Taika Waititi
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Taika Waititi has revealed that he initially had “no curiosity” in directing 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok for Marvel.
On Monday’s episode of the Smartless podcast, with hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, the filmmaker opened up about how he ended up helming two Thor films, together with 2022’s Thor: Love and Thunder, for the superhero franchise.
“You recognize what? I had no real interest in doing a type of movies,” Waititi mentioned. “It wasn’t on my plan for my profession as an auteur. However I used to be poor and I’d simply had a second baby, and I believed, ‘You recognize what, this could be a fantastic alternative to feed these youngsters.’”
He added, “And Thor, let’s face it — it was in all probability just like the least common franchise. I by no means learn Thor comics once I was a child. That was the comedian I’d decide up and be like, ‘Ugh.’ After which I did some analysis on it, and I learn one Thor comedian or 18 pages, or nonetheless lengthy they’re. I used to be nonetheless baffled by this character.”
Later throughout the dialog, Waititi mentioned he looks like he was requested to direct the Thor movies as a result of “there was no place left for them to go together with that. I believed, ‘Nicely, in the event that they’ve referred to as me in, that is actually the underside of the barrel,’” including that followers initially “hated that I … signed on for the primary one.”
The Subsequent Aim Wins director’s feedback come after he instructed Enterprise Insider earlier this month that he has no plans to return to the Thor franchise anytime quickly.
“I’m going to focus on these different movies that I’ve signed on for,” Waititi mentioned, noting that he’s going to be busy for a number of years engaged on different tasks and that he’d “think about one other Thor could be quite a bit ahead of that.”
Although he mentioned he nonetheless loves Marvel and “working with them,” he needs them nothing however the most effective in the event that they transfer ahead with one other Thor installment with out him.
“I’d by no means really feel like they’re dishonest on me,” Waititi added. “We’re in an open relationship, and it’s like in the event that they wish to see different folks, I’m pleased for that. I’d nonetheless get again into mattress with them sooner or later.”
