- Natalie Portman as Mighty Thor and Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Marvel Studios' "Thor: Love and Thunder."Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios
- Natalie Portman said that she felt like the "new kid" filming "Thor: Love and Thunder."
- All of Portman's co-stars and director had worked on 2017's "Thor: Ragnarok" without her.
- Portman added that she felt both a "veteran" and a "rookie."
- Natalie Portman said she felt like an "outsider" when she first joined the set of "Thor: Love and Thunder."
The film, which opens in theaters on Friday, is Portman's first full appearance in a Marvel film since "Thor: The Dark World" in 2013. While in previous films Portman's character, Jane Foster, was the Thor's love interest in "Love and Thunder" prepares to become a hero.
Portman told Vogue Australia that it was "incredible" and "surreal" to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after nearly a decade.
However, the actress noted that she felt she had to "figure out how to fit in" because her co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson and director Taika Waititi had worked together on the previous "Thor" movie, "Ragnarok." .
"It's so weird when something is very familiar, but you're also like the new guy," the Marvel star said. "Because Chris, Tessa and Taika had worked on 'Ragnarok' together, and so successfully it was like they were all coming together and I was a rookie trying to figure out how to fit in."
Portman continued, "But they're also the nicest people, and I also know Chris and Tessa very well from previous work together, and had also done 'Thor' movies twice before. So there was a lot of familiarity and comfort in that world as well, but it was this weird mix of being the veteran and the rookie at the same time. I was there at the beginning. But at the same time, you are the outsider of this group.
The experience wasn't entirely new for Portman as she has worked with both Hemsworth on previous "Thor" movies and Thompson on the 2018 film "Annihilation."
Portman also told Vogue that her "favorite scenes" were her when she got to work with Thompson.
"There's this love and partnership that we have in real life that I think comes into the picture together," Portman said. "And seeing that kind of sisterhood reflected on screen, I think, reflected our actual experience on set, where it was such a nice thing to be able to look at my girlfriend and say, 'What's going on here! I feel this, are you feeling that too?' Just someone you can laugh with and talk about things in your workplace."
