Chris Hemsworth Wants More Humour In Thor: Ragnarok
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth is hoping the god of thunder’s third solo outing will have a little more mirth and merriment than we’ve seen from him of late.
Speaking to Cinema Blend about his hopes for third movie ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ the 32-year old actor says he thinks the film “needs to be injected with that sort of smart wit and unexpected kind of humor, kind of what James Gunn came in and did with ‘Guardians [Of The Galaxy].’
“It was like off center and unpredictable, and I think we can definitely use a dose of that, you know?”
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It seems generally agreed now that 2013′s ‘Thor: the Dark World’ is among the most underwhelming of the MCU movies, more notable for its well-publicised behind the scenes controversies - the dismissal of original director Patty Jenkins (now at the helm of ‘Wonder Woman’ for rivals Warner Bros/DC),and the struggles of her replacement Alan Taylor - than anything in the movie itself.
Whilst ‘The Dark World’ did attempt to balance out its overriding grimness (dark by name, dark by nature) with slapstick-ish humour, Hemsworth acknowledges this didn’t really work:
“I feel we had less of the sort of the naivety or fun or humor that the first [Thor] might have had. I wish we had more of that in the second [movie].”
As such, the actor appears hugely optimistic at the appointment of Taika Waititi - best known for TV’s ‘Flight of the Conchords’ and vampire comedy ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ - as director of ‘Thor’s third solo movie.
“We’ve done regal. We’ve done Shakespeare, and we’ve shown that. I think now it’s time to go, ‘Ok, cool. Let’s try something different,’ and Taika just had such a brilliant sort of take and funny kind of ideas about where we could [go], how we could do that.”
Given the apocalyptic title and early rumours that it could be the darkest MCU movie yet, ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ might not seem the most likely place for a bit of light humour - but if it is, Waititi is surely the right director to pull it off.
And if it winds up anywhere near as funny as ‘What We Do In The Shadows,’ we’re in luck.
Confirmed to co-star Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/the Hulk, with Tom Hiddleston’s Loki and Jaimie Alexander’s Lady Sif expected to return, ‘Thor: Raganrok’ goes into production next year and is set to hit UK cinemas on 27 October 2017.
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