Thor: Love and Thunder - Christian Bale's Gorr The God Butcher beats Thanos to become the highest tested villain in the MCU

Christain Bale is no stranger to the superhero genre, after playing Batman in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, the actor is all set to make his MCU debut.

Taking on the role of Gorr The God Butcher, unlike previous villains in the MCU Gorr has a very tragic past.

And according to Takia Waititi Christain Bale's performance makes the character very sympathetic. In the comics, Gorr was a slave and after the loss of his son vows to kill all gods for their selfishness and apathy.

He does this with the help of a powerful and ancient sword called The All Black , which was shown in the trailer destroying a planet with a single blow.

In a recent interview with Fandango the director and cast of the movie. Taika Waititi spoke about Gorr and Christain Bale's performance

"I'd say he's the most sympathetic villain they've had. He's also tested the highest of any villain Marvel has had."

Bale's co-stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson also were praising the actor for his performance, in the interview Hemsworth said

"[He brings] exactly what you'd want, hope, and expect. It's nuance, complexity, depth, and a sort of quirkiness to it that I didn't see on the page. And with any sort of classic villain, the fact that you find yourself empathizing or asking questions that they're asking, or ideas that they're posing, it's not just stock standard sort of evil villain."

Tessa Thompson added 

"It's also this thing that Stan Lee talked about, right? Which is that your trauma is the thing both that makes you a superhero and a villain. It's just that in the case of a villain, it's unchecked, that your source of pain is what manifests into your villainry."

" I think that he captures that so well. And he was just also so surprising. He would make choices that you would be like, 'Oh.' It was just so fun to watch, and such dexterity, and also what he did with his body. And he's really in it in the way that you would assume Christian is, but he also has a sense of humor about it."

The rest of the supporting cast for the movie includes Jaimie Alexander, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe , Natalie Portman , Chris Pratt , Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Vin Diesel.

Thor: Love and Thunder will release in theaters on July 8th.