JEDDAH: Cate Blanchett is the first female villain in the Marvel universe in “Thor: Ragnarok,” according to an interview with an ET reporter on the red carpet following the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con.
“I only realized that when I got on set and you think, ‘Wow! It’s taken this long to catch up!’” she said of her role as Hela.
Blanchett said: “But you know, Marvel is catching up at a rapid, rapid rate,” she added, praising the studio’s more diverse casting practices and her fellow Marvel women. “You’ve got Captain Marvel coming out with Brie and I mean, all these incredible women who are in Black Panther ... and Scarlett (Johansson) of course.”
Blanchett, speaking of her daughter, said: “It was her first experience of being on set with me, so she thinks that’s what I do all the time,” she shared. “She thinks acting is manifesting weapons out of your hands and killing people.”
Blanchett appears in the movie as Hela, dressed in a black leather outfit, complete with dark hair, nails and heavy eye makeup, looking completely different from her usually blonde, polished self.
Hela is a fictional super villainess appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
Cate Blanchett on being Marvel’s first female villain
Cate Blanchett on being Marvel’s first female villain
