Matt Damon's Fake Loki confirmed for Love and Thunder

The funny bit about the Asgardian play is that familiar actors portrayed the royal family. Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) played Odin, Luke Hemsworth (Chris Hemsworth's brother) played Thor, and Loki himself is played by Matt Damon (Bourne Identity, Stillwater).

The skit showed Damon, Hemsworth, and the rest hamming it up, especially during the dramatic death scene of Fake Loki. The entire sequence stuck in fans' minds as one of the funniest bits from Thor: Ragnarok. Tom Hiddleston nods in approval But if there's anyone who liked Matt Damon's Fake Loki best, it would be the actor who played the real thing.

Tom Hiddleston was asked in an interview, as part of the promotion for the Disney+ Loki series, what he thought about Matt Damon's portrayal of his signature MCU character.

Aside from Tom's amusement, it appears he provided key suggestions to Damon during filming. Damon even mentions how Hiddleston informally coached him on what Loki would likely do and say.

Speaking with Kevin McCarthy of ReelBlend, Damon shared his experience with Hiddleston on the set: Tom was great. We did that little fun scene in Ragnarok. Tom was there throwing lines at me, you know? https://twitter.com/KevinMcCarthyTV/status/1420365972804882435 Glorious purpose Talks about Matt Damon returning for another cameo as the Fake Loki had been circulating since Thor: Love & Thunder was announced. Nothing was confirmed during the pre-production stages of the film.

However, back in April 2021, Chris Hemsworth shared a photo on the set of Thor: Love & Thunder with director Taika Waititi and Matt Damon through his Instagram:

Although it does not show Damon in his Fake Loki regalia, this is virtual confirmation that the actor will be returning to the role for another go in the fourth Thor film.

But the most definite confirmation was the recent interview Matt Damon had with SirusXM on YouTube. In the interview, the actor states: I don't know if it's secret or not though everybody knows. I went down there to shoot. I think they sussed out, because paparazzi took pictures of us so that they sussed out what we were doing.

Damon added:

We were kind of reprising a cameo that we, that Luke Hemsworth and I did in the last one. And we had a ball and so Taika [Waititi] had us back again, to kind of run that joke back and upgrade it a little bit.

While it is great that Damon is returning as the faux Loki, fans are wondering if the real deal is going to appear as well. After the events of the Loki series on Disney+, that might be a probability, depending on how Season 2 of Loki will inevitably come about. If it does happen, will it be a tearful reunion or will Thor make a fuss about Loki fooling him again?

Directed by Taika Waititi, Thor: Love & Thunder stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillian, Tessa Thompson, Jamie Alexander, Russell Crowe, Pom Klementieff, and Christian Bale. Taika Waititi also appears as Korg. Thor: Love & Thunder hammers its way to theaters on May 6, 2022.