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Natalie Portman joins Marvel's 'Thor'


July 13, 2009 Natalie Portman has been cast as the female lead in "Thor," Marvel Studios' adaptation of its comic book featuring the Norse god of thunder. Portman will play Jane Foster, who in early comic book lore was a nurse who became Thor's first love. "Thor" is Marvel's stab at an epic fantasy adventure, spanning from present-day Earth to the realm of Asgard.

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