Russell Crowe lands a cameo role in Thor: Love and Thunder

Friends in high places! How Russell Crowe landed a cameo role in Thor: Love and Thunder just DAYS after inviting Chris Hemsworth to his private box at the Rabbitohs game

Russell Crowe is joining the cast of upcoming Marvel film Thor: Love and Thunder in an ‘unspecified role’, reports Variety.

While there’s no word yet on his character, Crowe, 56, could be joining the troupe of  Asgardian actors portraying versions of Loki, Thor and Odin in a play-within-a-film scene.

Several cameo roles for the Asgardian actors have already been given to A-listers such as Matt Damon, Sam Neill and Melissa McCarthy.

Another cameo! Russell Crowe (right) is joining the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder in an unspecified role, reports Variety. Pictured with Chris Hemsworth (centre) and Elsa Pataky (left)

Thor: Love and Thunder is being filmed in Sydney, where Crowe lives.

The news comes after the Gladiator star spent time with Thor leading man Chris Hemsworth in Sydney over the weekend.

Crowe invited Chris and his wife, Elsa Pataky, to his private box at the South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters game at Stadium Australia on Friday night.

Local production: Thor: Love and Thunder is being filmed in Sydney, where Crowe lives. Pictured: Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Local production: Thor: Love and Thunder is being filmed in Sydney, where Crowe lives. Pictured: Chris Hemsworth as Thor in Avengers: Endgame (2019)

They were joined by the likes of Isla Fisher, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson and Natalie Portman.

Crowe is co-owner of the Rabbitohs NRL team. 

The Australian production of Thor: Love and Thunder was made possible by a $24million location incentive by the NSW and Australian Governments.

Great view: The news comes after the Gladiator star spent time with Thor leading man Chris Hemsworth and a host of Hollywood stars in Sydney over the weekend

Great view: The news comes after the Gladiator star spent time with Thor leading man Chris Hemsworth and a host of Hollywood stars in Sydney over the weekend

Loved up: Crowe invited Chris and his wife, Elsa Pataky, to his private box at the South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters game at Stadium Australia on Friday night

Loved up: Crowe invited Chris and his wife, Elsa Pataky, to his private box at the South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters game at Stadium Australia on Friday night

The fourth film in the Thor franchise stars Chris Hemsworth as the titular hammer-wielding superhero, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, and Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher.

It is being directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Taika Waititi, who also helmed Thor: Ragnarok, the third film in the series.

Thor: Love and Thunder sees Portman’s character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god.

One of the boys: Crowe is co-owner of the Rabbitohs NRL team. Hemsworth and Thor director Taika Waititi are pictured with Rabbitohs players in the locker room after Friday's game

One of the boys: Crowe is co-owner of the Rabbitohs NRL team. Hemsworth and Thor director Taika Waititi are pictured with Rabbitohs players in the locker room after Friday’s game

‘It’s going to be really silly and funny and great,’ Portman recently said of the project.

Explaining how she was approached for the film, she told ET last year: ‘They came to me with the idea and said, “We have this idea for you that was a storyline in some of the comics where Jane becomes Lady Thor,” and I was like, “This is very exciting!”‘

Portman appeared in 2011’s Thor and the 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World, but skipped 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok.

Thor: Love and Thunder is slated for release on May 6, 2022 

Plot twist! Thor: Love and Thunder sees Natalie Portman's character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god. Portman is pictured here with her husband, Benjamin Millepied, at Stadium Australia on Friday

Plot twist! Thor: Love and Thunder sees Natalie Portman’s character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god. Portman is pictured here with her husband, Benjamin Millepied, at Stadium Australia on Friday