Rene Russo Joins ‘Thor’

Rene Russo joining the cast of “Thor” led to the best headline I’ve seen all year—Ain’t It Cool News reports that “Anthony Hopkins Boinks Rene Russo in THOR!!!”

Russo will be playing Thor’s stepmother, Frigga, the Queen of Asgard and Odin’s (obviously Anthony Hopkins in the film) wife.

Kenneth Branagh, who has tackled Victor Frankenstein, Hamlet, and is my personal favorite Iago, is directing the film. 

Cinema Blend reported earlier this morning that the link to the original Variety article is now broken and has been removed from the website, and that the report may be untrue, but updated their article that the link has been restored and apparently so has the validity of this casting.

The film’s cast also includes Kat Dennings, Idris Elba, Stuart Townsend (*drool*), Ray Stevenson, and Tadanobu Asano.

Production is scheduled to begin in January.