Taika Waititi Says There’s Surprising Romance in Thor: Love and Thunder

The subsequent Marvel Studios movie is slated to hit theaters this summer season and director Taika Waititi not too long ago chatted with Empire about what to anticipate in Thor: Love and Thunder, promising “a film about love, with superheroes and outer space.”

But it’s not going to be precisely what it could appear with Waititi, which isn’t shocking when you’ve watched his latest foray into romance with Our Flag Means Death, which he produced and starred in (BLACKSTEDE 4EVR!). “I think most people will assume that the love story is between Chris [Hemsworth] and Natalie [Portman],” he warned in regards to the hype on each Thors assembly. “I can’t promise that what people think is going to happen in this film will happen.”

Waititi defined how the love story side got here into play when engaged on the upcoming Thor movie. “I wanted to embrace this thing that I was always a bit dismissive of, and explore this idea of love, and show characters who do believe in love.” he mentioned. “On paper, it feels kinds of cringy to me, but there’s a way of doing it with cool characters making a cool movie, and also having a thing that no fan ever wants in a superhero movie, which is people talking about love, and characters kissing.”

We’re wanting ahead to Thor romancing his method by way of a film which we received a tease of since he took up with the Guardians of the Galaxy in the most recent trailer. It’s enjoyable seeing Thor start to appreciate he’s wanting within the fallacious locations, and the way this movie is priming him for a fantastical new journey of self-discovery in Waititi’s unconventional however very earnest model. “It’s a fantastic film,” the director mentioned. “I don’t try to control my films, or how they turn out. I sort of let them appear to me. And with this film, I’m like, ‘Hey, you’re kind of cooler than the thing I was originally hoping to make.’ Tonally it’s where I’ve always wanted it.”

Thor: Love and Thunder releases July 8.

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