Rumours have been flying around that the king of being shouty himself, Brian Blessed, has been cast as Thor’s father in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of the comic book character. There is a chance the rumour started purely becase Blessed had appeared in other Branagh movies and looked a bit like a norse god in Flash Gordon, but we’re holding out hope that it true. In fact we’d be up for it being compulsory for Blessed to appear in brief roles in all films, where he just comes in and shouts whatever’s on his mind at the time.
The movie itself isn’t due out until 2011, with Aussie Chris Hemsworth filling Thor’s might shoes. Yes, he did spend five years in Home & Away, but let’s not hold that against him, as he also appeared as George Kirk in Star Trek, while Tom Hiddleston will play Loki.