'Thor: Love And Thunder' Interviews | Chris Hemsworth, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson - video Dailymotion

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The MCU’s favorite space Vikings are back in “Thor: Love And Thunder,” and CinemaBlend’s Eric Eisenberg was able to get all the behind-the-scenes details from stars Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Natalie Portman (Jane Foster/Mighty Thor), Christian Bale (Gorr the God Butcher) and Writer/Director Taika Waititi (A.K.A. Korg). Tune in to hear how they feel about Tom Hiddleston’s (Loki’s) absence, working (and spying) on Russell Crowe, and more in this interview.

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00:00 I'm I'm I can be bad at spoilers. I give spoilers sometimes and I don't mean to and so I feel like I'm going to withhold that information

00:07 but I think that fans might think that we don't have an answer and there is one and

00:13 It's cool are you thinking what I think you're thinking I'm thinking it what are we thinking thinking what thinking it -

00:26 This is notably the first Thor movie that doesn't have Tom Hiddleston in it and obviously he is such a big part of this franchise

00:32 I'm just what was that experience like like not having him or didn't want to be involved

00:36 He said yeah, I hate all of you and in particular me and I was like, that's a shame and that's it

00:43 I mean how many times could I kill him?

00:45 Three four I

00:52 Guess maybe it's like burn bridges so that he's not like feeling emotional about it, right? Yeah, we love Tom

00:58 We love Tom. Yeah, but he's dead not him but the character of lucky just no, he's just dead

01:03 He's obviously dead to us as far as friendship goes when they got away

01:08 When they got away that means escaped. Yeah

01:12 Yeah, I mean just having the experience of being in Thor Ragnarok having the opportunity to work with taekwondo

01:17 I'm curious how early in the process in the making of this movie were you in his ear just saying what you wanted for

01:23 Valkyrie and just what you were most passionate about super early on actually. Yeah, he like

01:28 Pitched me some early ideas and I pitched things back and then some of the things I pitched are in the movie and some of

01:35 The things that he pitched aren't or there and like it was really a process that was evolving which was so

01:41 Fun for me because like I don't know. I'm still so new to the camp, you know, and and I trust what?

01:50 Marvel does and Kevin and everyone there so I'm just sort of like whatever I'll just show up, you know

01:56 And this time around it was also fun to like spitball ideas and and to be asked, you know

02:02 What I thought and and and yeah, it's been so cool to be a part of that process

02:06 it was really exciting getting to imagine with Taika and Chris and Jen are

02:12 Co-writer with Taika

02:16 the kind of

02:18 Intermittent years between you know Dark World and here. I mean or I guess Avengers and here

02:24 But it was yeah, it was exciting also to get to kind of fill in the pieces of Thor and Jane's relationship as well

02:33 What's it been like three four years eight years seven months and six days give or take and do you think she got what?

02:40 You know Taika

02:45 Described a much larger story, you know to me and obviously we referenced the Jason Aaron comic books as well

02:51 About you know go. So this is my vow

02:55 All gods will die

02:58 He then presented it in a different order than have been anticipated

03:03 But you get somebody who you feel incredible pain and great sympathy for but then someone who becomes an absolute monster

03:09 Based on his pain. He's a fascinating villain and the villain was so much fun to play

03:14 How exciting and Taika Waititi is known for just basically promoting creativity and just invention on set

03:22 Was that something that you found that you personally engaged with?

03:24 Yeah, and necessary because when you're surrounded by blue screen each and every day you need you need extra imagination

03:31 You know to keep yourself going and I've not made a film like that before

03:34 And Taika. Yeah, he uses music. He uses, you know, his great sense of humor, but

03:41 absolute wonderful sincerity and emotion is a beautiful film and

03:45 I think people will expect it to be bloody funny and it is but it is also incredibly moving as well

03:52 Which is very surprising the two go hand in hand, right as they always have throughout history comedy and tragedy and Taika does it effortlessly

03:59 He insists on spontaneity at all times and it's it's so incredible to be reminded of that non-stop

04:06 I mean he rarely does what's on the page and it's really

04:11 Quite a radical way to work on a movie of this size and really fun atmosphere

04:16 And he just brings a lot of joy and fun and kind of mischief to like every every moment of every day

04:22 Is it intimidating at all? It's definitely a new way of working because

04:28 It's so you really have to be

04:31 like like relinquish control and just like go with what happens and

04:37 But I think he creates such a kind environment that it's not an like he's not an intimidating person

04:43 He's a very like warm embracing person

04:46 So it really it makes you feel like safe to to try whatever

04:51 yeah, I had a lot more confidence this time to just

04:55 like come with ideas and

04:58 And also I just feel like my knowledge of the character and the universe and the world is matured so much

05:04 So I felt more comfortable in that space the first time around. I was just like I'm just learning, you know

05:09 I'm like learning the ropes and this time still there's like so much to always learn

05:15 but it's really fun to figure out how to

05:17 You know marry the things that are canon about the character and also

05:22 Explore the things that we bring as actors into the MCU and to me the most exciting journey

05:28 It's like I'm a fan of these movies and a fan of these characters just as an audience member way before making these movies

05:34 and the the the most exciting thing is to see the marriage of really in actor with what is canon and and the

05:42 MCU with what is canon and and it's so fun. And then also if you pluck those characters

05:48 Into new environments, then then you have the chance to imagine what they would be in those spaces

05:54 So for example with Valkyrie, it's like if she comes to earth like what what does that mean for her?

05:59 Does she become a musical theater fan? Yeah, maybe she does and she loves Phantom of the Opera and that's like fun

06:06 You know, it doesn't take anything away from what exists in the comics

06:09 It's just expanding on what we know and understand and love about the character

06:16 Should we help him? I mean eventually, great. I also want to ask about working with Russell Crowe as Zeus because it's such a

06:23 Bombastic performance, but also that costume that he has is just perfect

06:28 Well, it's like yeah, it's nice little homage to gladiator with the breastplate and stuff and then also like the little tutu thing

06:35 But also full credit to him, you know

06:38 He's like, oh, yeah powerhouse of an actor and to be able to embrace that and go. Okay. I know what they're doing

06:43 Yeah, the self-deprecating. He was like, okay, I'll play along

06:46 Yeah, yeah

06:50 Now that self-deprecating kind of make a fool of myself kind of attitude that he was down for was was brilliant

06:56 Yeah, and brought such a another surprising element to the space that I think audiences would have expected

07:02 And you do get the chance to work with a new weapon in this one to that Thunderbolt

07:06 I'm just curious because it doesn't seem super wieldy. How do you fight that? No, it's pretty hard and to be honest like I

07:12 Give me a couple more months with that Thunderbolt and I might have really learned some tricks

07:17 I got okay with it, but Russell Crowe is so good

07:20 And I hope he doesn't mind that I'm saying this but I like watched him

07:25 He would rehearse sometimes outside of my trailer with it and I would watch him

07:30 Because he's really good. He's like so so fantastic at it

07:34 But I mean that's the thing is like you spend I remember when I had

07:38 Dragon Fang and it was like I was first training with that weapon and my two daggers

07:42 I would spend so much time they become like you're you've come intimate with them in a way. So

07:47 The Thunderbolt was fun to wield but it's not it's not my weapon. So I forgive myself for not being perfect at it

07:54 This movie is a lot about intimate relationship with weapons

07:56 I know that is like the funniest thing because that was actually something that really

08:00 Developed in the course of shooting the film and then seen it last night, especially it works like a charm

08:07 It's just like so so funny. Are you packed?

08:10 What I really love about your performance is just the contrast that exists between Jane Foster and Mighty Thor

08:17 You carry yourself very differently in both parts of that role

08:20 I'm curious just to what extent you compartmentalize the performances and just caught some saw them as different things

08:25 Yeah, I absolutely was I was very grateful to have kind of the human and the superhero

08:32 aspects because I think it's so meaningful to

08:37 Get to see someone who can be quite powerful and also have a lot of vulnerability

08:42 I think there's kind of a misunderstanding that like a feminist character is just like badass tough

08:49 Person and I find it much more. Yeah, I feel like it's very

08:54 human to have all of the sides, you know the vulnerability the

08:59 challenges the weakness the

09:02 Finding strength finding power

09:04 Is something I can relate to a lot more

09:06 I just say that was very very impressive what you did back there

09:09 So this is kind of a strange question five years into your Marvel tenure

09:13 But I am curious is Valkyrie her name or is her name Brunhilde and Valkyrie is her title, you know

09:19 That's an interesting question

09:23 Which I don't know I

09:26 This is the thing. I'm I'm I can be bad at spoilers

09:30 I give spoilers sometimes and I don't mean to and so I feel like I'm going to withhold that information

09:36 Okay, but I think that fans might think that we don't have an answer and there is one

09:41 and

09:44 It's cool nice

09:47 Okay, we should go

09:52 You

09:54 (explosion)

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