Today we learned that Russell Crowe reveals that he will play the role of "Zeus" in the movie "Thor: Love and Thunder".
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Now, whether it is Marvel or DC, or even the current film circle, they are accustomed to putting myths from all over the world into the same world view, so it is not surprising that "Zeus" of the Greek mythology appears in the Nordic mythology .
This article extends from the news that Russell Crowe will play "Zeus", introducing the development of "Zeus" in the Marvel Universe, so that everyone can have an impression of this role before the movie is released.
Basically, the origin of Zeus in the Marvel Universe is like a myth. It overthrew his father, Kronos (Kronos), and married Hera , but still had an affair with many human women, animals, goddesses and Titans, and gave birth to many children, and even some male favorites. However, these also laid the foundation for the territory of " Olympus ".
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As for the first element of the Marvel Universe, it was around 50,000 BC. Atlantis began to worship "Zeus", which became the record of the first contact between the gods of Olympus and human civilization. Then a time-space transfer event occurred, sending Alexander and his army to the sword and magic civilization ten thousand years ago, which is the "Hyborian Age" active by the barbarian Conan. At that time, he learned that "Zeus" was an unknown god called Zoos, and obviously he was also active at that time. Then he entered Ancient Greek era, and "Zeus" and others began to be well-known to mankind.
*The birth of the "Hebrew Age" was caused by the sinking of "Atlantis". Due to the sinking relationship, the world becomes disordered and the strong prey on the weak, which is the stage of all the stories of "Sword of Kings". When Marvel obtained the copyright of the comic-related adaptation, it merged the elements of the Sword of Kings, so the "Age of Hebrew" became part of the history of the Marvel Universe. The most famous thing in this era was the birth of the first vampire through the "Dark Book", which indirectly led to the birth of the well-known hero "Blade Warrior".
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In 146 BC, Roman conquered Greece, changed the name of the gods "Olypis" and believed in it. This made gods such as "Zeus" have double the power of faith and became extremely powerful. However, in the era when Christianity was prevalent, the people no longer believed in the gods "Olypis", which made the authority of "Zeus" questioned. Among them, Hades and Ares plan to overthrow the existing regime and have the intention to become kings, but neither succeeded.
In the Viking era, "Zeus"'s son "Heclis" took his selected ancient Greek elite warriors through time and space, attacking the Nordic people protected by Tor, causing Asgard (Asgard) and Olympus to go into full war, which made "Zeus" secretly meet "Odin" and eventually mediate the conflict, and the two gods have since become allies. Then "Zeus" and "Odin" faced a higher existence than them, that is, the "Celestial Gods" of the universe gods. They said that they would come to the earth again in a thousand years to judge whether this planet has the value of continuing to exist.
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This incident led to the joining of "Zeus" and "Odin" in "Viṣṇu". The three of them summoned all the leaders of the gods on earth to form the "Council of Godheads" to join forces to fight against the threat of the "Celestial Gods". Among them, "Odin" developed the "Destroyer Armor", but they were all destroyed by the "Celestial Gods". Just as most gods were preparing for war, Gaia (Gaiah) and other goddesses found the best twelve humans, making them the new generation of the gods Young Gods, who wanted to prove the excellence of the people on earth. In the end, the "Celestial Gods" decided not to destroy the earth, and the whole incident came to an end.
Since the "Celestial God Clan" incident, in addition to not interfering in each other's internal affairs, the various gods have also begun to communicate in a large amount, but it has led to "Zeus" being framed by "Loki" spell in the 1950s, thus losing his divine power and being trapped in the fictional country Cassarobia. During this period, "Zeus" gave up his Roman title and focused on laying his own influence with the Greek name.
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To the current superhero era, "Zeus" discovered that Odin's son " Thor " joined " Avengers ", allowing the people to regain some of the Nordic gods' beliefs. Therefore, he also teamed up with human heroes and had profound interactions with his son "Heclis". He was viewed with a positive attitude. He was even inspired to set up a company called "Olympia Corporation" to enhance people's belief in Greek gods in modern ways.
However, at this time, the major incident of " Avengers Disbanded " occurred. " Ragnarok " occurred on the " Thor ", causing the Greek god to lose the ally of the Nordic god, and the Japanese evil god "Tianjin Wengxing" (Amatsu-Mikaboshi) took the opportunity to attack "Olypis". Although he defeated "Tianjin Wengxing" with the assistance of other Japanese gods and Ares, "Zeus" unfortunately died in battle, which made his soul imprisoned by Hades.
"Hecrys" tried to save his father, and in the process, let "Zeus" drink the river water of the Leather River, but "Zeus" forgot himself and became a little boy (but still possessed divine power). Later, when "Tianjin Wengxing" became a more powerful king of chaos, he tried to make the dead god become his slave, which made "Zeus" return to his adult body.
After a while, the Greek goddess of darkness Nix was angry because of her imprisonment, and based on her revenge mentality, she killed all the "Olypis" gods. But Zeus and other gods were resurrected due to the power of faith. However, after the resurrection, they became tyrants, massacred many alien races, forming a new Guardian of the Galaxy, successfully preventing their atrocities, and "Hericus" finally joined the Guardian of the Galaxy.
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Marvel Comics' new sequel movie "Thor 4: Love and Thunder" directed by Taika David Waititi, which is now being filmed in full swing in Australia. As of now, this highly anticipated sequel seems to be expected to become one of the most star-studded works in the entire series in recent years.
In addition to starring in this series, Chris Hemsworth, two familiar faces, Natalie Portman and Tessa Lynn Thompson, will be released again in this sequel, and even members of the "Guardians of the Galaxy " series will come to visit. But in addition, audiences will also see many new characters and actors who debuted for the first time in this sequel, including "Gorr," played by Kristen Bell, and "Fake" Hera, played by Melissa McCarthy. News a while ago also pointed out that a certain actor also joined the feast.
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Just a while ago, many reports mentioned that " Gladiator " actor Russell Ke Lau also secretly joined the lineup of "Thor Thor 4: Love and Thunder" and performed a "surprise character". When the actor was found appearing in Australia with the crew, news of his participation in the film spread like this, but there are still no photos of him actually appearing on the set.
After that, fans of the series were quite curious about the role he might perform and developed various speculations and theories. Although many fans think that the truth may not be revealed until the movie is officially released next year, the actor has now suddenly come forward to reveal the role he plays.
In a recent interview with Australian media, Russell Crowe easily revealed that his role in "Thor Thor 4: Love and Thunder" is "Zeus". According to this, the day was the last day he participated in the filming of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and completed his work. Although Marvel Studios has not confirmed the news yet, the Russell Crowe , which was involved in this series for the first time, is indeed very likely to accidentally leak this major secret.
If Russell Crow plays the role of "Zeus" in "Thor Thor 4", it is indeed a "surprise character". Before this, Marvel Studios did not seem to be planning to directly disclose the actor's participation, let alone the role he played. Zeus is likely to become an extremely important character in the movie. This Greek god from Olympus is closely related to many Marvel characters, and his appearance can certainly open up more possibilities related to the Greek gods for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The most representative character is of course "Hecrics", the son of Zeus. This hero has a lot of scenes in the original Marvel comics and can also bring endless potential in the Marvel cinematic universe; Zeus and Olympus may also be related to the upcoming "The Eternals", and the introduction of this character has created many foreshadowings for the subsequent.
In addition, since the main villain in this movie is "Godslayer" Gore, there are more likely other gods to appear in this movie, even confronting the villain or being killed by him. If the character played by Russell Crowe is indeed Zeus, and this character has successfully survived Gore's conspiracy to kill God, he may be able to make his debut again in the Marvel Cinematic Universe works in the future.
"Thor Thor 4: Love and Thunder" is expected to be released on February 28, 2022.
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