‘Thor’ star Anthony Hopkins explains the ruthless charm of Odin

Work is underway for Marvel’s Studios foruth movie. Chris Hemsworth will be talking the lead as Thor while Anthony Hopkins plays the mighty Odin.

Anthony Hopkins is ready to cross the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard. “For ‘Thor,'” he pointed out, “I don’t just play a father, I play the god-father.”

Work is underway on the fourth Marvel Studios film, and Hopkins said he is enthused about working with the cast that is led by Chris Hemsworth (who played the doomed father of James T. Kirk in “Star Trek“) as the Thunder God and Natalie Portman as his mortal love, Jane Foster.

Hopkins is taking on the role of Odin, ruler of Asgard and father of both the noble Thor and the nefarious Loki. The 72-year-old actor said it’s a meaty role for him and, like his role in “The Wolfman,” it allows him to test the tricky physics of paternal relationships.

“I’m very interested in that relationship between fathers and sons,” Hopkins said. “My father’s relationship with me was cold. He was a hot-blood character but to me, cold. When I was young, he expressed his disappointment because I was bad in school and all of that. He didn’t mean any harm, but I felt I could never meet up to his expectations.”

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