Love & Thunder: Waititi Wanted To Deliver A Thor Fans Wouldn't Want
Writer/director Taika Waititi wanted to give audiences a version of Thor they didn’t know they wanted while making Thor: Love and Thunder. Waititi successfully revitalized the Thor franchise in 2017 with the release of Thor: Ragnarok, which transformed the god of thunder from a stoic warrior to a more comedic dimwit with good intentions. The film earned critical acclaim and was a box office smash hit. Marvel Studios decided to continue the Thor franchise, making him the first MCU hero with a fourth solo film.
Waititi has been busy hyping up Thor: Love and Thunder, which is drawing heavily from Jason Aaron’s run on the Thor comics with the inclusion of Christian Bale as Gorr the Godbutcher and the return of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster. Waititi appears to have been given full reign on the story, including his featuring Thor's goats Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder,who were rejected from appearing in the first Thor back in 2011. Waititi has also hyped up the film's themes of love and the romance between Thor and Jane Foster, something that audiences looking for a traditional MCU action movie may not initially care about.
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In an interview with AP News, Waititi revealed his approach to makingThor: Love and Thunder. Instead of making the movie fans thought they wanted, Waititi wanted to challenge them by presenting a version of Thor they would initially dislike. It appears the intent was to make a film with the hope he could tell a story audiences would enjoy even if it was something they didn't think they initially wanted. Waititi said:
«I wanted to show him in a light that most Thor fans wouldn’t really want if you were to tell them. If you were to say them: ‘Yeah, I’m going to
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