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“Thor: Love and Thunder” is a lot of things, good and bad depending on who you talked to. One thing it unquestionably has is a ridiculous amount of talent in front of the camera. Had things gone anothere way, anothere talented actress would have been in the movie as well.\u00a0Lena Headey who was a key part of the cast of “Game of Thrones,”<\/a> having played Cersei Lannister in HBO’s fantasy series, shot some scenes for the 2022 Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel. However, they didn’t make the final cut.\u00a0<\/p>\n So, why did director Taika Waititi cut them out and what would those scenes have looked like? We now know.<\/p>\n In a recent interview with Screen Rant<\/a>, Headey confirmed that she filmed scenes for “Love and Thunder.” What’s more, her scenes took place alongside Angus Sampson and the Oscar-winning star of “The Holdovers” Da’Vine Joy Randolph<\/a>. What were they up to in the scenes that didn’t make it to theaters? Here’s what Headey had to say about it:<\/p>\n “I wasn’t in it, but I worked on it. There were three of us. We were [a] coven of witches. I think it was Taika’s invention, and they were kind of Thor’s guide in the underworld, but they were very, very funny and kind of insane. I think there was this whole story of like, ‘They got fired,’ when actually it was just like, ‘What are they doing here?’ But I think the intention was to find this land for them to have their own adventures. It was myself, Angus Sampson, and Da’Vine Joy [Randolph], so it was quite a trio of madness.”<\/p>\n “Oh, she’s a delight. She is a joy. She is a divine joy,” Headey added. “So yeah, bummer that we didn’t make the cut.”<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Lena Headey’s Thor: Love and Thunder scenes were left on the cutting room floor<\/p>\n
HBO<\/p>\n Lena Headey makes it sound like Marvel Studios and\/or Disney called into question what Taika Waititi was trying to do with these scenes. As a result, they never made it to the final edit.<\/p>\n Whether or not these scenes would have benefitted or hurt the movie is unknowable. What we can say for sure is that “Thor: Love and Thunder” featured quite a few major cameos<\/a>, including the Guardians of the Galaxy, in addition to introducing new characters like Zeus played by Russell Crowe. That’s just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n Natalie Portman made her long-awaited MCU return as Jane Foster, while Christian Bale played the villain Gorr the God Butcher. Adding a coven of witches would have further contributed to the overstuffed proceedings.<\/p>\n Waititi helped reinvent the “Thor” franchise with 2017’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” but his follow-up was largely seen as a step down. Josh Spiegel in his review for \/Film called “Thor: Love and Thunder” was billed as a “shaky attempt to recapture lightning in a bottle.”<\/a> While the movie was a hit taking in $761 million\u00a0at the box office, the critical sentiment was shared by many, including franchise star Chris Hemsworth.<\/p>\n
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