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Thor: Love And Thunder

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After starring in the first two Thor movies, Natalie Portman essentially disappeared from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for nearly a decade. That is, until this year’s Thor: Love and Thunder, which saw her return as The Mighty Thor. So how was she lured back to the role? As revealed in Decider’s exclusive clip from the Thor: Love and Thunder 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD bonus features, there’s a pretty simple answer: they ignored continuity.

“I had not been in the last film, which was so wonderful, and I really enjoyed watching,” Portman explains in the clip. “But, I had kind of, you know, been out of the Marvel world for a while. [Director] Taika [Waititi] came over to my house to talk to me about coming back, and about how Jane would be The Mighty Thor. It was interesting to consider, like, what that experience could be.”

Chris Hemsworth, who stars as Thor and has appeared in all the movies, as well as the Avengers movies, adds that his experience with Waititi on Thor: Ragnarok helped convince Portman that whatever happened before in the MCU, Love and Thunder wouldn’t be more of the same. “She was kind of, you know, this really different direction for the character and had some real sort of concerns about hey does this match, does this, the continuity from this to that. And we just sort of said: doesn’t matter. That’s what happened in Ragnarok, who cares about anything we’ve done before? It’s just kind of a rebirth, or a new exploration of the character. And she was down for it.”

In the rest of the clip, you can watch as Portman trains for the role — she got famously yoked playing the character — as well as hear stunt coordinator Kyle Gardiner, and Waititi talk about Portman’s big return.

And this is far from the only bonus feature on the set, which hits stores on September 27… There’s the requisite gag reel and deleted scenes, an audio commentary with Waititi, and multiple featurettes including “Hammer-worthy: Thor and The Mighty Thor,” “Shaping a Villain,” and “Another Classic Taika Adventure.” Bonus features vary by retailer, and if you have a hankering to watch the movie right now, good news: it’s available digitally for purchase, or streaming on Disney+