ZEUS - Russell Crowe

Props to the spanish youtuber who got the scoop first.
He speculated that it could be Zeus and theorized it had to do with Gorr's journey to take out all the gods.

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According to Deadline apparently it's a cameo. I think BRB will be more of a substancial role.
Regarding this being Taika's last movie, i doubt it, back when he did Ragnarok he wanted to do his trilogy of Thor movies. It all depends on how TLT performs also Chris Hemsworth already said that he'll continue playing the character.

 

Sad news.

 

As far as great casting goes, Russell Crowe as Zeus is pretty spot on. I love mythologic based stuff and I can’t wait to see him portray one of the Marvel Skyfathers.

I speculate the inclusion of Zeus will have 2 purposes in the overall scheme of things.
- First and foremost Zeus will probably serve to establish Gorr as a threat. One could say that Zeus is on par with Odin and for him to fall at the hand of Gorr would really drive the point home that Gorr is not to be messed with.

- Secondly the introduction of Zeus will also serve to continue to establish the olympians in the MCU eventually bringing Hercules to the fold. And I used the word “continue” because the olympians have already been hinted at in Ragnarok with the Ares statue in The Grandmaster’s tower.



I also think that the character could have a slightly more substancial role than just a cameo since Russell Crowe talked about having filmed for several days.