Thor 4: How Powerful Will Zeus Be Compared To Odin? | Screen Rant

How powerful will Russell Crowe’s Zeus be in Thor: Love and Thunder, and how does he compare to Odin (Anthony Hopkins)? In March, it was reported that Crowe would be appearing in the latest installment in the Thor franchise in some capacity, and now it’s been stated by the actor himself that his character is Zeus.

Zeus is a huge addition to Phase 4, even if Russell Crowe’s role is a small one. In Marvel Comics, there are numerous factions of gods, with the most important of them all being the Asgardians and the Olympians. So far, only Thor’s people have made it onto the big screen. But if Zeus is in Thor 4, that would add a whole new corner of the Marvel Universe to the MCU and open the door for more new characters like Hercules and Ares. However, what his presence in the movie will lead to remains to be seen, for now.

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It’s worth wondering what viewers should expect from his character. Crowe’s take on Zeus is sure to be extremely powerful, considering who the character is in both the comic books and Greek mythology. Like Odin, Zeus is the father of multiple deities and a “Skyfather,” a term used to describe the leaders of Marvel’s pantheons of gods. In the comics, all Skyfathers possess a tremendous level of power, and Zeus is of course of no exception. He’s levels above all superheroes, which is demonstrated by the fact that he can easily defeat Namor the Sub-Mariner, Hercules, Hulk, Thor, She-Hulk, and entire teams of super-powered heroes at once. There are few characters capable of even rivaling him in combat, one of which being Odin. When they’ve clashed, the whole planet has shaken.

Odin and Zeus are two of the strongest beings in Marvel Comics, and it’s hard to say definitively which one is greater than the other. Either way, the difference between their powers doesn’t seem to be significant (if there is one at all). Also, other cosmic figures have regarded them as equals. All things considered, Zeus is certainly on Odin’s level, so as long as Marvel portrays him accurately, he should be one of the MCU’s most powerful characters.

It’s possible that part of the point of Zeus’ inclusion is to showcase how dangerous Thor: Love and Thunder’s villain is. Gorr the God Butcher has a reputation for hunting down and killing gods in the comics, so it stands to reason that he’ll be on a similar mission in the MCU version of his story. Since most of the Asgardian gods are already gone, it could be that Gorr will be sent after Zeus. Gorr defeating (and possibly killing) a being as formidable as Zeus would prove to both Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and audiences that Gorr is one of the greatest threats that the heroes of the MCU have ever encountered. Anyone or anything that can kill Zeus is a villain Thor has no chance of beating without an enormous amount of help.

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