Who would you cast as Classic Loki’s Thor?

I was having trouble shutting my brain off before bed. Started thinking about variants and their counterparts & teammates.

My brain decided on Viggo Mortensen, as Classic Thor, to play against Richard E. Grant’s Loki, since they’re around the same age.

Who would you have cast with or opposite of Sylvie or any of the other variants? This could be for any of the Earths, John Krasinski’s Reed Richards, etc.

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GrepekEbi2025-10-21 19:20

I think you nailed it, I can’t think of anyone that would be better

Learnin2Shit2025-10-21 19:25

Agreed.

kennyofthegulch2025-10-21 19:24

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beekeeper_atlamont2025-10-21 19:30

I see the Dolph as well.

UchihaSukuna12025-10-21 20:39

"Thor, save your brother! Doom's coming for Loki. Save hi-"

"He's a Variant, and adopted."

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DocDerry2025-10-21 19:52

You would cast the Punisher as Thor? Why not cast Kingpin as Thor as well? Or the dad from that Charlie disney show? /s

He would have made a great 80's Thor. Sam Jones would have been ok as well.

ilion2025-10-21 19:55

Hey those are both great Thors!

DocDerry2025-10-21 20:01

I've been a Thor fan since the early 80s. The first thing I remember Vincent Donofrio in was "Adventures in Babysitting" and he played "Thor" the towtruck hero. The guy from "Shut up charlie?" or whatever it was called was in the Hulk Returns as Thor. Dolph as The Punisher was decent.

Ancient_Ad712025-10-21 21:07

That was the same year he did "Platoon"... that was the film that made people take notice.

ilion2025-10-21 21:33

Haha Good Luck Charlie. My kids watched it a lot. (It was one of the better shows of that type and time. It was a low bar.) Couldn't believe it when I saw the dad was Thor. He did great with what he had. And Donofrio was amazing as always.

Runethe14122025-10-22 08:57

Jameson as Thor

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HyruleBalverine2025-10-23 06:12

Nah, that's Odin!

Jumpy_Cup_84262025-10-23 04:22

I mean they cast the Punisher as Volstagg so this would kinda follow the trend of Punisher actors becoming Asgardians

CharacterOld86912025-10-22 02:57

This is the correct answer.

CommodoreCrowbar2025-10-22 03:20

I’d be so down to hear Dolph bellow “I am burdened with glorious purpose!”

kennyofthegulch2025-10-22 03:21

That's not something Thor says...

CommodoreCrowbar2025-10-22 03:22

Ah - after rereading the prompt, I see my error. I thought we were discussing Dolph being an older Loki, which got me excited.

clocktickmakemecrazy2025-10-21 19:26

Mads Mikkelson?

PLZ_N_THKS2025-10-21 19:27

The only name that popped into my head was Dolph Lundgren.

mantis82025-10-22 04:46

only if we can get him in a hot mesh tank top

Jeffhole2025-10-22 13:48

He's in Asgard fighting crime, back at the lab with jane, full penetration, asgard crime, lab full pen...

Bongsley_Nuggets2025-10-22 19:04

What if he can smell lightning before it even happens?

Ok_Signature34132025-10-21 19:27

I think that’s great casting, I could definitely see it

doomtune2025-10-21 19:27

Paul McGann

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 19:39

I could imagine him delivering one hell of a “I say thee, Nay!”

Legomarioboy082025-10-21 19:40

You know when I wished for the 8th and 10th Doctors to meet I didn’t think it would happen like that

FX1142025-10-21 21:00

It's wild how many alternate Doctors Richard E. Grant has been.

ThePurpleSoul702025-10-22 05:31

9th, technically.

Grant was the Shalka Doctor, which was the canon 9th Doctor for like two years before Eccleston came along.

Though now he's kind of canon again? It's odd.

Legomarioboy082025-10-22 05:33

[He was actually the 10th Doctor before he was ever the 9th actually](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM&t=572s&pp=2AG8BJACAcoFFGN1cnNlIG9mIGZhdGFsIGRlYXRo)

ThePurpleSoul702025-10-22 05:34

Ah yes, but that was never canon. Only ever a Comic Relief special. Shalka Doctor was technically canon for a bit!

APracticalGal2025-10-21 19:57

If only we still had Richard Griffiths to play the world's weirdest Odin

TheGreatGonzo-SFA2025-10-22 15:01

We've gone to Midgard by mistake!

wantttochat2025-10-21 19:38

Ted Levine

Outrageous-Pride-5652025-10-21 19:39

Sadie Sink

justduett2025-10-21 20:09

Should have spoiler tagged this one. How did you know this is her BND role?!

newPhntm2025-10-22 01:40

Zendaya

Antrikshy2025-10-22 07:17

Jacob Batalon

DrawingSlight52292025-10-21 19:42

Aziz ansari.

DuckyHornet2025-10-21 19:42

Old Loki's Thor could be noone else but Jamie Kennedy

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 20:20

The responses are starting to make me want a SNL MCU auditions skit.

BatDubb2025-10-21 19:43

Vincent D’Onofrio

doctorStrange12182025-10-21 20:00

He's already played Thor

BatDubb2025-10-21 20:13

You don’t say.

XseCrystal2025-10-22 15:25

Elite ball knowledge

Cineball2025-10-22 02:46

I'd love to see D'Onofrio with the long blond hair, in the trucker hat and tank top, in his mid 60's, sitting on a throne made from a bench seat and car scraps as metalhead godking Thor.

Remote_Orange_83512025-10-21 19:43

Vincent D'Onofrio.

Citizen_Kong2025-10-21 19:43

Paul McGann.

tyagu0012025-10-21 19:44

Walton Goggins

plowerd2025-10-21 19:46

Danny DeVito.

Adorable-Bit68162025-10-21 19:48

Danny devito

Uatu1999992025-10-21 19:56

Brian Blessed

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 20:05

I considered him. Wanted him for Volstagg in this universe.

MusicLikeOxygen2025-10-21 20:13

He should be their Odin.

friskyspatula2025-10-22 15:07

SOMEONE GET MARVEL ON THE LINE NOW!!! THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

graveybrains2025-10-22 13:43

"Loki's *alive?!*"

Riley__642025-10-21 19:58

Eric Allan Kramer as a nod to him being the first actor to play Thor in live action

United_Pineapple_9322025-10-21 19:59

Eric Allan Kramer from 1988 Hulk…

As part of Thor corps and Old Loki’s brother.

ExultantSandwich2025-10-23 06:32

That would be a really cool pull. Marvel doesn’t have a whole lot of legacy content to pull from, but I always loved how DC’s shows weren’t afraid to keep bringing back John Wesley Shipp, or Helen Slater and Erica Durance as Supergirl’s moms

brown-tube2025-10-21 20:03

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Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 20:24

Classic Thor doesn’t need to be super jacked.

Wooden-Radish-90082025-10-21 20:36

Yeah, I was just thinking how absolutely fucking jacked Anthony Hopkins got for Odin.

Electro_Llama2025-10-21 20:07

Looking at former wrestlers-turned-actors for the body type who are still alive (RIP Hulk Hogan), I'd say [Kevin Nash](https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0621760/). He even looked a bit like Chris Hemsworth with the long hair.

GreasyStool882025-10-22 08:45

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WWE actor you say? Thor beer scene: “ANOTHER!”

Moon_Beans12025-10-21 20:08

Brad Pitt. I mean they're similar ages.

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Maca1kanobi2025-10-21 20:09

Angus McFadyen or Kris Kristoffesen as Thor
And
James Cosmo or Brian Blessed as Odin

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 20:31

Hmm, I might put Angus MacFadyen down as my Baldur.

Maca1kanobi2025-10-21 20:40

Hell yeah..!

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 21:28

I do like James Cosmo for Odin.

kennyofthegulch2025-10-21 21:11

Brian Blessed as Odin is MAGICAL.

Cineball2025-10-22 02:51

He would be an absolutely wonderful choice, what with Blessed's affinity for wildlife. I can just see him strolling the halls of Asgard, great dire wolf hounds at his side, casually feeding seeds and berries to the ravens perched on his shoulders.

DTPVH2025-10-22 03:52

Kristofferson would make for a killer Old King Thor, if not for the obvious.

SWPrequelFan815662025-10-21 20:13

Lundgren

TEZofAllTrades2025-10-21 20:17

Opposite Richard E Grant? Sean Bean?

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Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 20:27

I was imagining him as Tyr. Still trying to think up a Baldur for this universe.

JonS90_2025-10-22 09:37

Hugh Grant?

Sue_Generoux2025-10-21 21:58

>Sean Bean

I guess you just want Thor to die.

TEZofAllTrades2025-10-21 22:02

That’s what created their incursion ;)

Wooden_Passage_26122025-10-21 20:19

Brad pitt

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AsterArtworks2025-10-21 20:25

You got the perfect cast right there, a perfect classic Thor

Dave_Eddie2025-10-21 20:37

If hes supposed to be the same age then it has to be Kenneth Brannah to ham it up alongside Grant and pay homage to his Thor links.

https://www.islingtontribune.co.uk/media/2023/11/Kenneth-Branagh-and-Eleanor-de-Rohan-photo-by-Johan-Persson.jpg.

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-21 21:09

I was thinking Fandral because of how he looked in Hamlet.

Usual-Caregiver55892025-10-21 22:08

Agreed. Also its just funny.

Antrikshy2025-10-22 07:16

I'm picturing him with his Poirot mustache.

heidly_ees2025-10-21 23:16

It works so well since he directed the first two Thor films too

lolzidop2025-10-21 23:47

Only the first one, 2nd one was Alan Taylor

bluesheepreasoning2025-10-22 01:13

Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?

Bing_Bong_the_Archer2025-10-22 05:43

FUCK that’s perfect

monkeyman_312025-10-21 20:44

Eric allen kramer

Nippy_Hades2025-10-21 21:04

Kenneth Branagh

Ancient_Ad712025-10-21 21:09

I'd like to see Tom Hiddleston playing classic Loki.

alkonium2025-10-21 21:20

I like the idea of Kenneth Branagh, partially because he directed the first Thor movie.

No_Poet_12792025-10-21 21:35

Brannagh

dexatrosin2025-10-21 21:42

Kenneth Branagh

Sue_Generoux2025-10-21 21:59

Brendan Gleeson

Kuzu92025-10-21 22:28

Rainn Wilson as Dr. Doom, the opposite of John Krasinski’s Reed Richards

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Careless_Royal82092025-10-21 23:02

Eric Kramer.

theabominablewonder2025-10-21 23:34

Stephen Fry

Reinier_Reinier2025-10-22 00:39

Either Sam J. Jones, Dolph Lundgren or Eric Allan Kramer (the Thor from the Incredible Hulk TV Movie).

Dames_to_DIE_for2025-10-22 00:47

Stephen Lang

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verissimoallan2025-10-22 00:49

Off topic, but they really nailed his classic costume from the comic books.

chickenkebaap2025-10-22 00:55

Craig Hemsworth

TyMonstaz22025-10-22 01:22

Thor from I think it was Trial of the Incredible Hulk

Bespashin2025-10-22 01:25

I always just assumed Richard E Grant as Classic Loki was supposed to be an aged up variant of the sacred timeline (Tom Hiddleston’s) Loki, rather than a Loki variant with a different appearance (like we got with Boastful Loki). I think you’ve hit the nail on the head with the casting, since he can pass as an aged up Chris Hemsworth

verschee2025-10-22 01:38

Jeremy Irons

SolidBriscoe2025-10-22 02:19

He’s dead but, Julian Sands. Their chemistry in Warlock was awesome.

blackbutterfree2025-10-22 03:53

Isn't that the "one does not simply" DILF from that old movie about elves and the ring?

Asian13OfSHIELD2025-10-22 04:16

You’re thinking of Sean Bean. This is the other guy in those movies. 😆

blackbutterfree2025-10-22 04:18

Ahh. Well this one's still a DILF LOL

therallykiller2025-10-22 04:15

John Rhys Davies

ThePurpleSoul702025-10-22 05:30

I love the idea of a 90s Marvel/Classic Earth. Viggo is honestly a great pick for this.

Here's a couple more I'd like to see:

* Tom Cruise as Tony Stark / Iron Man
* Brad Pitt as Clint Barton / Hawkeye
* Winona Ryder as Natasha Romanova / Black Widow
* Leonardo DiCaprio as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
* Tom Hanks as Hank Pim / Ant-Man

AlfWoozy2025-10-22 06:43

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Barry Bostwick

TennysonEStead2025-10-22 08:29

It would take a physical trainer, but it's Patrick Stewart.

Sphism2025-10-22 10:24

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tideshark2025-10-22 10:41

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Marc Singer from Beastmaster!

UltimateRagingSpider2025-10-22 10:46

Shiii, I remember him in the Green Book with Mahershala Ali. Great movie.

collinwade2025-10-22 13:38

Vincent D’onofrio from Adventures in Babysitting

Jack_Sentry2025-10-22 13:40

Vincent D’Onfrio as All-Father Thor. He deserves a second chance at the role.

Ivan_Redditor2025-10-22 14:27

Unrelated, but I’d like to think he’s 828’s Loki.

alexjf562025-10-22 14:42

Viggo would be awesome

latkesfortheEG2025-10-22 15:01

Obviously Hugh Grant

Unhappy_Sob1082025-10-22 17:18

Eric Kramer

netoholic2025-10-23 03:57

Chris Hemsworth with dyed blond eyebrows.

LostGolems2025-10-23 04:11

Danny devito

Bitter-Stranger28632025-10-23 05:13

Eric Allen Cramer, who played Thor alongside Lou Forrigno’s Hulk in The Incredible Hulk Returns back in 1988

EarlyXplorerStuds2092025-10-23 11:40

Yes yess yesss 100 times yess viggoo odinson for the winnn!!

Batmanfan19662025-10-23 20:50

I like to think he’s the Loki in the [Hulk tv show](https://imgix.bustle.com/uploads/image/2020/10/2/dd2cb179-8191-471a-9c8f-745f5f7c5b04-hulk-thor.jpg?w=1200&h=900&fit=crop&crop=faces&fm=jpg) universe, as Thor made an appearance there and this Loki matches the design style of that show