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    • How 'Thor' opened up the MCU: Kenneth Branagh on hiring Chris Hemsworth, going to space and the terror of Fabio
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      How 'Thor' opened up the MCU: Kenneth Branagh on hiring Chris Hemsworth, going to space and the terror of Fabio

      "They felt that if they didn’t get that one right, it was going to be really, really difficult for the expansion across the rest of what they planned.”

    • Director Taika Waititi added a gratuitous shirtless Chris Hemsworth scene to 'Thor: Ragnarok' to put 'bums on seats'
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      Director Taika Waititi added a gratuitous shirtless Chris Hemsworth scene to 'Thor: Ragnarok' to put 'bums on seats'

      Thor: Ragnarok is the third standalone adventure featuring Marvel’s Asgardian God of Thunder — and also the third Thor movie (after 2011’s Thor and 2013’s Thor: The Dark World) to feature a gratuitous shot of star Chris Hemsworth sans shirt for an extended scene. “And then [director] Taika Waititi came up to me and was said, ‘Ah, I feel like we got to put it in there. As Hemsworth stated at the top of the interview,  he was asked by Thor director Kenneth Branagh to do a “shirt off” scene in the first film, and Hemsworth told MTV in 2013 that Marvel consigliere Joss Whedon suggested they add a similar sequence to Dark World.

    • Natalie Portman Talks 'Thor,' 'Star Wars' Experiences — Is a Marvel Return Possible?
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      Natalie Portman Talks 'Thor,' 'Star Wars' Experiences — Is a Marvel Return Possible?

      In an interview with Deadline, 'Jackie' star says she still would feel challenged by a role in a CGI-heavy blockbuster like she had in 'Thor'...leaving the door open to, say, 'Avengers: Infinity War'?

    • Screenwriter Ashley Miller Talks Comic-Book Movies: "There Can Be Jokes in 'Thor,' But Thor Can't Be a Joke"
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      Screenwriter Ashley Miller Talks Comic-Book Movies: "There Can Be Jokes in 'Thor,' But Thor Can't Be a Joke"

      Wanna know how Hollywood’s superhero sausage is made? Just ask a screenwriter. For the new book, On Story — Screenwriters and Filmmakers on Their Iconic Films, the Austin Film Festival gathered a trio of experienced comic-book movie scribes for a freewheeling panel discussion of the ins and outs of creating these giant-sized spectacles: Michael Green (Green Lantern); Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy); and Ashley Miller, who is in the unique position of having worked on both the inaugural Thor adventure for Marvel Studios, as well as X-Men: First Class for 20th Century Fox’s stand-alone ...