Natalie Portman goes horse riding in Sydney during break from filming Thor: Love and Thunder

Natalie Portman enjoys some down time as she goes horse riding in Sydney during a break from filming Marvel sequel Thor: Love and Thunder

She’s currently filming Marvel sequel Thor: Love and Thunder in Sydney.

But on Thursday, Natalie Portman enjoyed some down time and went horse riding in Centennial Park.

The 39-year-old actress donned a grey jumper, blue jeans and a riding helmet for the outing.

Break time! Natalie Portman (pictured) enjoyed some down time as she went horse riding in Sydney during a break from filming Marvel sequel Thor: Love and Thunder on Thursday

She also wore a pair of black boots and a purple face mask as she sat on the horse.

It comes just two days after Natalie and her co-star Chris Hemsworth started filming Thor: Love and Thunder at Sydney’s Fox Studios.

The film will see Natalie’s character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god.

Casual: The 39-year-old actress donned a grey jumper, blue jeans and a riding helmet for the outing

Casual: The 39-year-old actress donned a grey jumper, blue jeans and a riding helmet for the outing

Comfort: She also wore a pair of black boots and a purple face mask

Comfort: She also wore a pair of black boots and a purple face mask

‘It’s going to be really silly and funny and great,’ Natalie recently said of the project.

Explaining how she was approached for the film, she told ET last year: ‘They came to me with the idea and said, “We have this idea for you that was a storyline in some of the comics where Jane becomes Lady Thor,” and I was like, “This is very exciting!”‘

Natalie was absent for 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, but was a key player in the first two Thor films in 2011 and 2013.

Back to work: It comes just two days after Natalie and her co-star Chris Hemsworth started filming Thor: Love and Thunder at Sydney's Fox Studios

Back to work: It comes just two days after Natalie and her co-star Chris Hemsworth started filming Thor: Love and Thunder at Sydney’s Fox Studios

Meanwhile, Chris jetted from Byron Bay to Sydney last Wednesday via a private jet ahead of filming.

The Australian actor has played the hammer-wielding Norse god Thor in the Marvel franchise since 2011, and has starred in eight movies as the superhero character.

The film, directed by Taika Waititi, is due for cinematic release in May 2022.

New film: The film will see Natalie's character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god

New film: The film will see Natalie’s character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god