Cate Blanchett Has Us Hella Excited for Hela’s Debut in The MCU

Regan But are my brother’s powers set forth? Oswald Ay, madam. Regan Himself in person there? Oswald Madam, with much ado: Your sister is the better soldier. King Lear Act 4, Scene 5 Y’all… I already didn’t know if we’d be ready for everything Cate Blanchett is finna give us in Thor: Ragnarok. But after this latest promo drop, I think I can pretty confidently say that no, we ain’t ready. Hell, I don’t think Cate Blanchett was ready for everything Cate Blanchett was finna give us in this movie. We got a glimpse of the possibilities of a Blanchett supervillain in Fellowship of the Ring when Galadriel had her lapse into evil. We’re gonna skip over her terrible Russian accent in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull because everything in that movie deserves to be skipped over and forgotten. I’m sorry I even mentioned it just now. But those of us who saw her nuanced turn as Cinderella’s nemesis, Lady Tremaine, probably knew we’d be getting a good little somethin, somethin. “Some of the happiest times have been beating people up,” Blanchett croons. “I don’t have to speak today. I can just throw axes into someone’s gut. That’s been good.”

Then she chuckles. She chuckles about disemboweling stuntmen (for fake) and not speaking any lines for the day. That’s the kind of joy an actress feels when she’s ready to bring her A+ on a 5.0 GPA scale game. That’s that shit I live for. I know it’s early to call it, but I think Hela is about to be my favorite villain in the MCU. I…