

I would still be setting up characters and setting relationship. It was also to say to the everyone who loves those movies and who has come in expecting a certain thing from this film that this is the moment where it ends, at this play.” “If it were not for those two films, I wouldn’t have been able to be as irreverent and have as much fun as I did with this one. “We were making fun of what happened before, but also honoring the groundwork that Thor one and two had done for me,” says Waititi.
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Going into Ragnarok, the Thor franchise had never been as beloved by audiences as Marvel Studios properties like Guardians of the Galaxy or Captain America - and the movie has fun skewering everything from Thor’s rather ridiculous powers (such as swinging a hammer so fast it makes him fly) to lines from Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron (particularly, that “ the sun’s getting real low” lullaby that Black Widow uses to make the Hulk turn back into Bruce Banner).īut Waititi sought to present those references in a respectful way meant to be in good fun. Waititi and his team considered first seeing Loki at a wine tasting or having his portrait painted, but they finally settled on the idea that Loki had written a play about himself, because it’s “the most narcissistic thing Loki could do,” notes the director. Because I don’t know if people would remember him from the end of Thor: Dark World as sitting on the throne,” director Taika Waititi tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I wanted to have an interesting way of returning to see Loki as Odin. The play essentially recapped the ending of 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, in which Loki seems to sacrifice himself, only to later be revealed to have taken Odin’s throne by impersonating him. In addition to featuring the children of the film’s stars, the director cast his own kids in the movie as well, again as Asgardian children that are captured by Gorr.The play-within-a-movie got huge laughs at Ragnarok‘s Hollywood premiere last month (where Damon was in attendance), and signaled that the film wouldn’t mind poking fun at Marvel’s ever-sprawling story. Matewa Kiritapu Waititi and Te Kainga O’Te Hinekahu Waititi as Asgardian Kids Natalie Portman’s children were also among those featured in the group of kidnapped kids. Love and Thunder was truly a family affair. Read More: Why Marvel Movies Are Obsessed With Parent-Child Relationships Amalia and Aleph Millepied as Asgardian Kids The group of kids fights back against the villain using powers imbued in them by Thor himself at the end of the movie. Yet another one of Hemsworth’s kids is among the Asgardian children captured by Gorr.

Tristan Hemsworth appears as a running child version of Thor at the beginning of the film during a montage that shows Thor growing up. Hemsworth’s two other children also appear in the film. If it looks natural, there’s a reason: The little girl is played by Hemsworth’s own daughter, India Rose. We see Thor take her home, make her pancakes, and teach her the ways of the superhero. We learn in a voiceover that she and Thor together are known as Love and Thunder. In a twist at the end of the film, Thor agrees to adopt Gorr’s daughter as Gorr lies dying. Zeus turns out to be rather entitled and, when he gets into a tiff with Thor, disinvites him from the godly orgy that he’s planning. They are led by Zeus, the Greek god of lightning, played by Russell Crowe. Russell Crowe as ZeusĪfter Gorr kidnaps the Asgardian children, Thor decides to seek help from the rest of the gods.

When Jane Foster dies at the end of Love and Thunder, he greets her at the gates of eternal afterlife in an end-credits scene. Since he died in battle, Heimdall gets to live out the afterlife in Valhalla. Sadly, Thanos murders Heimdall in front of Thor at the beginning of Avengers: Infinity War, but not before Heimdall uses his powers to send Hulk to earth to warn Doctor Strange about the coming alien invasion. Idris Elba’s Heimdall-the all-seeing, all-hearing Asgardian god of the Bifrost Bridge-was Thor’s best friend and ally in all the previous Thor films. He pops up in one scene in Love and Thunder to consult with Jane about her cancer diagnosis. He has a mental breakdown, recovers, and helps the Avengers during Ultron. Unfortunately for Erik, he gets brainwashed by Loki and spends most of the Avengers mind-controlled. Stellan Skarsgård played Jane’s friend and mentor Professor Erik Selvig in the first two Thor films. Read More: The Thor Comics Can Help Us Understand What Happens to Jane After Thor: Love and Thunder Stellan Skarsgård as Professor Erik Selvig
