Thor 2 Director Hated Working For Marvel

Don’t ask Alan Taylor about directing ‘Thor: The Dark World’, OK?

Well, do… but only if you want to hear him explaining how working for the comic-book-publisher-turned-movie-studio was a 'wrenching’ and generally unhappy experience.

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Taylor, who is doing the rounds promoting his latest movie, 'Terminator: Genisys’, explained his issues in an interview with Uproxx.

“I’ve done two [blockbusters] and I’ve learned that you don’t make a $170 million movie with someone else’s money and not have to collaborate a lot,” he said.

“The Marvel experience was particularly wrenching because I was sort of given absolute freedom while we were shooting, and then in post it turned into a different movie.

“So, that is something I hope never to repeat and don’t wish upon anybody else.”

The result film came out much as he had hoped, he added, but it sounds like there’s more to the story than he’s telling at the moment.

“The finished movie has a lot more in common with what we started with, so that’s great,“ he went on.

“The experience of making it with this cast, shooting in New Orleans, was quite fun, despite the gruelling schedule.

“But, yeah, if we were to have drinks somewhere, I have plenty to complain about. We’ll do that next time.”

Taylor also recently spoke of how he thinks the marketing department gave away too much in promoting 'Terminator: Genisys’.

Many were taken aback when – spoilers ahead – it was revealed in a trailer that Jason Clarke’s John Connor turns out to be half-cyborg.

“I had a few heads ups and a few unpleasant conversations where I squawked about this or that,” he said. “I certainly directed those scenes with the intention that no one would know.”

Though he had a handful of small movies under his belt, including the acclaimed 'Palookaville’ from 1995, Taylor was mostly known as an eminent TV director on the likes of 'Mad Men’, 'The Sopranos’, 'The West Wing’ and 'Deadwood’ up until making 'Thor: The Dark World’.

He also helmed several of the key episodes of 'Game of Thrones’, including the pivotal 'Baelor’ and season two finale 'Valar Morghulis’.

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