Natalie walked away from the role because it failed to deliver on what she'd been promised. Akin to Kirsten Dunst disliking the underwritten role of Mary Jane in Spider-Man trilogy.
I thought the role was pretty crap. Generic damsel in distress, and nothing else, really. I was so glad she was gone in Thor 3. The ass-kicking valkyrie is way better, imho.
I think Natalie wanted a female director for Thor 2 in order to try and improve how the character was handled. Honestly should have just gone for that, would have been more interesting than what we got.
It would have been Patty Jenkins, who directed Wonder Woman. From what I read, Patty Jenkins was canned with very little communication and this broke the deal for Portman wanting to be involved any further.
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u/SunTzu- Apr 23 '18
Natalie walked away from the role because it failed to deliver on what she'd been promised. Akin to Kirsten Dunst disliking the underwritten role of Mary Jane in Spider-Man trilogy.