Taika Waititi’s arrival in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was instrumental in the reinvention of Thor, who with ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ took a radical turn towards humor and psychedeliagiving new life to the character played by Chris Hemsworth, who has since acknowledged that he has a renewed enthusiasm for the franchise.
The New Zealander returns as the director of the new installment of the God of Thunder, ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’, where he also plays again Korg, Thor’s faithful companion in adventures. One of the big news of this sequel is the return of Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, who this time becomes the Mighty Thor after wielding Mjölnir. Among other things, “Love and Thunder” fills the gaps in the story of Jane and Thor and reveals through flashbacks what happened between “Thor: The Dark World” and the present, and why the couple ended up breaking up their relationship. relation . We spoke to Waititi about these scenes in an interview at the Marvel movie premiere, where we reveals the inspiration behind those mini-stories from the past: “Mumblecore” cinema and ‘Forget Me!’.
Additionally, Waititi details how the film’s post-production phase was much more difficult than shooting (“I must have 20 different versions of the film”), explains the process with Marvel to include LGBTQ + representation in the sequel and reveals it He’s been talking to Marvel for a while about making a Korg series for Disney +, but I haven’t found the story yet. Your suggestion: “An introspective black and white drama with no special effects and no action”.
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“Thor: Ragnarok” received a very warm welcome, but No criticism was spared for its non-LGBTQ + portrayal. During the 2017 film’s promotion, actress Tessa Thompson revealed that her character Valkyrie is bisexual, but Marvel had removed the scene where this was confirmed, which sparked the indignation of many. she. Willing to make amends Waititi and Thompson promised “Thor: Love and Thunder” would be more overtly queer and delivered.
As for the film’s LGBTQ + inclusion, Waititi feels it “The most important thing is to normalize it without giving the big speech or someone defending the gay character by saying ‘It’s okay to be queer!'”and adds: “It’s better not to do it in a movie, because it’s ridiculous and you want it to be normal, for nobody to talk about it and for the characters to think it’s so normal, for the kids to think, ‘I’m definitely gay, but nobody is. normal’. That’s the great thing about doing it in such a big movie, because it’s going to be seen by a lot more people, and especially kids who might be dealing with their own identity.”.
“Thor: Love and Thunder” will be released exclusively in theaters July 8. Now you can read our review.
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