One of the most exciting additions to Thor: Ragnarok is Valkyrie, a character that fans have been hoping to see join the Marvel Cinematic Universe for quite some time now. How exactly she'll fit into the threequel remains to be seen, though it sounds like she may have moved on from fighting for Odin in order to embark on her own path (which has led to her working for The Grandmaster it seems).
"She is originally," Tessa Thompson confirmed when asked by EW is Valkyrie hails from Asgard. "When we meet her and she meets Thor in Sakaar, I can’t really say much about what she’s doing there but she does have a relationship with Jeff Goldblum’s character — it’s a business relationship. She finds Thor and brings Thor to the Grandmaster thinking he might be of interest. The rest is a secret."
As for the character's fairly unique appearance in Thor: Ragnarok, the actress told the site:
"That was sort of a Taika remix. Marvel was really great, like “Do what you will with these characters.” In Ragnarok, you’ll see a Banner like you’ve never seen before. You’ll see Thor with the short hair, which happens when he becomes this gladiator for the Grandmaster. But you really do get to see these established characters in a new way. Obviously if they were really dedicated to the source material they would not have cast me. As far as the armor, she’s such a bad ass that she doesn’t need a lot of metal to protect her. I’m essentially in leather. I have some really cool, like, chain mail like basically with my arms I can sort of shield and use them as weapons as well. I wield two daggers, which are sort of attached to me. And I also have a very special sword."
As for whether or not Valkyrie is going to be one of the many heroes who appear in Avengers: Infinity War, Thompson wouldn't reveal what's next for her but did seem to hint that it's a possibility.
"You never know where people will pop up," she teased. "In the next phase, the hope is to find ways to interweave all these characters, and certainly with Infinity War, those are the culmination of a lot of work since Iron Man. She’s part of the tapestry now. For me, it’s exciting to join at a time with young actors like Brie Larson and Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan. We’re all hopefully going to meet in one of these movies." What do you guys think of this take on Valkyrie?
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