Following in mum's footsteps? Cate Blanchett's son Ignatius, eight, will make his film debut in Thor: Ragnarok starring Chris Hemsworth

By Jo Scrimshire and Jessica Aquilina For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 16:05 GMT, 4 August 2016 | Updated: 08:08 GMT, 5 August 2016

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She's the two-time Oscar winning actress who is a proud mother to four children.

And it seems Cate Blanchett, 47, may have to share the spotlight with her youngest son Ignatius Martin, The Daily Telegraph reports.

The eight-year-old is following in his mother's footsteps to Hollywood, beginning with a cameo role in her upcoming film Thor: Ragnarok.

Little star! Cate Blanchett (centre) may have to share the spotlight with her son Ignatius Martin (right) as he makes his film debut in Thor: Ragnarok. Pictured with Sandra Bullock (left) in 2014

Cate plays villain Hela, the Asgardian goddess of death, in the Marvel blockbuster starring Chris Hemsworth.

And as filming gets underway on the Gold Coast, a studio spokesperson has confirmed Ignatius will also play an extra.

Last month, Cate was joined by Ignatius and daughter Edith as they were spotted arriving in Queensland for the shoot.

Bad girl: Cate plays villain Hela in the upcoming Marvel sequel starring Chris Hemsworth

Family: Ignatius is Cate's youngest son with Australian playwright Andrew Upton (left). Pictured at the Sydney Theatre Company in 2014

Earlier this week, the film's director Taika Waititi said the employment of Indigenous Australians on-set was made a 'priority'

Taika, who is of Maori decent, told Buzzfeed: 'It's a responsibility you have to the Indigenous people.'

He added: 'You're coming to a country and you're bringing money into the economy and creating jobs but I think you have an even bigger responsibility to look after the people that have less opportunities'.

Responsibility: Thor: Ragnarok's director Taika Waititi (R) made hiring of Aboriginal people a 'priority', after star Chris Hemsworth (L) pushed to have the blockbuster filmed in Australia

Chris, who plays Thor, previously campaigned heavily for the third installment of Thor to be filmed in Australia.

'This time around I said, "Why can't we shoot in Australia for this film?" and it became a conversation, and here we are and I couldn't be happier,' he told AAP.

But it wasn't an easy process.

Homecoming: Chris Hemsworth campaigned for the Thor sequel to be filmed Down Under

The muscled-up actor told Today's entertainment reporter Richard Wilkins he had been pushing for quite some time.

'I brought that up a couple of years ago just as sort of a dream that we could get it back here and the studio were like, "Oh yeah, we've gotta look at a few different locations".

'And then once Pirates Of The Caribbean shot here we thought, "This is getting even more of a possibility".'