In *Thor* and *Thor: The Dark World*, Natalie Portman plays Jane Foster, a physicist whose work brings her into contact with Thor and Asgard.

Jane Foster doesn't get to do a great deal in the *Thor* movies, and doesn't appear (beyond brief references) in any other MCU movies. However, in *Avengers: Endgame*, Foster

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>  appears once again, apparently played by Natalie Portman, but literally just gets to have a short conversation in a far-off doorway, and get out of bed, totalling less than 10 seconds of screen time.
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Are there any out-of-universe comments from anyone involved discussing why the role was so limited?