FILM · 2017 · USA
Thor: Ragnarok
- Directed by
- Taika Waititi
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Studio
- Marvel Studios
273 archived facts 7 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Sep 2026
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
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Thor: Ragnarok: 17 Facts About the Characters and Cast
- #010
Cate Blanchett agreed to take part in this film to please her children, who are Marvel comics fans. Blanchett's eldest son, Dashiell John Blanchett Upton, suggested she take on the role of Hela, saying it would be a step forward in her career.
- #013
While Chris Hemsworth plays Thor in this film, his older brother Luke plays the actor Thor in the film. Their younger brother Liam was considered for the role of Thor.
- #018
Chris Hemsworth had to get strong again for the role of Thor. He had to follow a strict diet, exercise six to seven times a week and consume about six thousand calories a day.
- #060
Chris Hemsworth's trainer Luke Zocchi explained that Hemsworth built twenty kilos of muscle for his role in this film, pushing his weight over two hundred kilos and following an "old-school bodybuilding regime lifting a large weight-load for small number of reps." Zocchi revealed that the body part Hemsworth most enjoyed training was his biceps, saying: "We design the training around the body parts he'll show the most, he'll show his arms and shoulders (through the sleeveless armor), so that's what we really focus on developing. He probably lifts an average of thirty kilos per dumbbell in each hand, so we're always doing seated incline curls, standing curls and hammer curls. We started lighter and gradually, progressively, went heavier." Zocchi said that for this film they tried to present Hemsworth's best physique to date.
- #106
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Although Natalie Portman refused to reprise the role of Dr. Jane Foster in this film, she eventually returned and even took on the role of Thor in the Phase 4 Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder (2022).
- #125
Four of the male actors have appeared in at least one Star Trek film: Karl Urban (Skurge) played Dr. McCoy in Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016); Chris Hemsworth (Thor) was Lieutenant George Kirk in Star Trek (2009); Benedict Cumberbatch (Dr. Strange) played Khan Noonien Singh in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013); and Sir Idris Elba (Heimdall) played Krall in Star Trek Beyond (2016). In addition, guest star Clancy Brown (Surtur) took the role of Zobral in an episode of the first season of Star Trek: Enterprise (2001).
- #139
Thor's first screen appearance was as the second lead in The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), a Hulk-centered television film.
- #148
Zachary Levi, who plays Fandral, filmed lines for his character that were cut from the film. He originally shouted "For Asgard!" while attacking Hela. In the released version of the film, he is the only one of the Warriors Three with no dialogue.
- #170
At around 54 minutes in, The Incredible Hulk's line "There is no Banner, only Hulk!" is a parody of the famous line from Ghostbusters (1984): "There is no Dana, only Zuul!" Chris Hemsworth appeared in Ghostbusters (2016).
- #186
Jeff Goldblum auditioned to play Bruce Banner in Hulk (2003) and was reconsidered for the role in The Incredible Hulk (2008).
- #237
Taika Waititi wanted Joe Manganiello, probably for the role of Skurge, but he turned down the offer due to a scheduling conflict.
- #247
At the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con, Jaimie Alexander said she would reprise her role as Sif in a very pivotal part of Thor: Ragnarok.
- #251
Mark Ruffalo was finalizing a deal to reprise his role as Bruce Banner / Hulk in Thor: Ragnarok, which was confirmed shortly after.
- #255
Stellan Skarsgård, who played Erik Selvig in earlier Thor films, said in November 2015 that he was contracted to appear in Thor: Ragnarok if Marvel wanted him, but he later confirmed he would not be in the film.
- #259
In May, Marvel confirmed Cate Blanchett and Tessa Thompson for the film, announced Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster and Karl Urban as Skurge, and revealed that Idris Elba and Anthony Hopkins would reprise their roles of Heimdall and Odin.
- #264
Chris Hemsworth had hoped Thor: Ragnarok would have a lighter tone than the previous Thor films, especially the second one, in a similar vein to Guardians of the Galaxy.
- #265
Chris Hemsworth said the earlier Thor films had less naivety, fun or humor than the first, and that Thor: Ragnarok aimed to do something unexpected and return to a sense of adventure and fun so the character and film would not become predictable.
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