Chris Hemsworth has time and again expressed a desire to see Halle Berry return as Storm in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's upcoming Avengers films, now that the X-Men franchise has come under the MCU. According to him, when his Thor comes face-to-face with Halle's superhero, it would give the audience an adrenaline-rushing moment due to the God of Thunder and Storm belonging to a similar sphere of powers. Backed by her friendship, Halle confronted Chris with a question that visibly left him with a red face. The actress played coy during her recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. When Chris returned for another episode of the same show, host Jimmy Fallon posed the question to the Marvel star left by Halle. What happened
next is now breaking the internet.
Halle Berry's million-dollar question to Chris Hemsworth
Halle, who popularly played Storm in four
X-Men films from 2000 to 2014, was rumoured to return to reprise the part in the upcoming
Avengers: Doomsday. Though nothing has been confirmed till now, and Marvel, along with its loyal actors, have stayed tight-lipped, Halle's bouncer question for Chris left the actor in an awkward and uncomfortable position, leaving Jimmy Fallon and the studio audience in splits.Halle was on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recently. She asked Jimmy to ask Chris something for her. "Why I Storm will not be in Doomsday? He knows the answer," she said.
Chris Hemsworth turns red-faced
When Chris appeared on the show, he was played back the clip from Halle's interview. Chris first burst out in laughter, and later expressed disbelief that Halle indeed asked him this question. "It has nothing to do with me," he said. When Jimmy pointed out that his face was "getting red," the actor replied, "no it’s just really hot in here.""There’ll be too many storms," Chris said with a play of words. "The character I play also has a weather pattern adjusting and they thought we cancel each other out and who will be the most powerful stormish person." He further acted coy and said, "Hey maybe it’s part of the play. Maybe she is in it or maybe she’s in the next one or maybe as I said I had nothing to do with it. I think she is trying to get me fired," Chris added with a laugh.
MCU fans cannot wait for the possible team-up
Fans have been having a meltdown imagine the prospects of Thor and Storm's team-up. A user wrote on X (formerly Twitter), "Thor and Storm together would be absolutely broken. Cosmic lightning overload." Another one wrote, "That’s a lot of weather control. I’m intrigued."Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry sparked speculations about Storm's potential return as an X-Man to the MCU, during the promotional tour for their upcoming film
Crime 101, when they were constantly bombarded with the highly anticipated question about Storm being part of
Avengers: Doomsday.While Chris Hemsworth's return as Thor is confirmed, fans still await to know more about whether or not Halle Berry will be coming back as Storm in the big-budget Russo Brothers film.