The Multiverse got its first look at Natalie Portman sporting Asgardian armor, holding Mjölnir (that’s the hammer), and standing beside Chris Hemsworth in a production still from Thor: Love and Thunder, which is out in theaters in early July.

The image ran in Empire Magazine alongside an interview with the film’s director and co-writer Taika Waititi. He said that Portman’s character, Dr. Jane Foster, who has not appeared in a Marvel movie since 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, will represent great change for the hammer-wielding Avenger. (Silence, comic book nerds. Re-purposed old footage in Avengers: Endgame does not count as an appearance!) 

“It’s been about eight years,” he said. “She’s had a whole other life, and then the love of your life comes back on the scene, and is now dressed like you. It’s a real mindfuck for Thor.”

Why is Portman dressed like Thor, you ask? Well, if the movie follows the blueprint of the 2015 comic book run written by Jason Aaron, Foster actually becomes Thor, now known as the Goddess of Thunder! Quaff deeply from thine goblet of mead before learning the tale!

Regarding the Oscar-winning Portman’s return, Waititi, whose comic sensibility added a new dimension to Thor: Ragnarok, said that “Natalie’s really funny in real life.” He added, “she’s kind of goofy and has got a great sense of humor, and I don’t think that was exploited enough in the first films.”

Reactions to the image were met mildly, perhaps even ignored—in a parallel universe!

Where we currently reside, people were understandably thrilled, and, Great Odin, have you looked at her arms?