Thor: Ragnarok
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The rumors are straight - Matt Damon does indeed have a cameo inThor : Ragnarok . And he ’s right there alongside Sam Neill . Here are all the item .
Ragnarok is full of cameos . Director Taika Waititi himself act as the molybdenum - pileus Korg(who started as a bit part but grew to be essential to the plot care),Topaz is Waititi regular Rachel House , Stan Lee , of course , appears in a middling awe-inspiring cameo and there are easter eggs advert to several Marvel cartoon strip characters likeBeta Ray Bill and Man - Thing . But none of them add up close to the ever - secret plan Damon .
When Thor first give back to Asgard at the start of the film , it ’s to a creation run by Loki , who disguised himself as Odin at the end ofThor : The Dark World . And it ’s as egocentric as bear : Loki has a giant , aggrandize monument before the palace and spends his days watching a play of his reckon " expiry " . title in proper Shakespearean fashion , it reframes the issue of the previous twoThorfilms as a tragedy ; we see the end of Loki ’s death fake - out fromThe Dark World , where the God of Mischief is stage as grand and repentant - and looking very familiar .
Matt Damon is An Actor Playing Loki
TheLoki in the bid is Matt Damon , here an Asgardian actor . He act out a middling proud death , tolerate in shock as " Odin " is revealed as his real fictional character in disguise , then is n’t see again for the rest of the film .
The role is really a meta highlighting of how Loki views himself ( or need to be viewed ) ; he ’s not just changing the narrative , but casting himself as one of the most popular , handsome actors working today . Of course , it being Damon has some picky importance . He ’s a star who fans have faithfully suppose to bet major roles in the serial from its inception , so having him play Loki in - world neatly send off that up . It ’s also a atavistic toDogma , Kevin Smith ’s Catholic - tantalise comedy , in which Damon also make for a version of Loki ; prior to the MCU the trickster ’s most celebrated big screen version .
Of of course , the substantial account is that Damon ’s a real - life acquaintance of Chris Hemsworth , making this whole thing a full-grown in - jest between friends .
Sam Neill Plays Odin
It ’s not just Damon who ’s in the play . You may have also wondered if that was Sam Neill roleplay Odin . Well , it is !
Neill previously worked with Waititi inHunt for the Wilderpeoplewhere he played injured survivalist Uncle Hec , and after that sleeper hitting was discover to havea modest part in the director ’s MCU debut . inside information were kept very close , but there were a lot of far - reaching theory about the histrion play some essentialMU character with cracking Cosmic importance , or at the very least him mother aJurassic Parkreunion with Jeff Goldblum . This wound up not being the case , with him being Odin to Damon ’s Loki .
Luke Hemsworth Plays Thor
The actor playing Thor , however , may be a piffling backbreaking to spot . And that ’s kind of the joke ; it ’s none other than Luke Hemsworth , the less - placeable elder brother to Chris and Liam . He ’s perhaps best have sex forWestworld , but the joke always lean to be he ’s the " other Hemsworth " .
All three " actor " part only appear in this one scene , but presumably would have outlive the events of the film , leaving the threshold open for similar quick gags inAvengers 3or4- something that would hopefully institute in a few more famous faces into the commixture .
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