Tessa Thompson Talks Valkyrie’s Sexuality in Thor: Love and Thunder

With the return of Jane Foster, the addition of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and a villain as evil as Gorr the God Butcher, Thor: Love and Thunder has lots occurring. That’s why, whereas Tessa Thompson’s character Valkyrie is, certainly, queer within the new movie, it doesn’t sound prefer it’s a giant a part of that story.

“It becomes the only storyline, particularly in a movie like this where you don’t, frankly, have a lot of room for storyline,” Thompson told Yahoo. “So there was a lot of conversation in terms of how to treat that with Valkyrie. And I feel really good, personally, about where we got to.”

Back in 2019, when information first broke of this fourth Thor movie, whereas most headlines have been in regards to the return of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, who’d change into the Mighty Thor, there was additionally the revelation that Valykrie was going to be the primary LGBTQIA hero within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That truly ended up being Bryan Tyree Henry’s Phastos in Eternals, nevertheless it was nonetheless a giant a part of the event of Thor: Love and Thunder.

“We talked about it a lot, it was big topic of conversation,” Thompson stated. “Because I think rightfully there’s this real want in audiences to see characters be very clearly queer or LGBTQIA inside these spaces. And I think it’s hugely important to have representation.”

However, even when King Valkyrie doesn’t discover her Queen in Thor: Love and Thunder, the actress believes it might occur sooner or later. “I hope that she’s a character that fans continue to connect to, that we have a lot of time to explore her, in all of her humanity,” she stated. “But whether or not she finds love in this movie doesn’t mean she’s not still a fabulous queer character that is open to finding love when it makes sense.”

Thor: Love and Thunder opens July 8.

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