NATALIE PORTMAN Doubts She’ll Appear in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

By on Monday, September 2nd, 2013

I’m still not 100% sure how Marvel’s managed to nab so many A-list leading ladies for their “damsel in distress” roles. Gwyneth Paltrow, Liv Tyler, Natalie Portman (sorry, I adore Hayley Atwell as much as the next fanboy, but she isn’t exactly the top tier of Hollywood)… every last one of these actresses held far more box office clout than their male counterparts. So why’d they choose to play second fiddle?

Well, in a recent interview, Natalie Portman playfully lamented that she’d never become a superhero, saying:

“I think I blew it. Because once you are Jane, then you are like, ‘Oh my God, I am a superhero over here,’ then you can’t be another character in a Marvel movie.”

Fair enough. Waste of an amazing actor, but fair enough. I certainly wouldn’t want to watch Jane Foster transform into a bizarre superhero version of herself. If they were to even approach such a story, I’m sure they’d lean too greatly on Thor’s mythos, and transform Portman into a pseudo-Valkyrie… which is just plain Jane boring (terrible pun intended).

Though, I would hope to see Natalie Portman, along with Gwyneth Paltrow, appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Again, sorry to Atwell (and Liv Tyler) but their characters aren’t as central to their respective heroes.

More to the point, though, Portman candidly stated that she probably won’t return for Age of Ultron. Saying…

“I don’t think I would fit in very well. They are all superheroes. (laughs) […] They haven’t asked me, so we will see.”

Well, what do you think? Relegating Portman and Paltrow to “girlfriend duty” seems like an absolute waste of talent.

SOURCE: Static

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  • Steph

    The reason Marvels cinematic universe is working is because they keep the characters stories going forward and intersecting. I really don’t see how Pepper could not be involved in the Avengers just a little like last time. How do you explain how the one thing he couldn’t live without just all of a sudden isn’t there. Haven’t seen Thor yet so can’t speak of Jane’s relationship with Thor.

    • Unleash The Fanboy

      Check out Thor. IT’s a lot of fun

  • Lola

    She was terrible in the first Thor. I rather see Hayley Atwell and Cobie, they were great female characters! And I also wouldn’t mind Goopy suiting up again in Avengers 2, she has such a great chemistry with RDJ and she was kick ass in IM3.

  • Chris Humphries

    Actually the choice in Iron Man 3 to make Pepper all superhero-y was an awful attempt by the film to give her some action scenes, and she’d have been better sticking with her “girlfriend role”. I mean, there are ways to make a love interest *interesting* without giving her powers to rival her superhero boyfriend. Pepper has this down because she gets to kick Tony’s butt when he’d being too much of a dick. (Part of why the end of IM3 was so overdone…)
    Jane could do with a little more action but she doesn’t need to have superpowers to do that – the challenge would be making her useful as she is, that is to say – human.
    That said, I’d love to see Jane and Pepper become friends… they have a lot in common actually, I was waiting the first time I was watching Avengers for her to have a scene with Pepper, both at home while the boys were out saving the world finding that common ground. I really hope she is written into Avengers 2 – Jane deserves more than just an ID photo on a screen and an assurance of safety!

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