Valkyrie will be played by Tessa Thompson in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok. She rides a winged horse named Aragorn and has been tasked with assembling a new group of Valkyrior - using women from Earth this time. The current version of Valkyrie has reunited the mind and body of Brunhilde. In this form, Valkyrie joined the Defenders and fought strange menaces alongside Doctor Strange, the Hulk, Hellcat and others. Although Valkyrie herself is immortal, her soul was removed from her body and placed into the human host of a wealthy socialite Samantha Parrington. She wields a magic sword and is one of the fiercest combatants in Asgard - on par with Sif and bested only by Thor himself.Īt times, Valkyrie has been a love interest for Thor, although she has not been used in that capacity for decades. She was a woman chosen by Odin to lead the Valkyrior, warrior maidens who brought the souls of the recently deceased to the afterlife in Valhalla. Valkyrie is the title given to the Asgardian Brunhilde. The backgrounds will undoubtedly be simplified for the movie. If you can’t follow all the crazy subplots - don’t worry. So we’ve prepared a quick guide for each character to catch you up to speed. That’s a lot of new information, but these characters are likely unfamiliar to the public unless you read Thor comics. They join the already confirmed Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Idris Elba as Baldur, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Chris Hemsworth as the titular Thor. And Karl Urban and Jeff Goldblum were added to the cast as Skurge and the Grandmaster. Tessa Thompson and Cate Blanchett were confirmed as Hela and Valkyrie, respectively. We got more information on the the third installment of the Thor franchise last week.