Is Christian Bale Bald Or Wearing A Bald Cap As Gorr?
Warning: This post contains MAJOR spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder
Christian Bale finally joined the MCU for Thor: Love and Thunder, but did he shave his head to play the supervillain Gorr the God Butcher or did he wear a bald cap? The answer isn't black and white and the film's special effects makeup artist Bart Mixon has acknowledged the question on his Instagram. Mixon has worked on classics like Robocop but is also returning to Marvel, having worked on Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War.
In the Marvel comics, Gorr is from Earth-616. He became a supervillain soon after his family, namely his wife and child, died from starvation. He was exiled from his community for declaring there were no Gods. When he discovered that there really were Gods, in the form of the character Knull, he vowed to take revenge on every God for ignoring his pleas for his family's protection. Gorr's motivations in Thor: Love and Thunder are similar, and Thor's decision to live a peaceful life is shattered due to his nefarious ambition to eradicate every God. The film's director Taika Waititi commented that he wanted Gorr to be a sympathetic character that audiences could understand, even if they could not root for him.
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The answer to the question of whether Christian Bale wore a bald cap is both yes and no. According to Bart Mixon's Instagram, Bale shaved his head for the film's principal photography. A bulk of the film's shooting schedule had Bale filming bald. This is why the actor was seen sporting a naturally bald head while shooting for Thor: Love and Thunder. However, there are scenes during the movie where Bale is obviously wearing a bald cap. Marvel fans have
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