The second trailer for Thor: Love and Thunder launched on Tuesday. The trailer launched Christian Bale’s Gorr the God Butcher, the movie’s major antagonist, and additionally included extra photographs of Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster in her new avatar because the Mighty Thor. However, a scene that caught the fans’ eye was on the very finish of the trailer.
In the scene, Thor is chained up in Mount Olympus as Zeus (Russell Crowe) zaps him in order to ‘take off his disguise’. Zeus then ‘flicks’ the disguise off however by chance removes all of Thor’s garments. Thor exclaims, “Dammit you flicked too hard!” As girls swoon and faint over seeing Thor buck bare, an extended shot from behind reveals Thor in all his glory, albeit along with his posterior blurred.
Fans have reacted somewhat wildly to the grand reveal, with many hoping that the blur gained’t be retained in the theatrical model. “Also are we getting Thor butt in this movie,” tweeted a fan with a screengrab of the second. Another tweeted, “The world is going to see chris hemsworth butt a** naked in imax.”
Many have applauded that the MCU–which has typically been criticized for being too sanitized–is lastly exploring a nude scene. One fan tweeted, “Eternals has the mcu first sex scene sort of. Thor 4 has its first nude scene?” Some fans truly praised Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi for sneaking in a nude scene in the MCU. “Leave it to Taika to give us fully nude Thor,” tweeted a fan.
Thor Love and Thunder is Taika’s second Thor providing after the much-loved Thor: Ragnarok. The movie additionally stars Tessa Thompson, Chris Pratt, Jaimie Alexander, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Jeff Goldblum, and Vin Diesel. It will be out on July 8.