If you’re directorTaika Waititi, you set out to write a sequel that’s even more ambitious andwaywilder.
Specifically, a romantic path.
“I was thinking, what would freak the fans out and not in a good way?”
Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, and Chris Hemsworth in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’.Marvel Studios
“You associate Thor [with being a] big hero.
The last thing aThorfan really wants to see is the word ‘love.’
They’re like, ugh, kissing!
So I was like, we’ll lean into that.
We’ll make them love love and make the fans excited for a romance.”
“What we hadn’t sort of explored was the romantic comedy set in space.”
“Mixed with a mid-life crisis,” Waititi adds.
“My kids have never really shown any interest in anything I’ve ever done,” Bale says.
“And this was the first film ever.
They absolutely insisted on it.
So I took their marching orders and said yes, definitely.”
(“He would sometimes stand outside of my trailer, practicing,” Thompson explains.
“He’d be in his tennis skirts with his little tendrils…
It was the cutest thing.")
Thor: Love and Thunderhits theaters on July 8.
Watch the full interview in the video above.
