Karen Gillan has confirmed that herGuardians of the Galaxycharacter, Nebula, will be appearing inThor: Love and Thunder. The actress has been quarantining in a hotel in Sydney, whereThor: Love and Thunderwill be filming, leading many fans to assume she will be appearing in the movie.
While bored in quarantine,Karen Gillan took part in an Instagram storytrend where she answered assumptions about herself. One user suggested that the Scottish actress was wearing a wig in “preparation” (for her appearance in the movie), to which she answered, “I’m not, this is the real deal! This is my hair, I cut it the other day in preparation for Nebula, so that we don’t have to like get so much hair into the bald cap, because I have so much hair it’s unbelievable, it’s just so thick.” This statement confirmed that she was indeed quarantining in Sydney to play Nebula inThor: Love and Thunder.
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Karen Gillan’s first appearance in the Marvel universe as Nebula was in 2014’sGuardians of the Galaxy, and she famously shaved her entire head for the role.She reprised her role as NebulainGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,Avengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgame. At the end ofEndgame, Nebula flew off into space with Thor and the rest of the Guardians.Thor: Love and Thunderpicks up some time after that moment.
Karen Gillan isn’t the onlyGuardians of the Galaxycast member to appear inThor: Love and Thunder, with Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Sean Gunn, and Pom Klementieff also quarantining in Sydney for the film. These cast members are joined in the film by Chris Hemsworth returning as Thor and Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, who was last seen leading Asgardians as they started again on Earth.
Natalie Portman will be returning as Jane Foster, and it has been confirmed that the film will see her take up the powers of Thor as seen in theMighty Thorcomics. Christian Bale will be joining the film as villain Gorr the God Butcher, whileMatt Damon landing in Sydneyhas led to rumors that he will be appearing in the film after his cameo inThor: Ragnarok.
Audiences will have to wait and see how all of these characters and storylines come together. Filming on most Marvel productions was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and production onThor: Love and Thunderis only just beginning. In the meantime, Marvel fans can look forward to the release ofmany Marvel films and TV seriesduring 2021.
Thor: Love and Thunderis set to be released in theatres July 24, 2025.
