Brett Goldstein arrives at Apple’s “Ted Lasso” season two premiere.Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty
Warning: The following contains spoilers forThor: Love and Thunder.
Brett Goldsteinwasn’t risking the wrath of the Marvel powers that be when it came to keeping his cameo inThor: Love and Thunderunder wraps — even where his own family was concerned.
The 42-year-old actor makes a surprise cameo as Hercules, the son ofRussell Crowe’s Zeus, during a mid-credits scene in the recently released superhero epic.
“My mom and dad, I sent them a text and said, ‘I’ve just seenThor.’ I knew it’s not the kind of film they’d see. I said, ‘You should go see it. It’s funny,’ " theEmmywinner recalled.
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Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth inThor: Love and Thunder(2022).Jasin Boland/Marvel Studios
Goldstein said his mother texted him “all the way through the film” when she saw it, giving him a “running commentary.”
“It gets to the end bit, where it shows Russell Crowe. … My mom texts me’Russell Crowe’s in it again,he’s very funny.' I go, ‘F—ing look up at the screen!’ " he added.
The actor also said he isn’t “lying or being coy” when he says he knows “nothing” about the future of his character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “All I know is what I did that day and that’s it. That could be it. It was a fun three seconds,” Goldstein toldVariety.
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InLove and Thunder,Chris Hemsworth’s Thor bests Zeus, who’s out for revenge in the mid-credits scene — and he is shown enlisting his son, Goldstein’s Hercules, to lead the charge.
And Goldstein’s mom and dad weren’t the only ones in the dark about him taking the role. As hisTed Lassocostar and real-life friendHannah Waddinghamrecalled toVarietyMonday, “He said to me, ‘I’ve been offered this thing … do you guys think I should do it?’ "
“I went, ‘Are you mental? Are you actually having a little bit of a moment? You’re seriously thinking that you mightnotplay Hercules?’ " said Waddingham, 47.
She added, “Then he didn’t tell me he bloody did it! So everyone was like ‘Brett Goldstein! Brett Goldstein!’ And I was like, ‘You cheeky bastard.’ "
Thor: Love and Thunderis in theaters now.
source: people.com
