Mark Ruffalo Reveals Cate Blanchett is Playing a Villain in THOR: RAGNAROK

About a month ago, we heard that Cate Blanchett was in talks to join the cast of Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok, which would certainly get my attention and make me more interested in the movie than I would be otherwise (the Thor films are my least favorite in the MCU). Her role is still a mystery, but at the time, Joey hoped that Blanchett may be playing Hela, the Goddess of Death, and there's even been some fan art that imagines what she might look like in that part.

Now The Playlist has pointed us to an ET interview with Mark Ruffalo, who is reprising his role(s) of Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the new movie, and he dropped a big hint about her involvement:

"I saw her at the Governors' banquet here and heard that maybe she was circling, they were talking to her about the part, so I ran up to her and I was like, 'Please, please, please make this work!' She's just one of the best, and to have her play a baddie is going to be really exciting."

Now that doesn't necessarily mean she'll be playing Hela, but it's a distinct possibility. And considering that there have been early rumors that this film will contain Marvel's first cinematic female villain, there's also a chance Blanchett could be suiting up as the MCU's Enchantress (not to be confused with Cara Delevigne's incarnation in Suicide Squad and the DC movie universe). Either way, it'll be cool to see her face off against Thor in some capacity, and I'm hoping her deal goes through so we can add that to a new director and a dark story on the list of things that might make this Thor film better than the previous entries.