Thor: Love & Thunder Mid-Credits Scene Casting Was Kevin Feige's Idea
Director Taika Waititi has revealed that Thor: Love and Thunder's mid-credits scene casting was Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige's idea. The fourth film centered on the Asgardian God marks the return of Chris Hemsworth's Avenger following the events of Avengers: Endgame. Although marketed as a solo venture for Hemsworth's Thor, the new MCU movie teams the hero with some powerful allies: Natalie Portman's Jane Foster who has since transformed into the superheroine Mighty Thor, Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, and Waititi's Korg. Christian Bale is the new big bad in the movie; he essays the character Gorr the God Butcher, the Necrosword-wielding assassin who seeks the extinction of gods. Thor: Love and Thunder opened to lukewarm reviews from critics, although its box office turnover has arguably been more favorable.
Despite mixed reviews, critics and fans unanimously agree that Thor: Love and Thunder's mid and post-credits scenes were arguably the best of all MCU movies of late. While the post-credits scene reintroduced Idris Elba's Heimdall and teased the fate of Portman's Jane, the mid-credits scene set up a potential future story, revealing a new nemesis for Thor. In this particular scene, it is revealed that Russell Crowe's Olympian King Zeus is still alive, and he enlists his son to kill Thor so that people begin to fear gods once again. The son in question is the Marvel character Hercules, played by none other than Ted Lasso's Roy Kent star Brett Goldstein.
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Now, in a new interview with ET, Waititi reveals how Goldstein's casting in Thor: Love and Thunder came about. As the helmer shockingly explains, Feige was the one who suggested that
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