The actress and Los Angeles Dance Project co-chair will return to the MCU and reprise her role as Jane Foster in 'Thor: Love and Thunder.'

Natalie Portman now joins a group of fellow directors and actors giving their two cents about Martin Scorsese's controversial statements about Marvel movies. "I think there's room for all types of cinema," she told The Hollywood Reporter at the 6th annual Los Angeles Dance Project Gala on Saturday at downtown Los Angeles' Hauser & Wirth. "There's not one way to make art." The actress and LADP co-chair arrived alongside LADP founder and husband Benjamin Millepied. Portman is set to reprise her role as Jane Foster when she returns to the MCU in 2021 for Thor: Love and Thunder.

She defended the comic book adaptations, asserting that the pics allow viewers a form of escape from their day-to-day lives. "I think that Marvel films are so popular because they're really entertaining and people desire entertainment when they have their special time after work, after dealing with their hardships in real life," said Portman. Earlier in the month, Scorsese spoke with Empire about his views towards the Marvel movies, expressing that he regards them as "not cinema" and likens them to "theme parks."