Loki will return in Thor: Love and Thunder —but he won't be portrayed by Tom Hiddleston.

During an interview on The Jess Cagle ShowMatt Damon confirmed that he will reprise his role as Actor Loki in Taika Waititi's upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film. This comes a few months after set photos from the movie showcasing Damon dressed as Loki from Thor: Ragnarok leaked online. Damon will be joined by Luke Hemsworth and Sam Neill, who will reprise their roles as Actor Thor and Actor Odin, respectively.

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"I don't know if it's secret or not, though everybody knows I went down there to shoot," Damon said. "I think they sussed out, because paparazzi took pictures of us, so that they sussed out what we were doing. We were kind of reprising a cameo that we, that Luke Hemsworth and I did in the last one. And we had a ball and so Taika [Waititi] had us back again, to kind of run that joke back and upgrade it a little bit."

Damon, Neill and Luke Hemsworth made their MCU debuts in Ragnarok. As Asgardian stage actors, they were commissioned by Hiddleston's Loki — who was posing as Odin at the time — to perform a play reenacting the events of Thor: The Dark World in favor of the God of Mischief. Based on the leaked Love and Thunder photos, it appears they will be performing the scene from Ragnarok where Odin dies.

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Damon's confirmation only adds to the already star-studded cast of Love and Thunder, which will feature the return of Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, Jaimie Alexander's Sif and Waititi's Korg. Natalie Portman's Jane Foster is also set to return after sitting out Ragnarok with a superpower upgrade, as she is set to wield Mjolnir and become another version of Thor.

The film will also feature some of the Guardians of the Galaxy, including Chris Pratt's Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Pom Klementieff's Mantis, Dave Bautista's Drax the Destroyer, Karen Gillan's Nebula and Vin Diesel's Groot. New characters include Russell Crowe's Zeus and Christian Bale's Gorr the God Butcher.

Thor: Love and Thunder will open in theaters on May 6, 2022.

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