Thor: Ragnarok marked director Taika Waititi’s entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and by all accounts, it was a implausible debut. Waititi is now returning for Thor: Love and Thunder and in a current chat with Entertainment Weekly, the director revealed that he knew he needed to push the bostars undary this time so he thought – “What’s the least expected thing with this franchise?”
Waititi defined that whereas Ragnarok was like a “party”, Love and Thunder is “deeper”. He mentioned, “It’s not a serious film, and it’s not a drama, but we do deal with ideas that I think a lot of humans deal with — universal themes about love and loss and our place in the world. Everyone sort of asks this question in the film: What is your purpose? What is the reason that you’re a hero, and what do you do when you have these powers?” The director called it a “midlife crisis film”.
Talking in regards to the greatest distinction between Thor: Ragnarok and Thor: Love and Thunder, Taika Waititi mentioned, “I guess the biggest difference would be that it was my first time playing in the Marvel sand pit on Ragnarok. This one, I felt like I’ve got a little more experience and knew how to shoot this a lot more efficiently.”
Thor: Love and Thunder additionally stars Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher and whereas Waititi didn’t reveal a lot in regards to the actor’s character, the director declared that “he’s probably one of the best villains that Marvel’s had in their films”. The movie additionally stars Russell Crowe as Zeus and Waititi guarantees that the viewers will see him in a method they’ve by no means seen earlier than.
Also starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson and Chris Pratt amongst others, Thor: Love and Thunder releases on July 8.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
