Summary
- “Thor: Love and Thunder explores the theme of family, driving the choices of multiple characters, including Gorr and Thor.”
- “Joseph Bale, son of Christian Bale, has a small role as an ‘Asgardian Kid’ in the movie.”
- “The inclusion of the actors’ children in Thor: Love and Thunder was inspired by Chris Hemsworth’s desire to act alongside his own daughter.”
The 2022 Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder features a stacked cast, and young actor Joseph Bale has a small role in the movie. Directed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Love and Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Christian Bale as Gorr, and Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie. In the movie, Thor’s ex-girlfriend Jane wields Mjolnir and gains the power of Thor to try and heal her body from cancer. Thor, Jane, Valkyrie, and Korg (Waititi) team up to try and stop Gorr from killing all the gods.
One of the core themes of Thor: Love and Thunder is family, and the love of family is a catalyst for multiple characters’ decisions. After the death of Gorr’s daughter Love (India Hemsworth), he decides to eliminate the gods, while Thor is motivated by his love for Jane and the people of Asgard. With a focus on family, the kids of Hemsworth, Waititi, Portman, and Bale were given the opportunity to appear in Thor: Love and Thunder with their parents, and Joseph Bale has a special relationship with one of the movie’s main actors.
Joseph Bale is Christian Bale’s son
Christian Bale and his wife Sibi Blažić have two children, a daughter named Emmeline Bale and a son named Joseph Bale. The actor and Blažić have been married since 2000, and their daughter was born in 2005 while their son was born in 2014. While Bale is one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood, he is extremely private about his personal life. In a 2014 interview with the Wall Street Journal, Bale explained why he is so private, saying, “I feel I should have as much privacy as anyone else. I prefer not to whine about it.”
Joseph Bale Plays ‘Asgardian Kid’ In Thor Love And Thunder
In Thor: Love and Thunder, Gorr kidnaps and imprisons Asgardian children and Thor must rescue them with Jane and Valkyrie. When they find the children, Thor transfers some of his powers to the children so they can fight monsters in the Shadow Realm. While his character does not have an official name, Joseph Bale is credited as ‘Asgardian Kid’, signaling that he is one of the dozens of children held captive by Christian Bale’s character Gorr. Christian Bale’s daughter Emmeline Bale is credited as playing Infinity Conez Vendor, meaning she is a child customer at an Infinity Stone-themed ice cream shop in New Asgard.
While Joseph Bale and Emmeline Bale are included in the Thor: Love and Thunder cast with Portman, Waititi, and Hemsworth’s kids, this was not always the plan. In an interview with Marvel, Waititi explained, “The idea started really when Chris was talking about [his daughter] India. And he was like, ‘Oh, you know, it would kind of be quite cool for me to be in a scene with my daughter.’ I started looking around like, oh, everyone has kids. All of these actors have kids.” While Joseph Bale was included in the making of Thor: Love and Thunder, it seems like a one-time thing given the movie’s family-friendly film set.