Next, they asked about tying the film into the other Marvel movies and collaborating with other writers since all of their stories are converging to the Avengers team-up film and since we’ll no doubt be seeing a pile of characters crossing over and making cameos in each others’ solo movies.
“We definitely wrote with the bigger story in mind, or at least the bigger universe. Our script is very firmly rooted in the Marvel film world. We were constantly looking for ways to connect Thor to the other movies and heroes, even if they were simply in passing. Part of grounding Thor in the world is grounding him in the specific, fictional world he inhabits. How many of those references and connections make it to the final product are beyond our control, but they are everywhere.
I’ll also tell you the nicest thing about working for Marvel, as a fan. You never have to defend the character to the people who own him. You never have to explain to them why Thor is cool, or what he can do. They are as likely as you are to come up with some awesome bit of obscure continuity and pitch it as a story or character element. It’s a very writer friendly place.
The person we worked with most closely on a day-to-day basis was Craig Kyle. Craig has written for a number of Marvel titles, and his passion for the project and for comics is quite something. It was great to have an actual writer so intimately involved with the development of the script.”
Is it just me or are Miller’s answers are pretty darn perfect? This movie was already my most anticipated of the upcoming Marvel solo character films and now it just stepped up another notch… If that’s even possible.
To see the full interview, head on over to CineFOOLS. It really is a great conversation if you’re a fan of the comics or are interested in the prospect of this film.
That’s not all though! We have a tidbit of information from the recently cast Tom Hiddleston who originally was a candidate to play Thor but was instead given the opportunity to play the villain, Loki.
The Daily Mail had a chance to speak with the English actor, who can currently be seen alongside Thor director Kenneth Branagh in the British series, Wallander. Hiddleston had this to say about the character he’ll be playing when Thor starts principal photography in January:
“Loki’s like a comic book version of Edmund in King Lear, but nastier”.
He then went into a little more detail about the character:
“Well, Loki’s skilled in black magic and sorcery. He’s a shape-shifter and has all sorts of super powers from the dark arts. He can turn clouds into dragons, things like that.”
I wonder to what extent we’ll see Loki’s sorcery in the film. It’s certainly shaping up to be a visual spectacle. Combined with the very stylistic characters and dialogue, we’ll certainly be seeing Branagh’s Shakespearian background emphasized in this project. Since Tom Hiddleston will be playing the smaller magic-based character as opposed to the physically dominant Thor, he’ll definitely be working out on a different regiment:
“Ken wants Loki to have a lean and hungry look, like Cassius in Julius Caesar. Physically, he can’t be posing as Thor.”
Yet, another Shakespeare reference!
What do you think of what was said about the Thor movie?
Thor will be directed by the multi-talented Kenneth Branagh and is scheduled to hit theaters May 20, 2011.
Sources: Daily Mail, CineFOOLS
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