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Elba Joins 'Thor'

"Wire" star will play the god Heimdall in Marvel pic.

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Idris Elba has joined the cast of "Thor," Marvel Studios' film centering on the Norse god of thunder.

Chris Hemsworth will star as Thor; Tom Hiddleston will play Loki, and Natalie Portman is the love interest Jane Foster.

Elba will play Heimdall; as the guardian of Asgard, he stands on the BiFrost Bridge ready to defend the city from intruders.

Read more at the Hollywood Reporter.