Thor: Ragnarok Trailer - 9 Big Questions We're Left With

2. Where's Sam Neill's Character?

Alan Grant - Jurassic Park
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When Sam Neill casually mentioned that he'd done a few days on Thor: Ragnarok, the entire Internet let out a collective "...what?"

We haven't heard anything on his role since, and this first teaser trailer does not shed any light on the subject whatsoever.

So who is he playing? It's very weird that we were treated to a look at every new cast addition, from Cate Blanchett to Jeff Goldblum, but Sam Neill was left out. Could this mean his character is important to not just this film, but to the MCU as a whole?

One possibility is that Neill is playing Surtur, the fire demon we mentioned earlier, through CGI, mo-cap or voice work.

Surtur was present in a brief showreel shown to fans at Comic-Con last year so we know he's in the movie, and the villain's immense power, imposing presence and sense of grandeur would be no trouble for an actor as talented as Neill to pull off.

Either way, it will be great to see him reunite with his Jurassic Park co-star Jeff Goldblum over 20 years later, whether they share a scene together or not.

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!