“You don’t know what you want until I give it to you.”
Taika Waititidoesn’t think he could have madeThor’s reputation any worse when he joined the franchise.
“That really propelled me into the nerdosphere, if you will,” he remembered of the film.
Chris Hemsworth in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’.Marvel Studios
They said, ‘This guy’s gonna ruin this.
He’s gonna ruinThor!'"
“It’s like, ‘What, you mean again?'”
Taika Waititi on the set of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’.Everett Collection
Waititi hadpreviously said that he didn’t envision himselfmaking a Marvel movie when he became a filmmaker.
“I had no interest in doing one of those films, Waititi said onSmartLesslast year.
“It wasnt on my plan for my career as an auteur.
“This is what brought the nerds back.
They were like, ‘Okay, you get a pass on this one.'”
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Waititi said that working on aStar Warsproject brought out his inner child.
TheHunt for the Wilderpeopledirector didn’t have much to say about his subsequentThormovie, 2022’sLove and Thunder.
“Look how jacked Chris got,” he said, pointing at the poster.
“One of my favorite things about this is that I so loveNatalie [Portman].
Also,Christian Bale.
I mean, it’s Christian Bale.
Also,Guns N’ Roses, a lot of the songs.
I did meetAxl Roseonce, actually.
He had a lot of stories to tell, which I will not share.”
Watch the full interview with Waititi above.
