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24 November 2009
Thwoar! Kat Dennings Joins Thor
Indie babe signs up for Marvel madness
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Thwoar! Kat Dennings Joins Thor

Blimey. If the cast of Marvel’s Thor continues to swell at its current rate, pretty soon there won’t be an actor on Earth who won’t have some sort of part in it. Even Joe Swash might get the call at some point.

That’s because, hot on the heels of the news that the godlike Idris Elba has signed on to play the ungodlike Heimdall (because he’s, well, an actual god), Kat Dennings has also come on board, joining the already-cast Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Ray Stevenson, Tadanobu Asano, Stuart Townsend, Jaimie Alexander, Jedward, Jermain Defoe and the cast of the West End production of Inherit The Wind.

No word yet on who Dennings, the lovely and talented indie chick who lit up Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist with her deadpan charms (ok, we fancy her), will play in the Kenneth Branagh-directed epic, but the rumour mill has her playing an assistant to Portman’s Thor-snogging scientist, Jane Foster. In fact, Portman herself let slip the news about Dennings’ casting in an interview with MTV News. The scamp.

But while we’re here, let’s throw another bone onto the rumour fire – what if, just what if, Dennings has been tapped to play sinister villainess The Enchantress? Now that we’d like to see. But on a production as secretive as Thor, we probably won’t know for sure until it comes out on Blu-ray.
 

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But you're happy for Jermain Defoe to be in it?
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I'm the opposite to 3DCandyland. I just don't get why Empire has a hard on over this film-to-be. I stalk Dennings on Twitter. She's not mentioned the signing on there. ... Read More

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13:53, 24 November 2009 | Report This Post
Man, I'm getting excited about this movie. The cast sounds great, and Thor is a legend. Just hope this doesnt turn out to be Daredevil (unless you liked that movie, it's an insult). Speaking of legends, when are DC going to wake up and start bringing there heroes to the big screen (besides the obvious)? ... Read More

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