‘I came into this and called Joe and Anthony and said, “Look, don’t write me the old Thor, we’ve got a new Thor now,”’ Chris said.
He was referencing the highly acclaimed shift towards a comedic, self-referential tone he and Taika made with Ragnarok.
But instead of observing his request to keep the character’s newfound mojo alive, the Russo brothers reportedly told him they’d ‘reinvented’ the character once again.
Chris recalled his response: ‘I was like “no, no, no” and I was really protective of what I’d created with Taika.’
They explained that the new direction was in line with the higher-stakes of the Avengers film, and to ensure the character worked well in an ensemble cast.
No offence to anyone whose reblogged this bc they prob didn’t know better/I know we’re all emotional wrecks about these movies thus we take a lot of this information at face value but … this is false. Taika, Ryan, Peyton, James, and Jon worked closely with the Russo’s to ensure every franchise under their control was in character and not fucked up. Any Thor you will see on screen in IW has been approved by Taika himself. The Daily Mail is a trashy clickbait tabloid that often gets their facts wrong also IW was still in the process of filming before Thor 3 was even done and out to the public hence why Chris was scared to go back to the old Thor bc no one had even SEEN the new Thor yet. Thank u for coming to my Ted talk.
Of course, “not fucked up” is in the eye of the beholder…
Loki is the Philosopher King 