Thanks to the folks at Hitfix, who uncovered these early/pre-production designs for the character known as Lady Sif, who appeared in both Thor movies – 2011’s "Thor," and its 2013 sequel, "Thor: The Dark World." In both films, she was played by actress Jaimie Alexander.
As you can obviously see, some early concept illustrations of Sif (by Warren Manser, one of a number of artists Marvel hired to come up with ideas for the character) show what, to me, looks obviously like a black woman (Jamie Alexander is white, I should mention). But before you get worked up, with cries of whitewashing, the character, as originally drawn in the comics, is a white woman (although,…
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