English Movie Review Thor: Ragnarok - Cast & Crew

She was considered one of the most imperious, inspiring, notable and incredible actress of our time. She received numerous accolades as she came into international attention. She’s an one of the most defining actresses of our era and the actress from “Down Under” – Cate Blanchett. Cate was born from Melbourne, Australia on May 14th 1969 as Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett. She attended Ivanhoe East Primary School and then went to Girl’s Grammar School. She was married to Andrew Upton with 4 children. She first joined in an Egyptian film named “Kaboria” in 1990 as an extra and this made her decide to pursue acting career. She travelled difficult times in pursuing her career not until 1996, she med a debut film in the movie “Parkland.” This was followed with 3 movies in 1997 naming “Paradise Road”, romantic and comedic film “Thank God He Met Lizzie”, and played the role Lucinda in the movie “Oscar and Lucinda.”

Tessa Thomspon is a musician and Hollywood actress. She is famous for her roles in crime drama film Copper as Sara Freeman, Selma as civil rights activist Diane Nash, and in the television film Veronica Mars as Jackie Cook. Tessa is a versatile personality and has excelled in various fields like Stage Drama, Films, Television, and Music. Thompson was born on 3 October 1989 in Los Angeles, California. Tessa has studied from Santa Monica High School and later attended Santa Monica College, where she studied Cultural Anthropology.

Jaimie Alexander was born on 12th March 1984. She was born in South California, United States. On her birth, she was named Jaimie Lauren Tarbush but she opted to change it. Jaimie Alexander lived in Greenville with her family. At the age of four, she shifted to Texas. Jaimie Alexander graduated from the Colleyville Heritage High School. Jaimie opted for sports during high school as she had no interest in theater. The fact that she could not sing also made her avoid acting. She never intended to become an actor.

Director Taika Waititi is one of the finest film directors in Hollywood. The critics have gone frenzy with his latest release ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ which has fetched $500 million at the box office. Directing a film that is based on Marvel Comics character, one had felt that it would have been really a tough task.

The current president of Marvel Studios and well-known Hollywood film producer Kevin Feige was born on 2nd June 1973, in Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up in New Jersey, Feige always wanted to be a producer. His grandfather was a television producer in the 1950s and had worked on many soap operas including ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Guiding Light’. Kevin put in an application to the University Of Southern California School Of Cinematic Arts after he finished his high school, where his favourite directors- George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, and Ron Howard- had attended college.

A “heartthrob” and total madness of women from “down under” and dominantly reprised the roles of comic-hero. Considered that he was born to become “Thor” and the top 1 of “Sexiest Man Alive.” Born as Chris Hemsworth on August 11th 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria – Australia. Though he recently debuted, he made a total-high-profile new-comer as he was next to “Sean Connery” to depict the image of a “real man.”

Thomas William Hiddleston is an actor best known for his movies with the Marvel Studios. The English actor has played substantial roles in worldwide hit movies such as the Thor series and The Avengers. Tom was born to Diana Patricia, a stage manager and James Hiddleston, a chemist, in Westminster located in London. He has two sisters- Emma, the younger one and Sarah, the older one. The former is also an actor in London while the latter is working as a journalist in India. He belongs to a much-respected family of London. His great-grandfather is Mr. Reginald Servaes, a flag officer in Navy and his great-great-grandfather is Sir Edmund Vestey, who ran Vestey Brothers, a cluster of companies including a food production unit, which served the soldiers during the First World War and owned quite a few ships. Hiddleston grew up in Wimbledon and, later on, moved with his family to Oxford where he completed his schooling at Dragon preparatory school. At the age of thirteen, he moved to Berkshire, in England, and stayed in the hostel to study at Eton College. He went there primarily to cope with his parent’s divorce. When asked about their separation in an interview he said that the incident made him understand the nature and weakness of the human kind. After finishing his schooling he went to Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, to earn his degree. He is studious by nature and obtained double first-class honors in Literature. During his college days, he produced the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, based on the novel of the same name, written by Lorraine Hamilton. This proved as an eye opener for him as it made him realize his passion for acting. Tom then went on to join the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and graduated with a degree in acting in the year 2005. He began learning the nuances of acting through the television medium.

Idrissa Akuna Elba, most widely known as Idris Elba is an award-winning British actor. He is popularly known around for his roles in “The Wire,” “Luther,” “Thor,” and “Mandela: Long walk to freedom.” Idris Elba started out as a British actor and gradually made his way to Hollywood. He won a Golden Globe award for his performance in “Luther”. An only child, Elba was born in Newham, London, England. His father, Winston, and mother, Eve married and moved to London.

“Freddy Krueger, Jason Vorhees, and Sadako Sofubi ” – lurking in your dreams? You name it but this actor made one of a hell-like terrifying actor of all time. His crowning-jewel-character “Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter” is one of the most-sickest characters that gave women heart attacks. He’s one of the utmost paid actors with a unique appetite in choosing his role-characters in any of his movies. Complemented with his peculiar voice, he made one truly terrifying actor. The man behind this is Anthony Hopkins. Born as Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE on December 31st 1937 in Glamorgan, Wales. He’s well-known of reading his scripts over 200 times just to make it sure that he’ll play it from his heart.

Jeffrey Goldblum, an American actor, was born on 22 October 1952 in Pennsylvania. His parents were Harold L. Goldblum and Shirley. His father was a doctor and mother was a radio broadcaster. Later, she started a business of selling kitchen equipment’s and appliances. Goldblum has two elder brothers and a sister.

Karl-Heinz Urban was born on 7 June 1972 in Wellington, New Zealand. He is of 43 ages now. He is working as an actor who is active from 1990. His present spouse is Natalie Wihongi and is known to have a relation from 2004-2014. He is known to have two children. His father, known to have lived from German as an immigrant, who also had leather goods store, and his mother was known to have been working for Film Facilities late in her years in Wellington. He is praised for the acting of Julius Caesar role and the admired Cupid role in "Xena as a Warrior Princess".

Born on November 22, 1967, in Wisconsin, U.S, Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American on-screen character, social activist, and director. His father’s name is Frank Lawrence Ruffalo, Jr., a development painter and, Marie Rose, a stylist and hairdresser. Nicole and Tania are his two sisters and Scott, his late sibling.

Tom Hooper's full name is Thomas George Tom Hooper. He is a famous British movie and TV director of Australian and English background. He was born in London. He is the son of Richard Hooper and Meredith Jean. He completed his education at Highgate School, a British day-only independent school in London, and Westminster School, an independent school within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, England. When he was 12 years old, he read a book titled How to Make Film and Television, after which he decided that he will pursue direction as his career. He made many short films starting from the age of 13. His film titled Bomber Jacket was a runner-up in the younger filmmakers' competition of BBC when he was 14 years old. After finishing his school at the age of 16, he started writing the script for the short film named Painted Faces.

Stanley Martin Lieber was an American producer, editor, publisher, and comic book writer. Stanley was born on the 28th of December 1922 in New York City, New York. He belongs to a Romanian-Jewish family. His parents are Jack Lieber and Celia.

Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born in London, England on 19th July 1976. He is an actor by profession and also performed in many TV series and theaters. His father is Timothy Carlton and his mother is Wanda Ventham. At the age of 8, Benedict joined Brambletye School and used to stay there. Cumberbatch continued to act in school plays and used to portray characters of many Shakespearean plays.

Ken Watanabe was born on 21st October 1959 in Niigata, Japan. He is a Japanese actor by profession and is well known for his tragic hero character in “The Last Samurai”. His mother is a house maker, and a school teacher, and his father is a calligraphy artist. His parents had numerous transfers, so Ken travelled to different places during his childhood. He received his primary education from Niigata Prefectural Koide High School and played for the local band there. Ken wanted to learn music and aimed at attending a conservatory in Japan, but his father passed away while he was in his high school so he was unable to pay for the tuition and could not concentrate on work.

Ray was born to a mother from Ireland and father from Britain. He dreamt of becoming an actor at his very early age, but something within him turned down this fantasy towards it making him think that he can’t become a star. He opted to be an interior designer after his studies in art school. In his youth phase when he turned to 25 years, his love for acting emerged, and he decided to make a career in that. He came out at the age of 29 from Bristol Old Vic Theater School and did a few films in the 90s. After doing a lot of small roles, he got the opportunity in the Hollywood movie King Arthur and after this, his game began.

Sam Neill, whose actual name is Nigel John Dermot Neill, is an actor. His birthday fells on September 14, 1970. He grew up in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. His parent’s names are Dermot Neill and Priscilla Beatrice. His father belonged to New Zealand and worked for its army while his mother was an English native. Sam's father is the owner of Neill and Co, New Zealand's largest retailer. Though he was born in England, he identifies himself as a New Zealand native.

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