broader Marvel sandbox by telephone extension are both important to him and informed the casting and character - designing of the motion-picture show overall .
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Tessa Thompson wearing part of her Valkyrie makeup for Thor: Ragnarok.
