1 00:00:04,295 --> 00:00:05,547 Welcome, heroes. 2 00:00:07,173 --> 00:00:08,925 Your journey has been a long one. 3 00:00:11,136 --> 00:00:12,929 Now what will you do with all that power? 4 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,227 You know what I will do? 5 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:23,106 First, I will heal my wife and my son, 6 00:00:24,983 --> 00:00:26,276 and all the afflicted. 7 00:00:30,947 --> 00:00:33,533 They say that a water demon brings this plague. 8 00:00:34,951 --> 00:00:36,828 Well, I will find it and I will kill it. 9 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:42,542 And I will find the god who sent it, and I will kill it. 10 00:00:43,001 --> 00:00:45,295 It's been long time since I've seen you smile. 11 00:00:45,712 --> 00:00:47,422 I guess I smile when I see you. 12 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:49,215 WOMAN: Can you smile with your eyes? 13 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:52,218 Turn aside, go back to where you came or perish... 14 00:00:52,302 --> 00:00:54,304 FEIGE: There are lot of ways to go with Thor. 15 00:00:54,387 --> 00:00:58,016 He's been drawn with more muscles than any human can possibly have, 16 00:00:58,183 --> 00:00:59,851 with long, flowing blond hair. 17 00:00:59,934 --> 00:01:02,062 But we knew early on that we didn't want to 18 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:06,024 just cast a body builder or just cast a wrestler. 19 00:01:06,107 --> 00:01:08,735 I'm sure there are some that can act very, very well. 20 00:01:08,818 --> 00:01:12,697 But we said let's find the actor first and see if we can build on to the body. 21 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:16,034 We did what was right. 22 00:01:16,659 --> 00:01:17,869 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) 23 00:01:22,624 --> 00:01:25,251 His very impressive-looking physique that looks like 24 00:01:25,335 --> 00:01:27,921 it can take that kind of intense physical build-up 25 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:29,547 we're gonna have to put him through, 26 00:01:29,631 --> 00:01:32,675 an intelligence, an acting intelligence that is very special, 27 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:36,262 and ability to tap into his primal side as well. 28 00:01:37,847 --> 00:01:40,225 FEIGE: You can't help but watch him. He has a presence. 29 00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:41,309 I love you, Mom. 30 00:01:41,392 --> 00:01:42,519 I love you. 31 00:01:42,685 --> 00:01:43,937 He's got a humor about him. 32 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:45,021 I need a horse. 33 00:01:45,355 --> 00:01:47,357 Of course. Of course. 34 00:01:47,649 --> 00:01:50,151 BRANAGH: We waited until we felt in our bones 35 00:01:50,235 --> 00:01:52,362 we've got exactly the right person for Thor, 36 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:53,655 and Chris Hemsworth is that. 37 00:01:53,738 --> 00:01:56,032 HEMSWORTH: The idea of it being finished has been sort of this 38 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:58,785 light at the end of the tunnel for, yeah, a long time. 39 00:01:58,910 --> 00:02:01,246 And now being here is sort of like, "Shit, now what do I do?" 40 00:02:08,670 --> 00:02:11,297 -This doesn't make any sense. -Nah, nothing makes sense here, man. 41 00:02:11,381 --> 00:02:14,425 The only thing that does make sense is that nothing makes sense. 42 00:02:14,509 --> 00:02:16,719 Has anyone here fought the Grandmaster's champion? 43 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:17,804 WAITITI: Cut. 44 00:02:17,887 --> 00:02:19,264 I freaking cut. 45 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:20,640 Cut. 46 00:02:20,723 --> 00:02:22,142 Taika, I just love working with him. 47 00:02:22,225 --> 00:02:24,144 We have a great thing, we've become great friends, 48 00:02:24,227 --> 00:02:26,187 and that certainly is a huge advantage 49 00:02:26,271 --> 00:02:28,940 because you just shortcut to whatever the point is. 50 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:32,902 WINDERBAUM: When we set out to make Thor three, 51 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:36,781 we knew we could blow the franchise wide open. 52 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:39,951 We had an opportunity to reinvent the character completely. 53 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:48,001 Ragnarok was obviously a huge change for us 54 00:02:48,084 --> 00:02:50,461 and really moved the needle into 55 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:55,133 such a different territory than we'd originally started. 56 00:02:58,261 --> 00:03:01,723 Of all the Avengers, maybe it was an advantage to 57 00:03:01,806 --> 00:03:05,018 be the underdog at a certain point because there was a... 58 00:03:05,435 --> 00:03:09,272 It definitely gave me a kind of a real competitive push 59 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:11,232 and a want or a need to go, 60 00:03:11,316 --> 00:03:13,943 "I can do something different. I can do better with this character." 61 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:17,113 WAITITI: I've always said Chris is the kind of person who you feel 62 00:03:17,238 --> 00:03:21,784 like is fun, and he's a good friend. 63 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:25,371 And he's the kind of person that you would want to be on an adventure with. 64 00:03:25,455 --> 00:03:28,416 Because he does like to look after people and he is an adventurer. 65 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:30,710 I think that's what you want in a superhero. 66 00:03:31,169 --> 00:03:34,130 -And it's the... Right there. -Yeah. All right. Catch. 67 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:36,424 WAITITI: When I came on to do Ragnarok, I basically said, 68 00:03:36,507 --> 00:03:38,593 "Look, man, you just gotta be more of yourself." 69 00:03:38,676 --> 00:03:39,677 Roll. 70 00:03:39,802 --> 00:03:41,221 "Make the character funny." 71 00:03:41,304 --> 00:03:43,848 I swear I'm not even moving. It's just doing this on its own. 72 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:46,684 WAITITI: Concentrate on making him more of a Chris Hemsworth. 73 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:48,019 Yes! 74 00:03:49,437 --> 00:03:51,689 So much has happened since I last saw you. 75 00:03:52,690 --> 00:03:56,819 I lost my hammer, like, yesterday. So that's still pretty fresh. 76 00:03:57,153 --> 00:04:00,657 HEMSWORTH: Both of us were like, "Can we really raise the bar with Ragnarok?" 77 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:03,785 And I remember coming out of Ragnarok, going into 78 00:04:04,327 --> 00:04:05,995 Infinity War and Endgame, 79 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:09,082 and very adamant about trying to hang onto the new version of Thor 80 00:04:09,165 --> 00:04:10,917 and not go back to the old version. 81 00:04:11,501 --> 00:04:14,420 I had some of the funnest stuff I had in Infinity War and Endgame. 82 00:04:14,712 --> 00:04:16,422 And then Love and Thunder. 83 00:04:16,506 --> 00:04:18,424 There's a huge amount of pressure coming into this. 84 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:22,178 He's got tight, blue denim jeans on, a tank top. 85 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:25,306 His hair's flowing. Instead of it being... 86 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:27,850 -Ah! Elegant. -It should... We're just saying that. 87 00:04:27,934 --> 00:04:30,144 Like, every move is like... (MAKES DRAMATIC SOUND) 88 00:04:30,228 --> 00:04:31,271 -You know? -WAITITI: Everyone, it's amazing. 89 00:04:31,354 --> 00:04:33,022 HEMSWORTH: And then everything's like... 90 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:35,692 A little bit flamboyant, like, a double kick, like... 91 00:04:35,775 --> 00:04:37,735 -Shit you'd never get away with normally. -WAITITI: Yeah. 92 00:04:37,819 --> 00:04:40,154 HEMSWORTH: Which adds to the like, (SIGHS) "What is he doing?" 93 00:04:40,238 --> 00:04:42,782 And everything's just got a little flair to it, like... 94 00:04:42,865 --> 00:04:44,701 -A flourish. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 95 00:04:44,826 --> 00:04:46,786 I just think that he's so like... 96 00:04:46,869 --> 00:04:47,870 WAITITI: Yeah. 97 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,164 -Find cool poses, all of that stuff. -He could... He's like... 98 00:04:50,248 --> 00:04:53,126 Yeah, on the camera. They are on record. I support this. 99 00:04:53,209 --> 00:04:56,087 This is probably... This is actually... 'Cause we had a... That's your idea. 100 00:04:57,046 --> 00:05:00,216 -We're all in it. So, yeah. -You basically are just underneath me. 101 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,843 -Yeah. -It is my idea. 102 00:05:01,926 --> 00:05:04,595 -Yeah, yeah. Yeah. -I would've thought about this. 103 00:05:04,679 --> 00:05:06,014 'Cause you built me, you own me. 104 00:05:06,097 --> 00:05:07,223 I knew you'd say that. 105 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:10,476 Thor is actually now our longest-running franchise character. 106 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,353 This is the first time we've done a fourth movie. 107 00:05:12,437 --> 00:05:14,522 And I think with that there's some expectations 108 00:05:14,605 --> 00:05:16,024 to keep building upon it. 109 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:18,318 Memorable and different. 110 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:22,030 And a big like kickoff to the film and the action. 111 00:05:22,113 --> 00:05:24,657 When we set out to make a fourth film, 112 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:26,909 we knew we couldn't make Ragnarok all over again. 113 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:30,121 We had to find, you know, new angles, new surprises 114 00:05:30,204 --> 00:05:32,123 and new places to take these characters. 115 00:05:32,206 --> 00:05:33,875 Wait, wait, wait. Play that one. 116 00:05:33,958 --> 00:05:35,251 No, go back. Play that. 117 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:38,004 -MAN: Thor... Sif... -Sif? 118 00:05:38,379 --> 00:05:41,174 -MAN: Yep, that's Sif what? -(HEMSWORTH SNORTS) 119 00:05:41,257 --> 00:05:44,010 -(MAN LAUGHING) -I'm sorry. It killed me. 120 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:47,722 With the Guardians, it's just a very different pace with that group, you know? 121 00:05:47,805 --> 00:05:49,599 A lot of improvisation, which is 122 00:05:50,224 --> 00:05:53,227 very much how we worked on Thor: Ragnarok. 123 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:54,896 Charger? Maybe you need a charger? 124 00:05:54,979 --> 00:05:57,065 Of course I need to charge it. I don't know where the dock is... 125 00:05:57,148 --> 00:05:59,317 THOR: Who put you in charge? Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, hey! 126 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,069 HEMSWORTH: It's never kind of... 127 00:06:01,736 --> 00:06:03,613 You're competing for jokes. It's basically about 128 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:06,783 what's the funniest moment within this scene that we can find 129 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:08,284 and kinda help you share the load. 130 00:06:08,368 --> 00:06:11,204 And whoever has the button or the punchline, doesn't really matter, 131 00:06:11,287 --> 00:06:14,290 it's just about hitting the target, and it's fun. 132 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:17,418 I don't know which is worse, but it's why I keep everyone at arm's length. 133 00:06:20,129 --> 00:06:22,423 You've grown too attached. Damn it, I knew this would happen. 134 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:23,508 You must go. 135 00:06:23,591 --> 00:06:26,302 There's a kind of humor to it and sort of irony 136 00:06:26,386 --> 00:06:30,390 and a wackiness that seems to fit mine and Taika's brain. 137 00:06:32,850 --> 00:06:33,893 Lazybones. 138 00:06:34,018 --> 00:06:35,353 Let's go. 139 00:06:35,436 --> 00:06:38,189 Asleep? Sleeping on the job, are we? (GRUMBLES) Lazy. 140 00:06:38,272 --> 00:06:40,900 Just being here at the back, try going a little bit longer, 141 00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:44,404 so I might get a shot on you from the front just going... You know? 142 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:46,989 I've been told you can summon them with a special whistle... 143 00:06:47,073 --> 00:06:48,658 that goes something like this... (WHISTLES) 144 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:50,743 No, that's not it. (WHISTLES) No, that's not it. 145 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:53,996 Summoning. Summoning goats. 146 00:06:54,497 --> 00:06:57,458 It's just a joy to watch Taika play Korg 147 00:06:57,542 --> 00:06:59,544 because, obviously, he's going back and forth 148 00:06:59,627 --> 00:07:01,462 between directing and playing Korg. 149 00:07:01,546 --> 00:07:06,050 And because it's motion capture, he has all these dots on his face. 150 00:07:06,134 --> 00:07:09,971 So you're trying to take him seriously in one moment giving you direction, 151 00:07:10,054 --> 00:07:12,306 and then suddenly he's Korg again 152 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:16,102 with the head attached to him and his furry boots. 153 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:19,313 Taika, of course, as we know, is an improvisational filmmaker. 154 00:07:19,397 --> 00:07:21,190 Add a bit more rock stuff here, Shane. 155 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:23,776 Let's just bring it up here. This is where Rocket's gonna be. 156 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:27,071 So Sean... Sean, we're gonna map you over here, actually. 157 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:30,241 MORRISON: It's honestly when your brain is the most fully engaged 158 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:32,743 because there are no limitations. 159 00:07:32,827 --> 00:07:36,456 With a lot of filmmakers, there's responsible practicality, 160 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:39,834 where you look at what you can do, and T just doesn't do that. 161 00:07:39,917 --> 00:07:43,087 He just thinks of the end product, as in like, "What would be cool?" 162 00:07:43,212 --> 00:07:46,466 "What would be the coolest thing to see?" 'Cause he's 90% 163 00:07:46,549 --> 00:07:49,051 there in the audience already watching the film he's making. 164 00:07:50,386 --> 00:07:52,221 -That's what I made here, so... -You're throwing it to those guys there. 165 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:54,390 -I can look there as well. So there. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. 166 00:07:56,058 --> 00:08:00,104 I think Taika, he's like a big kid. His imagination is second to none. 167 00:08:00,438 --> 00:08:03,399 From the very first time we worked together, 168 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:06,068 it was about doing something new, you know, 169 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:07,612 and not getting put in a box. 170 00:08:12,366 --> 00:08:17,413 Taika is really good at reflecting the way life can be. 171 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:19,999 Dark and comedic all at once. 172 00:08:20,291 --> 00:08:21,667 The old ex-girlfriend. 173 00:08:21,751 --> 00:08:22,752 Jodie Foster. 174 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:23,878 Jane Foster. 175 00:08:23,961 --> 00:08:25,171 The one that got away. 176 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:28,758 Most of the time when we're in our darkest moments, 177 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:31,928 we try and deflect it with humor, you know, 178 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,096 or if it's absurd, so it's funny 179 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:37,600 because the darkest parts of life are completely absurd. 180 00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:41,395 So, I think he really knows how important the silly is 181 00:08:41,479 --> 00:08:46,108 when the world is falling down. 182 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:47,777 (LAUGHS) 183 00:08:47,902 --> 00:08:50,488 Okay. Hold. They're not bad. 184 00:08:50,571 --> 00:08:54,951 Tragedy-comedy has been going hand in hand for a couple of thousand years. 185 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:56,661 Yeah, and he does it impeccably. 186 00:08:56,744 --> 00:09:00,623 I think also it doesn't matter what sort of genre, whether it's comic books, 187 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:04,585 if the people involved are passionate about it and are good storytellers, 188 00:09:04,669 --> 00:09:07,296 it's transcendent experience. You know? 189 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:09,006 And with Taika, you get that. 190 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:13,844 It's the... Oh, boy! Oh, well, let me get away with it. 191 00:09:13,928 --> 00:09:19,892 One of the most exciting things about working with Taika Waititi 192 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:25,815 is that he is very technical, he's very aware, very savvy 193 00:09:25,898 --> 00:09:28,818 of all of the tools and the tricks, 194 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:32,780 whether they be old-fashioned tricks or new technology. 195 00:09:32,863 --> 00:09:34,490 We're shooting on The Volume. 196 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,993 It's the first time I've ever shot inside of one of these things. 197 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:41,664 You can see the background projected 360 and up to the sky. 198 00:09:42,206 --> 00:09:44,959 Pretty spectacular. So it's all in-camera. 199 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:47,253 And it looks pretty amazing. 200 00:09:47,336 --> 00:09:50,256 This is the first Marvel film that has utilized The Volume, 201 00:09:50,339 --> 00:09:52,967 which is this amazing technology 202 00:09:53,050 --> 00:09:56,429 that allows you to be completely surrounded 360 degrees 203 00:09:56,512 --> 00:09:57,805 in a digital environment. 204 00:09:57,888 --> 00:10:02,560 It allows you to seamlessly place practical sets with a digital world. 205 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:10,735 MORRISON: As pertains to The Volume, 206 00:10:10,818 --> 00:10:15,239 you're basically building a room from LED panels, 207 00:10:15,323 --> 00:10:19,285 and so at a moment we can say, we're in this world, or in that world, 208 00:10:19,368 --> 00:10:21,954 and then, literally, the entire environment around the actors 209 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:23,039 will change in a heartbeat 210 00:10:23,122 --> 00:10:25,374 in terms of the lighting and the mood and the tone. 211 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:26,709 That's a game changer. 212 00:10:28,210 --> 00:10:30,921 WAITITI: I had such a good experience on Mandalorian with The Volume 213 00:10:31,005 --> 00:10:33,883 that I wanted to bring that technology over to this shoot. 214 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:37,011 Resplendent skyscape, Rocky. There are four suns. 215 00:10:37,094 --> 00:10:38,638 What could be more relaxing than that? 216 00:10:39,221 --> 00:10:42,183 WAITITI: It's a wonderful tool, and, in a way, you get a lot of stuff in-camera. 217 00:10:42,266 --> 00:10:44,852 And, yeah, we only have to do a few tweaks to it later on. 218 00:10:44,935 --> 00:10:46,937 And that's really good for the actors 219 00:10:47,021 --> 00:10:49,106 to be able to see the world that you've created. 220 00:10:49,231 --> 00:10:50,232 -Wow. -Yeah. 221 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:51,567 Beautiful. 222 00:10:52,401 --> 00:10:53,819 THOR: So beautiful, so rare. 223 00:10:53,903 --> 00:10:56,447 WAITITI: Being able to see it in the moment as opposed to 224 00:10:56,530 --> 00:10:58,032 just being in a world of blue, 225 00:10:58,824 --> 00:11:00,910 I think it helps with their performances. 226 00:11:03,412 --> 00:11:05,790 HEMSWORTH: If you're standing on the edge of a cliff, so to speak, 227 00:11:05,873 --> 00:11:09,335 looking out into the sunset, to actually be staring into a sunset, 228 00:11:09,418 --> 00:11:12,380 that certainly does pull out certain emotions and reactions from you 229 00:11:12,463 --> 00:11:16,592 that you may or may not get there if it's your own imagination. 230 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:19,804 It's very different staring at a blue screen or a green screen. 231 00:11:19,887 --> 00:11:23,641 You know, that's quite numbing and does require a whole lot more effort. 232 00:11:24,100 --> 00:11:26,894 THOMPSON: The Volume is incredible. It essentially casts light 233 00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:29,563 on our faces, on the costumes. 234 00:11:29,647 --> 00:11:31,899 It feels really, really immersive. 235 00:11:32,650 --> 00:11:35,361 As impressive as The Volume is, 236 00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:39,824 I think I was really blown away entering New Asgard. 237 00:11:48,999 --> 00:11:50,543 Stand by for shoot. 238 00:11:50,626 --> 00:11:54,755 You can never really replace just standing in a fully immersive set. 239 00:11:54,839 --> 00:11:58,926 And perhaps one of the most impressive sets we created was New Asgard, 240 00:11:59,009 --> 00:12:02,388 which was a complete town in the middle of nowhere. 241 00:12:02,471 --> 00:12:05,975 And the second you stepped onto it, you would just get completely lost. 242 00:12:06,434 --> 00:12:10,020 That's pretty cool, this town is all practical. 243 00:12:10,604 --> 00:12:11,814 Real houses. 244 00:12:12,189 --> 00:12:14,108 People live up here. We've rented these rooms out. 245 00:12:14,191 --> 00:12:16,402 Tessa's actually staying in that room. Tessa Thompson. 246 00:12:16,485 --> 00:12:18,738 Yeah, I think I'm just gonna move in actually. Is that... 247 00:12:18,821 --> 00:12:21,115 -That's cool, right? -You got some Infinity Cones up here, 248 00:12:21,198 --> 00:12:23,743 -which is these delicious ice creams. -Mmm-hmm. 249 00:12:23,826 --> 00:12:26,328 I actually came up with the name Infinity Cones. 250 00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:28,664 It's a wordplay on Infinity Stones. 251 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,040 -Did you write it? I didn't think... -Yeah. 252 00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:32,168 -...that was you. I didn't... -No, no, I did. (SHUSHING) 253 00:12:42,678 --> 00:12:45,598 WAITITI: Going into this, we knew people missed Natalie's character 254 00:12:45,681 --> 00:12:48,184 and was never really dealt with, like, what happened to her. 255 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:51,437 The idea that she becomes another version of Thor, 256 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,315 that just seemed like the perfect in, 257 00:12:54,398 --> 00:12:56,358 and the perfect way to bring that character back. 258 00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:07,077 The elements that come with Jane becoming The Mighty Thor are inherently dramatic. 259 00:13:07,161 --> 00:13:09,038 And in many ways, tragic. 260 00:13:09,121 --> 00:13:11,832 And Taika was very interested about telling that story. 261 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:14,502 I've loved Natalie from afar for a long time 262 00:13:14,585 --> 00:13:16,045 and I've always wanted to work with her. 263 00:13:16,128 --> 00:13:19,799 Taika came over to my house to talk to me about it 264 00:13:19,882 --> 00:13:25,179 because I had, kind of, you know, of course, not been in the last film, 265 00:13:25,262 --> 00:13:27,890 which was so wonderful and I really enjoyed watching. 266 00:13:31,101 --> 00:13:33,687 WAITITI: Please welcome to the stage Natalie Portman! 267 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:41,946 As a fan, I remember watching the announcement 268 00:13:42,029 --> 00:13:45,115 and seeing Natalie take the hammer from Taika at Comic-Con, 269 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:48,577 and I was just so excited that she was going to rejoin this film. 270 00:13:50,287 --> 00:13:53,666 PORTMAN: I just had been out of the Marvel world for a while and... 271 00:13:53,749 --> 00:13:57,002 So, when he talked to me about coming back and about how 272 00:13:58,003 --> 00:14:00,005 Jane would be The Mighty Thor, 273 00:14:00,089 --> 00:14:03,008 it was interesting to get to consider 274 00:14:03,092 --> 00:14:05,219 what that experience could be. 275 00:14:05,511 --> 00:14:06,554 Mjolnir! 276 00:14:18,274 --> 00:14:21,819 She was, kind of... You know, this was a very different direction 277 00:14:21,902 --> 00:14:24,238 for the character, and I think had some real concerns about, 278 00:14:24,321 --> 00:14:27,992 "Hang on, does this match? The continuity from this to that and..." 279 00:14:28,576 --> 00:14:31,328 And we just said, "That doesn't matter." Like, you know? 280 00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:33,080 That's what happened in Ragnarok. 281 00:14:33,163 --> 00:14:35,165 We went "Who cares about anything we've done before?" 282 00:14:35,249 --> 00:14:38,460 And so, it was just kind of a rebirth or new exploration of the character, 283 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:40,129 and she was down for it. 284 00:14:48,512 --> 00:14:52,057 Natalie came in very early, ready to work. 285 00:14:52,141 --> 00:14:54,560 She wanted to master everything as much as possible, 286 00:14:54,643 --> 00:14:55,978 so she could do as much as possible. 287 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:57,980 Despite having been in lots of action movies, 288 00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:00,691 I'd never really done any fight training or anything. 289 00:15:00,774 --> 00:15:03,152 Half is going from here, pulling it back. 290 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,446 Remember when we did that shuffle footwork? 291 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:08,949 Into that step. And going over to kneel. 292 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:10,868 And you're going diagonal down. 293 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:15,289 It was really fun to get to train 294 00:15:15,372 --> 00:15:18,250 for the first time in my life to be strong, you know? 295 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:22,379 Usually, as women, we're training to get small as possible. 296 00:15:22,463 --> 00:15:26,800 So it's exciting to actually be working towards being bigger. 297 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:28,260 Stand down. 298 00:15:28,344 --> 00:15:30,304 WINDERBAUM: Natalie showed up in incredible shape. 299 00:15:30,387 --> 00:15:32,598 Like, she was ready to play Mighty Thor. 300 00:15:34,183 --> 00:15:36,560 This is the heavy one. I'm clearly not worthy. 301 00:15:36,644 --> 00:15:40,022 Not really. But this one is... 302 00:15:40,648 --> 00:15:45,486 Often, if we wanna create weight, so your guns can show. 303 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:49,949 So, we will create a prop in a heavy weight, 304 00:15:50,032 --> 00:15:51,450 depending on the action. 305 00:15:52,034 --> 00:15:54,662 And then we'll create them in a lighter weight. 306 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:56,163 This one, as you can see. 307 00:15:56,580 --> 00:15:57,623 THOR: Excuse me. 308 00:15:57,706 --> 00:15:59,375 Hello, that's my hammer you've got there. 309 00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:01,460 And that's my look. 310 00:16:02,252 --> 00:16:06,131 PARK: For Mighty Thor, we wanted to maintain a Thor feel... 311 00:16:06,215 --> 00:16:09,051 There's certain elements that are iconically Thor. 312 00:16:09,218 --> 00:16:11,553 ...while adding new elements throughout. 313 00:16:12,513 --> 00:16:14,431 The helmet that we have, 314 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:20,229 we went back to the old comic books and got that vintage feeling for it. 315 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:24,066 And we adapted to the beautiful face of Natalie Portman, 316 00:16:24,608 --> 00:16:29,279 but we didn't want to hide too much of her eyes and her features. 317 00:16:29,363 --> 00:16:30,364 Hey. 318 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:33,909 It's very easy not to lose her because she's unique. 319 00:16:33,993 --> 00:16:36,078 WINDERBAUM: Those helmets are really well-designed, 320 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:38,622 but they're not always the most comfortable thing in the world. 321 00:16:38,706 --> 00:16:40,582 Sometimes they're heavy, they change your posture. 322 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:44,712 But if you can eliminate all of that and have a VFX artist put it in later, 323 00:16:44,795 --> 00:16:46,005 then that's what you do. 324 00:16:46,088 --> 00:16:47,881 Our CG artists have gotten so great 325 00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:50,259 at creating reflective surfaces like the helmet, 326 00:16:50,384 --> 00:16:53,637 that it actually helps us from a performance standpoint. 327 00:16:55,931 --> 00:16:58,684 BALE: Natalie does a really beautiful job in this. 328 00:16:58,767 --> 00:17:02,312 You know, there's some scenes which are tough to watch. 329 00:17:02,396 --> 00:17:06,400 And she's really just a wonderful heart and soul. 330 00:17:06,608 --> 00:17:07,609 As good as it gets. 331 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:13,615 It's a gift to see Natalie rediscover and reimagine who Jane Foster is. 332 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,744 You think I really should be coming? 333 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:18,954 You're a Thor. Of course you should come. 334 00:17:19,663 --> 00:17:24,626 I think so often, not just in these movies but in general, 335 00:17:24,793 --> 00:17:28,338 it's really rare to get to share the screen with other women. 336 00:17:28,422 --> 00:17:30,716 Sometimes you're the only one. 337 00:17:30,799 --> 00:17:33,969 And in this case, I think it's really impactful, 338 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:36,055 particularly because Jane Foster is a character 339 00:17:36,138 --> 00:17:38,432 that doesn't start off as a superhero. 340 00:17:39,850 --> 00:17:43,562 PORTMAN: Tessa is such a ferocious actress. 341 00:17:43,645 --> 00:17:48,525 We had a lot of fun getting to show, I think, the sisterhood in battle. 342 00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:54,573 THOMPSON: I've done a lot of physical preparation. 343 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:58,952 I just wanted to push myself to get even stronger than I was on the last one. 344 00:17:59,244 --> 00:18:00,996 The thing that really excites me is 345 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,709 getting to play a superhero that bucked convention. 346 00:18:08,712 --> 00:18:12,966 And the opportunity to get to bring this character to life. 347 00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:16,178 This character that doesn't necessarily look like me in the comics, 348 00:18:16,261 --> 00:18:19,264 but to capture her spirit was a tremendous challenge, 349 00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:21,600 and to get to do it with people that I admire and respect. 350 00:18:21,683 --> 00:18:23,811 This is the best day of my life! 351 00:18:29,149 --> 00:18:31,026 There's also a moment where everyone, 352 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,445 if you think about as your primary school class... 353 00:18:33,529 --> 00:18:35,823 CHAPEK: This is probably the biggest Thor movie we've ever done. 354 00:18:37,908 --> 00:18:41,578 This movie introduces so many amazing alien species, 355 00:18:41,662 --> 00:18:43,288 monsters, creatures... 356 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:49,837 All right, there you go. 357 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:55,759 The Indigarrians, that was an army of aliens, which was massive. 358 00:18:55,926 --> 00:18:57,052 God of Thunder. 359 00:18:57,177 --> 00:18:58,178 King Yakan. 360 00:18:58,262 --> 00:19:00,264 JOHANSEN: It was a production line for the Indigarrians. 361 00:19:00,347 --> 00:19:01,431 We had some big days. 362 00:19:01,515 --> 00:19:05,853 The Indigarrians had brow pieces and cheeks and they had big, scared eyes. 363 00:19:05,936 --> 00:19:07,855 We had people that were sponging them blue, 364 00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:09,523 people that were gluing on the prosthetics, 365 00:19:09,606 --> 00:19:13,152 people that were spray-painting them, and powdering them, and... 366 00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:16,029 Yeah, it was something to really see. 367 00:19:16,113 --> 00:19:18,323 Yes! Bucket list, tick. 368 00:19:18,574 --> 00:19:20,826 CHAPEK: They're just so funny. It's so effortless. 369 00:19:20,909 --> 00:19:24,580 And then we have these amazing alien owl-bikers called the Booskans. 370 00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:35,007 I drink the stiffest cordials and... 371 00:19:35,090 --> 00:19:36,091 MAN: Straight to the... 372 00:19:36,216 --> 00:19:39,845 And all the black jellybeans. Black jellybeans. 373 00:19:39,928 --> 00:19:42,181 Whereas these guys eat colored jellybeans. 374 00:19:42,264 --> 00:19:43,390 I can't stand them. 375 00:19:44,141 --> 00:19:45,809 JOHANSEN: The Booskans were really interesting, 376 00:19:45,893 --> 00:19:47,895 'cause they weren't originally meant to be owl-creatures. 377 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:49,354 The owl-heads that we see behind us 378 00:19:49,438 --> 00:19:52,191 were these warrior kind of mask. 379 00:19:52,274 --> 00:19:55,903 And then the real Habooskan character was underneath that. 380 00:19:56,904 --> 00:20:00,616 The more we started designing and honing in on the look of the Booskans, the mask, 381 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,201 the more that Taika was kinda like, 382 00:20:02,284 --> 00:20:04,203 "You know what? I really like the look of these guys. 383 00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:06,246 "These guys should be the creatures, 384 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:09,041 "not so much the masks that the Habooskan was wearing." 385 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,001 And I loved that. I thought, you know, that's... 386 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:14,004 For a creature design, I'd never seen anything like these guys. 387 00:20:20,219 --> 00:20:21,803 Devastation all around. 388 00:20:21,929 --> 00:20:23,972 -Our temple's been destroyed. -We're donating goats. 389 00:20:24,056 --> 00:20:26,516 Apparently we're still giving away stuff 'cause that... 390 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,101 Yeah, that's kinda who we are. 391 00:20:28,185 --> 00:20:29,269 We have nothing else. 392 00:20:29,353 --> 00:20:30,354 We got nothing. 393 00:20:30,437 --> 00:20:33,232 We got no temple or anything, but we're still giving away our goats. 394 00:20:33,315 --> 00:20:34,858 (GOATS SCREAMING) 395 00:20:35,484 --> 00:20:36,485 No backsies. 396 00:20:37,986 --> 00:20:41,240 This movie is introducing two new unexpected characters 397 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:44,993 in Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder, who are two space-travelling goats. 398 00:20:45,369 --> 00:20:48,163 There's a Viking ship that floats through space 399 00:20:48,247 --> 00:20:50,749 that's being towed by giant goats 400 00:20:50,832 --> 00:20:52,709 who create fire with their hooves. 401 00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:53,877 It's gonna be nuts. 402 00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:54,962 It's so good, right? 403 00:20:56,046 --> 00:20:58,131 Awesome. Really good. 404 00:21:01,009 --> 00:21:03,345 Really good, really good, yeah. Really. 405 00:21:03,428 --> 00:21:06,181 CHAPEK: You would think something like that would be completely CG, 406 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:08,767 and you'd have no reference. But we didn't do that. 407 00:21:09,184 --> 00:21:10,227 It's very smooth. 408 00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:14,356 CHAPEK: We actually created real-life goat heads for VFX reference, 409 00:21:14,439 --> 00:21:16,566 but more so just to be able to interact with them. 410 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:18,819 (BOTH LAUGHING) 411 00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:20,487 That's really awesome. 412 00:21:20,570 --> 00:21:22,698 They're huge, these things. They're the size of, you know, 413 00:21:22,781 --> 00:21:24,283 Clydesdale horses. 414 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:27,744 This is Toothgrinder and Toothgnasher. 415 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,455 They were really the trickiest thing we've done on this show. 416 00:21:30,539 --> 00:21:32,249 Coming up with the design that was 417 00:21:32,332 --> 00:21:35,585 true to some of the early visual development art that we received, 418 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:39,923 but giving them the most realistic finish, wanting them to look real. 419 00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:45,262 There's lot of designing, incredibly detailed punched hair, silicon tongue, 420 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:50,100 got acrylic eyes in here. The horns are hard. 421 00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:53,270 Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder are absolute stars. 422 00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:55,897 We loved writing for them. 423 00:21:56,189 --> 00:21:58,317 Retrace your steps. Where did you put the remote? 424 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,651 One of these goats probably ate it! 425 00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:01,611 Goats didn't eat the remote. Don't be ridiculous. 426 00:22:01,778 --> 00:22:04,906 One of things that the goats are really helpful with 427 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:08,243 is getting in and out of scenes and infusing more fun into a movie 428 00:22:08,327 --> 00:22:10,746 that already is incredibly fun. 429 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,957 One of those scenes was the Grand Pantheon, 430 00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:16,376 where we were like, "How do we get in and out of this scene? 431 00:22:16,460 --> 00:22:18,211 "What is the fantastical way out?" 432 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:23,050 I did it. 433 00:22:23,592 --> 00:22:27,763 ROBINSON: Well, what if the goats smashed through the top of the Pantheon 434 00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:30,057 in the goat boat to save our heroes? 435 00:22:30,557 --> 00:22:33,185 I don't know if that's possible, 'cause I come from small productions. 436 00:22:33,268 --> 00:22:35,729 But this is Marvel, so, we got to do that. 437 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,692 Look up there. There's my god. The God of Kronans. Ninny Nonnie. 438 00:22:40,776 --> 00:22:42,611 I thought he was actually not real. 439 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:45,072 Oh, no, they're all very real indeed, Korg. 440 00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:47,407 (LAUGHING) I'm so sorry. 441 00:22:47,657 --> 00:22:50,702 ROBINSON: The Grand Pantheon is one of the biggest set pieces in the film. 442 00:22:50,786 --> 00:22:53,080 It's full of gods from all over the Cosmos. 443 00:22:53,163 --> 00:22:58,126 So, we also get to include a lot of gods and people from other MCU favorites. 444 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,838 It's really about bringing the whole MCU together in this one space 445 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:03,715 and having our characters exist 446 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:07,344 and feel like they are truly a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 447 00:23:10,555 --> 00:23:12,808 So, now flick. Right, good. Good stuff, yeah. 448 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:15,102 But now you know he's gonna step forward and... 449 00:23:15,185 --> 00:23:16,603 You flicked too hard, damn it! 450 00:23:16,728 --> 00:23:19,022 (SCREAMING) 451 00:23:19,689 --> 00:23:20,816 (LAUGHS) 452 00:23:21,358 --> 00:23:26,822 Makeup-wise, in the Golden Temple, we had 18, 20 gods to create. 453 00:23:26,988 --> 00:23:28,240 I'm playing Fur God. 454 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:31,201 Although he's dyslexic, so he likes to be known as Fur Dog. 455 00:23:31,326 --> 00:23:34,287 I'm gonna be up there and I'm gonna be in a little hole and I have my little... 456 00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:35,580 Of course, you can't see here, 457 00:23:35,664 --> 00:23:38,333 but I have these little furry feet-hands or hand-feet. 458 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,544 He's just gonna be chatting to Thor about orgies and stuff. 459 00:23:45,257 --> 00:23:50,387 You can see the level of detail they did on the face. It's just astonishing. 460 00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:55,642 My favorite one was the Aztec god. He looks like a glass mosaic in his face. 461 00:23:55,725 --> 00:23:59,729 He's got a suit. And then his face, hands, and feet are painted. 462 00:23:59,896 --> 00:24:02,732 And the other challenge was Dionysus. 463 00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:06,486 Taika wanted Dionysus to look like a marble statue. 464 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:08,780 I was, like, "Oh. How are we gonna do that?" 465 00:24:08,864 --> 00:24:11,199 because they'd never done it on a movie before. 466 00:24:11,533 --> 00:24:13,702 So, we said, "Okay, let's try to do it." 467 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:20,000 We gave him a beard and he looked like, with all these cracks from the marble, 468 00:24:20,083 --> 00:24:21,626 and we made him like a... 469 00:24:22,544 --> 00:24:26,298 I hope he was gonna love it, because it was perfect. 470 00:24:27,090 --> 00:24:28,383 Two things. 471 00:24:29,217 --> 00:24:30,510 Number one. 472 00:24:31,887 --> 00:24:34,806 I am so sorry to hear of the death of your father. 473 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:37,309 Number two... 474 00:24:37,392 --> 00:24:39,269 Don't talk back to Zeus! 475 00:24:40,562 --> 00:24:43,815 Zeus is a very powerful character in the comics. 476 00:24:43,899 --> 00:24:46,401 Someone that goes back with Thor a long way. 477 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:48,111 He's one of the most powerful gods. 478 00:24:48,195 --> 00:24:49,613 And so, if you're gonna introduce Zeus, 479 00:24:49,696 --> 00:24:52,115 you need to introduce someone who can walk those shoes. 480 00:24:52,699 --> 00:24:55,702 You! You are also uninvited to the orgy. 481 00:24:56,786 --> 00:24:57,787 In fact, 482 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:02,292 all the emotion gods are banned. Okay? 483 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:05,253 I've had enough. You're too much hard work. 484 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:07,589 Zeus, please, you must do something. 485 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:10,592 My word is final! 486 00:25:10,675 --> 00:25:12,802 Zeus, you must listen to us. 487 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:14,095 Okay. 488 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:20,060 Russell Crowe came in to play Zeus, and I am a massive Russell Crowe fan, 489 00:25:20,143 --> 00:25:22,729 and he's now become a friend, and he's really funny. 490 00:25:22,812 --> 00:25:27,150 He allowed himself to enjoy that role and to have fun doing it. 491 00:25:27,526 --> 00:25:30,320 I just never thought I'd never see the day with him, 492 00:25:30,403 --> 00:25:34,741 sort of semi-gladiator kind of imagery, 493 00:25:34,824 --> 00:25:39,120 yet just with a wink and totally taking the piss out of himself. 494 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:42,290 And self-deprecating and didn't hold back either. 495 00:25:42,749 --> 00:25:46,795 Which was mind-blowing, you know. It was fantastic. 496 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:52,759 I think we're so used to him in these very strong, heroic roles. 497 00:25:52,842 --> 00:25:56,054 So it's fun to see him be able to let loose. 498 00:25:56,346 --> 00:25:58,682 My hero, Zeus... 499 00:25:58,765 --> 00:25:59,766 afraid. 500 00:25:59,849 --> 00:26:01,601 (GODS GASP) 501 00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:06,648 THOMPSON: I never thought I would see Russell Crowe in a tennis skirt. 502 00:26:06,982 --> 00:26:10,151 That's been a real joy. It's been real nice to see. 503 00:26:10,235 --> 00:26:15,949 Like, I... Sometimes he walks past my trailer in the tennis skirt. 504 00:26:16,116 --> 00:26:19,369 And his perfectly curled, coifed hair. 505 00:26:19,452 --> 00:26:23,123 Basically, they did a really fantastic job outfitting Russell. 506 00:26:23,206 --> 00:26:25,625 What about the others? Eh? 507 00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,920 Russell said, "You guys are gonna be too busy to look after me. 508 00:26:29,004 --> 00:26:32,549 "So, let's make it easy. Let's choose my own hair and my own beard." 509 00:26:33,049 --> 00:26:37,554 And we ended up using it, because he had really long hair and a really long beard. 510 00:26:37,637 --> 00:26:40,056 So, what we did is, we styled that. 511 00:26:40,140 --> 00:26:44,394 I made all these curls and fixed it to make sure it stay all day. 512 00:26:44,811 --> 00:26:48,189 And it looked great. He was a great Zeus. 513 00:26:48,898 --> 00:26:49,899 Yes! 514 00:26:49,983 --> 00:26:51,776 (GODS CHEERING) 515 00:26:52,485 --> 00:26:54,029 ZEUS: Zeus! 516 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,323 Yes! Thunderbolt! 517 00:26:59,159 --> 00:27:00,160 (WHOOPING) 518 00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:03,622 This is the hero Thunderbolt, which... 519 00:27:03,913 --> 00:27:06,625 This went through many design iterations. 520 00:27:07,042 --> 00:27:10,920 We have two different sizes, depending on the character who's using it. 521 00:27:11,004 --> 00:27:13,673 We have multiple finishes. 522 00:27:13,757 --> 00:27:16,885 We have foam, soft, cut-off ones 523 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:19,971 for when they're doing action and they can't actually throw this at all. 524 00:27:20,055 --> 00:27:21,723 Can we just have the... 525 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:25,352 Bill? Can we just have the short? I don't want him to poke himself. 526 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:26,811 Yeah. 527 00:27:27,395 --> 00:27:28,438 Thank you very much. 528 00:27:28,521 --> 00:27:31,608 No. It's getting better, so we might not need it. 529 00:27:31,691 --> 00:27:32,692 That's a good thing. 530 00:27:32,942 --> 00:27:35,195 WILSON: We have a magnetic version. 531 00:27:35,278 --> 00:27:39,491 So the actors can strap it to their back with a magnetic plate. 532 00:27:39,908 --> 00:27:43,953 This prop is a very multi-use lightning bolt 533 00:27:44,037 --> 00:27:48,375 which took a lot of consideration to figure out all its forms, 534 00:27:48,458 --> 00:27:53,546 including one where the entire lightning bolt lights up from the inside. 535 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,175 Ding! If you look in closely, you can see some of the pixels. 536 00:27:57,258 --> 00:28:01,262 But it's just not quite as dotty as the normal stuff that you come across. 537 00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:05,266 WILSON: The action of this prop, when they use it, it turns into lightning. 538 00:28:09,771 --> 00:28:15,235 For us, it's been a feat where we're creating a lot of props that are soft. 539 00:28:15,485 --> 00:28:18,530 Soft enough that the stunt people can use them, 540 00:28:18,613 --> 00:28:23,368 because most of the action, when it's meant to light up, occurs during stunts. 541 00:28:23,451 --> 00:28:27,080 MAN: On go. And three, two, one, go! 542 00:28:27,163 --> 00:28:28,707 (ALL GRUNTING) 543 00:28:33,002 --> 00:28:36,965 WILSON: We'll cast it out of a softer silicon that we can, or rubber, 544 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:39,092 or sometimes even a foam, 545 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:44,514 and then inside is a strip of LEDs that is remotely operated, 546 00:28:44,597 --> 00:28:47,934 so that the silicon prop can light up, 547 00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:52,397 and they can use an actual lit version of this prop while they're fighting on set. 548 00:28:53,231 --> 00:28:54,774 Lead your army to that axe. 549 00:28:55,316 --> 00:28:56,818 We shall do our worst. 550 00:28:57,068 --> 00:28:58,361 (YELLING) 551 00:29:10,290 --> 00:29:14,669 -Yeah, so I pull... -Remember the... About the... 552 00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:16,713 CHAPEK: There are so many amazing looks in this movie, 553 00:29:16,796 --> 00:29:19,716 and I think that's a big opportunity for us in these Thor films, 554 00:29:19,799 --> 00:29:21,593 is to see Thor evolve, 555 00:29:21,676 --> 00:29:24,095 not only as a character, but his looks. 556 00:29:24,387 --> 00:29:26,890 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 557 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:29,142 -All right. -MAN: Walk back. 558 00:29:29,225 --> 00:29:30,393 SILVI: New thing that we did, 559 00:29:30,477 --> 00:29:35,023 he takes all his clothes off, and you find him completely naked, 560 00:29:35,315 --> 00:29:38,276 and he's got his back covered in tattoos. 561 00:29:38,985 --> 00:29:44,157 And he's got all these tattoos that he did after Loki died, his brother. 562 00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:46,117 It's almost too perfect. 563 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,286 This will feel a little bit more like, 564 00:29:48,828 --> 00:29:51,372 jail type that's been done by a bunch of different people. 565 00:29:51,915 --> 00:29:54,209 SILVI: Some of them have been designed by Taika. 566 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:55,919 Literally drawn. 567 00:29:56,544 --> 00:29:58,087 It was cool. It was nice just to... 568 00:29:58,171 --> 00:30:00,340 I think, again, you have to do something different. 569 00:30:00,423 --> 00:30:01,424 Flick. 570 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:10,683 You flicked too hard, damn it! 571 00:30:11,226 --> 00:30:13,436 There are more costume changes in this than I think I've had 572 00:30:13,895 --> 00:30:15,563 in the last six films combined. 573 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,065 MAN: Up there, please. 574 00:30:17,273 --> 00:30:19,818 HEMSWORTH: All the montage stuff, all the flashbacks. 575 00:30:19,901 --> 00:30:22,111 MAN: Stand by to shoot, please. Ready, ready. 576 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:25,698 This is not acceptable behavior. You wear whatever you want. 577 00:30:25,782 --> 00:30:27,742 However, don't come complaining to me when your feet get sore. 578 00:30:27,826 --> 00:30:29,035 You'll get no sympathy from me. 579 00:30:29,118 --> 00:30:30,662 (LAUGHING) 580 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:32,372 I don't like all of them, 581 00:30:33,289 --> 00:30:35,458 as far as comfort goes, but this is actually really good. 582 00:30:35,542 --> 00:30:38,169 It's got this wetsuit material in here. 583 00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:41,631 Sometimes, that's real hard plastic, and it chews your arm apart. 584 00:30:42,131 --> 00:30:45,301 -How does it feel to be back in the armor? -That's what I just said, Dan. 585 00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:52,433 Due to Thor's uncertainty in who he is and searching for his identity... 586 00:30:52,642 --> 00:30:55,562 (CHUCKLES) that's represented in his wardrobe as well. 587 00:30:55,687 --> 00:30:57,063 -Keep pushing. -(LAUGHS) 588 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,065 Feels good to be back in the suit. 589 00:30:59,774 --> 00:31:01,401 (EXHALES) Just burning a few calories. 590 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:05,613 Nothing. Nothing holds him back. 591 00:31:06,072 --> 00:31:08,032 (GRUNTING) 592 00:31:08,825 --> 00:31:10,368 -Okay -Here? Yeah. 593 00:31:14,122 --> 00:31:16,833 RUBEO: I think we should do inhale, exhale. 594 00:31:17,750 --> 00:31:19,002 -Like expand the... -MAN: Yeah, expand... 595 00:31:19,085 --> 00:31:21,880 Yeah, I just... I'm... Each time I'm expanding, I'm doing... 596 00:31:21,963 --> 00:31:25,341 WOMAN: Okay, yeah. Take a deep breath. So 40... 597 00:31:25,425 --> 00:31:30,513 I should know how many costumes I've made for Thor, but I really lost track of it. 598 00:31:30,597 --> 00:31:32,849 Right, how many changes do we have in this movie? 20... 599 00:31:32,932 --> 00:31:33,933 MAN: Twenty-four. 600 00:31:34,017 --> 00:31:37,228 Twenty-four different clothing outfit changes. 601 00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:44,944 We have, for instance, five main changes. One of them being extreme Thor. 602 00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:48,698 His looks progressively get bigger and more bold, 603 00:31:48,781 --> 00:31:50,909 and when The Mighty Thor enters his life, 604 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,411 he has to take on his most extreme look yet, 605 00:31:53,494 --> 00:31:56,873 and so he dons this amazing, over-the-top armor. 606 00:31:56,956 --> 00:31:59,042 Head to toe in gold and blue. 607 00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:01,794 Really kind of harkening back to the original comics 608 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:04,380 where they didn't hold back in terms of the fun and the colors. 609 00:32:04,547 --> 00:32:06,090 Why are we taking this helmet off? 610 00:32:06,174 --> 00:32:08,843 With the gold helmet, it's this narrative that 611 00:32:09,135 --> 00:32:14,432 Thor, maybe, has gone a little too far in his costume because of those insecurities. 612 00:32:14,641 --> 00:32:18,186 And it's that kind of storytelling that we're trying to convey in our designs. 613 00:32:18,269 --> 00:32:19,896 -Jane? -(ALL LAUGHING) 614 00:32:19,979 --> 00:32:20,980 What is... 615 00:32:21,064 --> 00:32:25,276 Chris Hemsworth is very involved in terms of functionality. 616 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:26,819 We have to ensure... 617 00:32:27,153 --> 00:32:28,488 (CACKLES) 618 00:32:29,489 --> 00:32:32,408 ...that he has an armor that he can manage 619 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:36,287 in all the very intense actions that he goes through the movie. 620 00:32:36,829 --> 00:32:39,082 -Yeah. -Maybe in the Bifrost, it's just gone. 621 00:32:39,165 --> 00:32:41,626 Maybe everything will be ripped off and you come into this place naked. 622 00:32:41,709 --> 00:32:43,670 Yeah, that's good. Yeah, let's do that. 623 00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:46,673 THOMPSON: I think the most rewarding part of working with Chris on this film 624 00:32:46,756 --> 00:32:51,386 has been how big he is now. 625 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:54,722 I'm like, "How did you do it?" 626 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:57,100 I thought when we made the last movie, 627 00:32:57,183 --> 00:33:01,312 that he was the largest human that I have spent time with. 628 00:33:01,896 --> 00:33:03,940 And now he's bigger than that. 629 00:33:04,023 --> 00:33:07,694 WINDERBAUM: He was in a otherworldly physique when he showed up to set. 630 00:33:07,777 --> 00:33:10,321 The most insane shape you've ever seen. 631 00:33:13,282 --> 00:33:16,703 THOMPSON: It really is inspiring because he just works really, really hard. 632 00:33:18,871 --> 00:33:21,207 HEMSWORTH: Each time I've played the character 633 00:33:21,290 --> 00:33:23,126 and put the muscle on and put the size on, 634 00:33:23,209 --> 00:33:26,421 and then lost it for something else and played another character, 635 00:33:27,088 --> 00:33:30,717 there's muscle memory, and I used to say it sort of got easier each time. 636 00:33:30,842 --> 00:33:31,968 Push! 637 00:33:32,051 --> 00:33:33,428 This was particularly hard. 638 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:37,306 I think because the target weight we aimed for was... 639 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,976 quite a ways above where I'd been before. 640 00:33:44,313 --> 00:33:47,942 We had 12 months when I was at home, just training 641 00:33:48,026 --> 00:33:53,239 and sort of, you know, puppeteering the body and manipulating 642 00:33:53,322 --> 00:33:57,118 and trying to like, we could try more swimming now or try more martial arts. 643 00:33:59,954 --> 00:34:02,540 It was a really fun exploration, 644 00:34:02,707 --> 00:34:05,126 but I don't know that I wanna get that big again. 645 00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:07,503 -Let me see what... -I told you, though, no more secrets. 646 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:09,630 But I was sort of... 647 00:34:10,423 --> 00:34:12,550 It was... Yeah, it was just exhausting. 648 00:34:12,633 --> 00:34:16,596 I don't know, maybe I'm getting old, but things just started to hurt more. 649 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:20,808 GARDINER: A lot of difficulties too 650 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:23,352 because to carry that sort of size, 651 00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:24,812 the physics of things changes. 652 00:34:26,272 --> 00:34:27,732 So the action has to progress with it. 653 00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:30,026 You just have to adapt and... 654 00:34:30,109 --> 00:34:33,946 It's just making sure the range of motion is still good and things like that. 655 00:34:34,655 --> 00:34:36,866 BALE: Talking with Chris as Thor, 656 00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:40,828 I remember thinking that he must be on a few steps above me 657 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:43,956 and then realizing, no, we're on the same level. 658 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:45,708 And I was still doing that... 659 00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:49,962 And ridiculously good guy and absolutely fantastic at this. 660 00:34:50,046 --> 00:34:52,632 And so much easier to play the villain than it is to play the hero. 661 00:34:52,715 --> 00:34:53,841 I had the easy role. 662 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:55,510 Yeah, Chris had the tough role. 663 00:34:57,929 --> 00:35:01,099 PORTMAN: It's just incredible to watch Chris' talent. 664 00:35:01,474 --> 00:35:04,018 He's just so agile 665 00:35:04,477 --> 00:35:08,898 with moving from serious scenes to, of course, extreme comedy. 666 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,441 Great to meet you. 667 00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:12,443 We've met before, but, okay. 668 00:35:12,527 --> 00:35:13,528 Great to... 669 00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:15,071 Oh, I see. 670 00:35:15,655 --> 00:35:18,491 What a lot of people said about the first time is that it was so fast 671 00:35:18,574 --> 00:35:20,743 that a lot of people didn't even know we were in the movie. 672 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:23,538 -Can you guys shut up? -(DAMON AND LUKE LAUGHING) 673 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:24,997 I'm trying to prepare for my scene. 674 00:35:25,206 --> 00:35:26,749 Dear Thor, son of Odin, 675 00:35:27,834 --> 00:35:32,463 may you maketh the shooteth and dayeth wonderful and positiveth. 676 00:35:33,464 --> 00:35:36,175 He has such a quick brain for 677 00:35:36,717 --> 00:35:38,970 changing things, assimilating information, 678 00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:41,764 reacting in a creative way, 679 00:35:42,056 --> 00:35:43,432 coming up with new ideas. 680 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:44,517 Can you see me? 681 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:47,478 Yes, I can see you. But where's the rest of your body? 682 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:49,063 Did he cut off your head? 683 00:35:49,188 --> 00:35:51,732 PORTMAN: I always have to remind myself that I have to act in the scene 684 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:53,109 and I can't just be an audience. 685 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:56,195 -Let's go. -THOMPSON: You don't ha... 686 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:59,198 Getting to see someone who's played a character for so long, 687 00:35:59,282 --> 00:36:04,704 but is constantly reimagining what this character can be 688 00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:09,041 is exquisite to work alongside, 689 00:36:09,125 --> 00:36:11,252 with someone that cares so much about what they do 690 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,171 and cares so much about a character, 691 00:36:13,254 --> 00:36:17,133 and is brave enough to try things and see what sticks. 692 00:36:19,969 --> 00:36:21,262 (YELLING) 693 00:36:23,055 --> 00:36:24,098 (YELLS) 694 00:36:24,473 --> 00:36:26,017 This is the Stormbreaker. 695 00:36:26,100 --> 00:36:27,685 This is the muscle-showing one. 696 00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,229 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 697 00:36:30,771 --> 00:36:31,772 Actor unit. 698 00:36:31,856 --> 00:36:33,316 I'm an artist, stay away from me. 699 00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:35,401 This would be one that we give to Chris 700 00:36:35,484 --> 00:36:39,739 when we want him to have that real powerful, godly look about him. 701 00:36:39,822 --> 00:36:43,159 But some of the action requires it to be much lighter, 702 00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:44,869 so then we'll have this version. 703 00:36:45,578 --> 00:36:46,954 Much lighter weight, but... 704 00:36:48,789 --> 00:36:49,790 photo-real. 705 00:36:50,499 --> 00:36:52,001 Almost identical, 706 00:36:52,084 --> 00:36:54,128 which is quite a feat. 707 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,631 And we have some very talented painters here 708 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:59,508 who are able to pretty much turn any material 709 00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:01,719 into something that looks amazing. 710 00:37:01,802 --> 00:37:05,306 As you can see, this is rubber, but it looks just like metal. 711 00:37:07,934 --> 00:37:10,686 IDOINE: We've had a few location shoots on Thor: Love and Thunder. 712 00:37:10,770 --> 00:37:12,313 Obviously, New Asgard behind me 713 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:15,566 is an exterior location for day and night work. 714 00:37:15,650 --> 00:37:19,362 We also did some great exterior day work down at Little Bay 715 00:37:19,445 --> 00:37:21,822 at a golf course just south of the city in Sydney. 716 00:37:22,323 --> 00:37:23,574 And it was on some cliffs 717 00:37:24,033 --> 00:37:28,204 so we had phenomenal water and winds blowing in. 718 00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:30,790 Join me or die. 719 00:37:31,207 --> 00:37:33,000 -Never! -We will never join you, witch. 720 00:37:33,501 --> 00:37:35,586 It was challenging with the wind. 721 00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:38,923 Shooting with large lighting units or camera cranes 722 00:37:39,006 --> 00:37:42,760 or different aerial things that need to get up and not be affected by the wind. 723 00:37:43,135 --> 00:37:45,054 It was ultimately absolutely rewarding 724 00:37:45,137 --> 00:37:48,057 because it was a beautiful quality of light. 725 00:37:48,140 --> 00:37:52,144 MORRISON: On any given day, we're shooting five completely different worlds. 726 00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:55,523 And 150 feet away, on a patch of sand, 727 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:58,401 Christian Bale is nursing his daughter as she passes... 728 00:37:58,484 --> 00:38:00,403 It's like, literally, the stuff that we're doing, 729 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:02,113 it couldn't be more different. 730 00:38:03,614 --> 00:38:05,658 And what we're doing... So what are we doing? 731 00:38:07,076 --> 00:38:08,786 What are we doing today? Well, we're... 732 00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:10,663 This is a flashback. 733 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:13,499 Basically, this is the origin story of Gorr, the villain. 734 00:38:14,292 --> 00:38:17,837 Not that, but this is just here for the camera. 735 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:34,437 CHAPEK: I think the Thor franchise has a history of 736 00:38:34,979 --> 00:38:37,106 producing some pretty interesting villains. 737 00:38:38,399 --> 00:38:39,859 THOR: Why have you done this? 738 00:38:39,942 --> 00:38:42,945 To prove to Father that I am a worthy son. 739 00:38:43,029 --> 00:38:44,864 CHAPEK: Loki is one of our best. 740 00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:46,365 Hela is one of our best. 741 00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:49,410 So it was very important for us to introduce 742 00:38:49,493 --> 00:38:51,037 another terrifying villain, 743 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,247 and we found that in Gorr, the God Butcher. 744 00:38:56,625 --> 00:38:58,544 He has a big history with Thor in the comics. 745 00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:03,841 MAN: And Gorr. 746 00:39:06,552 --> 00:39:09,597 WAITITI: Christian is someone I've admired for many, many years. 747 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,307 Obviously, he's one of the greatest, 748 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:13,768 I think, possibly the greatest actor that's working at the moment. 749 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:17,313 (SNIFFLES) 750 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:25,321 Someone I've always imagined... 751 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,907 Well, hoped I would get to work with. 752 00:39:28,157 --> 00:39:30,284 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 753 00:39:32,828 --> 00:39:34,205 When we talked about villains, 754 00:39:34,288 --> 00:39:36,916 they were only a few names that we threw about, 755 00:39:36,999 --> 00:39:40,294 and his was at the top of that list pretty early on. 756 00:39:43,923 --> 00:39:44,924 My love. 757 00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:49,303 WAITITI: I think, for him, he's done everything, and... 758 00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:52,973 I think this film feels a little different for him. 759 00:39:53,057 --> 00:39:54,725 (SOBBING) 760 00:39:54,975 --> 00:39:56,685 I've missed you so much. 761 00:39:56,769 --> 00:39:58,771 HEMSWORTH: He's just so talented. 762 00:39:59,188 --> 00:40:00,856 I've worked with so many people, 763 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:03,734 I've been so lucky to work with so many brilliant performers, and then, 764 00:40:04,151 --> 00:40:05,903 every now and again, you sort of... 765 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:08,155 Someone just... It's like a slap in the face. 766 00:40:10,449 --> 00:40:12,159 He added so many more layers to it 767 00:40:12,493 --> 00:40:14,412 and depth to it, which then, 768 00:40:14,745 --> 00:40:16,664 just made me think even harder about, 769 00:40:16,747 --> 00:40:19,125 okay, what is Thor's point of view here 770 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:22,128 besides just marching off to save the day, 771 00:40:22,586 --> 00:40:25,673 and it not being as simple as the villain and the hero. 772 00:40:25,756 --> 00:40:27,425 It was a lot more complex than that. 773 00:40:33,889 --> 00:40:34,890 Protect her. 774 00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:37,601 You're supposed to hate the villain, but... 775 00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:39,603 Uh... 776 00:40:39,728 --> 00:40:41,272 I'm kind of team Gorr. 777 00:40:41,647 --> 00:40:45,025 I think that you're gonna be right there and then I'll cradle your head. 778 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,988 THOMPSON: He does that thing that I think Marvel villains do so well. 779 00:40:49,071 --> 00:40:50,823 The thing that Stan Lee understood 780 00:40:50,906 --> 00:40:53,451 that your villainry comes from pain, 781 00:40:53,534 --> 00:40:55,995 comes from some trauma that you haven't processed. 782 00:40:56,078 --> 00:40:57,121 I know your pain. 783 00:40:57,788 --> 00:40:59,415 Love is pain. 784 00:41:00,416 --> 00:41:01,584 THOMPSON: It makes him, 785 00:41:01,917 --> 00:41:02,918 in a way, 786 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:05,588 a villain that you have sympathy for. 787 00:41:12,344 --> 00:41:13,888 He could stand to 788 00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:16,140 work on his dental hygiene. 789 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,019 That aside, he's brilliant. 790 00:41:20,769 --> 00:41:23,230 FEIGE: Gorr the God Butcher has an awesome look in the comics. 791 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:24,773 We wanted to tap into that. 792 00:41:24,857 --> 00:41:27,610 But had we done exactly that translation, 793 00:41:27,693 --> 00:41:29,487 we would've lost all of Christian. 794 00:41:30,196 --> 00:41:31,906 So we made the decision early on 795 00:41:31,989 --> 00:41:35,117 that we didn't want him to be a motion capture character. 796 00:41:35,201 --> 00:41:36,827 There are incredible ways of doing that, 797 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:39,497 but with this particular actor in this particular character, 798 00:41:39,580 --> 00:41:40,623 Taika really believed, 799 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:44,084 rightfully so, that we could achieve that with makeup. 800 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:47,421 JOHANSEN: It was a challenging makeup. 801 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,423 We're so lucky we had Christian, who was, you know, 802 00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:52,009 always just so focused on the makeup, 803 00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:54,220 always wanted everything to be just right. 804 00:41:54,595 --> 00:41:56,555 Would you come here closer? Yeah, close as you can get. 805 00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:58,724 And you can go higher. Going up higher? 806 00:41:59,558 --> 00:42:00,684 Oh, yeah. 807 00:42:00,893 --> 00:42:02,645 CHAPEK: He just immediately took the charge 808 00:42:02,728 --> 00:42:04,271 and said that I know who this character is 809 00:42:04,355 --> 00:42:07,399 down to the tiny details of the length of his fingernails, 810 00:42:07,483 --> 00:42:08,776 just how scary he is, 811 00:42:09,235 --> 00:42:11,362 color of the practical paint we gave him, 812 00:42:11,445 --> 00:42:13,656 the scars and these amazing tattoos 813 00:42:13,739 --> 00:42:15,991 indicative and representative of his past. 814 00:42:16,075 --> 00:42:17,117 He's totally covered from 815 00:42:17,826 --> 00:42:20,538 shoulder to hands, chest, down his back. 816 00:42:21,622 --> 00:42:22,748 It's three and a half hours. 817 00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:25,209 Yep, so... 818 00:42:25,751 --> 00:42:27,670 Christian comes in, we do a fresh shave... 819 00:42:29,004 --> 00:42:30,464 First up, skin prep. 820 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:34,093 Head shave, arm shave, pit shave, 821 00:42:35,177 --> 00:42:36,178 face shave, 822 00:42:36,262 --> 00:42:39,848 and then it's, yeah, straight into coloration 823 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:43,227 and laying down all the different... 824 00:42:43,310 --> 00:42:45,020 The tattoos go on first 825 00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:47,565 and the scarification goes over the top of that. 826 00:42:47,648 --> 00:42:49,900 And the full paint job over the top. 827 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:51,694 BALE: Despite the fact that me just going, 828 00:42:51,777 --> 00:42:54,530 "I am exhausted getting up at these hours," 829 00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:57,658 it was a great time to just get into the headspace. 830 00:43:03,372 --> 00:43:04,540 MAN: And action. 831 00:43:07,918 --> 00:43:10,087 Hey. Is that the Necrosword? 832 00:43:10,170 --> 00:43:12,214 That's cool. I've only ever read about it in stories. 833 00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:15,551 What's a Necrosword? 834 00:43:15,634 --> 00:43:18,637 It's an ancient weapon that's been passed through hands since the dawn of time. 835 00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:20,639 It has the ability to slay gods. 836 00:43:21,974 --> 00:43:24,560 WILSON: This is the Gorr hero Necrosword. 837 00:43:24,768 --> 00:43:27,980 Designing this, we did a lot of research into the comic books 838 00:43:28,063 --> 00:43:32,484 and the sword that he traditionally might've had in the Marvel universe. 839 00:43:32,568 --> 00:43:34,903 -(BLADE PLUNGES) -(GASPING) 840 00:43:36,030 --> 00:43:39,617 We presented probably 20 designs of swords, 841 00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:42,703 and it came down to what Taika envisioned for this character, 842 00:43:42,786 --> 00:43:44,538 and this is where we landed. 843 00:43:44,872 --> 00:43:46,624 Lots of little bits that we have to get, 844 00:43:46,707 --> 00:43:49,668 including establishing this Necrosword 845 00:43:49,752 --> 00:43:52,546 and Gorr being infected by the Necrosword. 846 00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:54,465 RAPU: The sword chose you. 847 00:43:55,382 --> 00:43:56,884 You are now cursed! 848 00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:58,802 Funny. 849 00:43:58,886 --> 00:44:00,512 It doesn't feel like a curse. 850 00:44:01,263 --> 00:44:04,016 WILSON: Once we land on a design, we have someone 3D model it 851 00:44:04,558 --> 00:44:08,854 and then, they will output a version that is aluminum. 852 00:44:08,937 --> 00:44:10,064 So this one... 853 00:44:10,689 --> 00:44:13,442 It's got a solid tip and it's a little bit heavier. 854 00:44:13,525 --> 00:44:14,943 You can... Feels like a real... 855 00:44:15,027 --> 00:44:17,488 You know, it's got a good weight to the sword. 856 00:44:17,946 --> 00:44:20,074 And then this one, they... 857 00:44:20,157 --> 00:44:22,701 Basically, they mold it and cast it out of rubber. 858 00:44:23,035 --> 00:44:24,662 It still has an armature inside, 859 00:44:24,745 --> 00:44:27,331 but you'll see that it's flexible and bendy. 860 00:44:27,539 --> 00:44:28,624 Do we need one more? 861 00:44:28,707 --> 00:44:29,708 MAN: Yeah. 862 00:44:29,792 --> 00:44:31,168 WAITITI: Different pose with the sword. 863 00:44:32,544 --> 00:44:34,046 Yeah, get the strong sword, eh? 864 00:44:43,263 --> 00:44:46,642 All of Christian's shadow demons that he makes, he conjures up... 865 00:44:46,725 --> 00:44:49,144 When I was writing the script, my daughter was... 866 00:44:50,270 --> 00:44:51,730 looking over my shoulders, and she's... 867 00:44:51,814 --> 00:44:53,982 I was writing down ideas for monsters, 868 00:44:54,066 --> 00:44:56,068 and I didn't really know what they might be 869 00:44:56,151 --> 00:44:58,028 and I wrote down "shadow monster." 870 00:44:58,278 --> 00:45:00,948 And she goes, "What's a shadow monster?" and I was like, "I have no idea." 871 00:45:01,365 --> 00:45:02,700 I was writing something and she goes, 872 00:45:02,783 --> 00:45:04,493 "What's it look like?" I was like, "I don't know." 873 00:45:04,576 --> 00:45:06,036 So she goes, "We should draw something." 874 00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:07,830 I went, "Yeah, yeah." And so she drew... 875 00:45:08,330 --> 00:45:11,041 just this weird, freaky, snake-like creature 876 00:45:11,125 --> 00:45:14,294 with a giant mouth and three eyes, and it was covered in spikes. 877 00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:19,383 Then I had this idea, what if we got the visual development artists 878 00:45:20,092 --> 00:45:23,512 to take kids' drawings of what they think is scary 879 00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:25,222 and turn them into real... 880 00:45:26,432 --> 00:45:29,059 monsters, and put those in the film? 881 00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:30,477 And so that's what we did. 882 00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:31,895 So all of our kids just basically, 883 00:45:32,020 --> 00:45:34,690 drew pictures and we've designed... 884 00:45:34,773 --> 00:45:37,025 all of the monsters around those drawings. 885 00:45:37,526 --> 00:45:40,237 So, even that stuff was insane and... 886 00:45:41,321 --> 00:45:42,823 I mean, on paper, it just shouldn't work. 887 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,424 MAN: It's a family affair for everybody's kids, it's so cute. 888 00:46:04,636 --> 00:46:07,055 He refused to be in the scene with me as Gorr 889 00:46:07,139 --> 00:46:08,974 'cause he said it was too... 890 00:46:09,057 --> 00:46:10,392 It will give him nightmares. 891 00:46:12,811 --> 00:46:13,937 MAN 2: Let's roll cameras, please. 892 00:46:15,397 --> 00:46:17,983 ROBINSON: The Moon of Shame is one of my favorite sequences in the movie 893 00:46:18,066 --> 00:46:20,277 because we get this amazing fight sequence. 894 00:46:24,656 --> 00:46:27,075 It's like... utter disconnect. 895 00:46:28,285 --> 00:46:31,455 I think that... You know, how do you reinvent fight sequences in the MCU? 896 00:46:31,538 --> 00:46:33,916 How do you create something that people haven't seen before? 897 00:46:33,999 --> 00:46:35,501 And you play with zero-G. 898 00:46:35,584 --> 00:46:37,336 You play with a really small moon 899 00:46:37,503 --> 00:46:39,838 and a bunch of heroes and a bunch of shadow monsters, 900 00:46:39,922 --> 00:46:42,758 and also everything is topsy turvy and turning upside down. 901 00:46:43,509 --> 00:46:45,761 -(YELLING) -(GRUNTS) 902 00:46:47,054 --> 00:46:49,056 GARDINER: We always like to try and reinvent the wheel, 903 00:46:49,139 --> 00:46:50,349 but sometimes it's not possible, 904 00:46:50,432 --> 00:46:52,267 but you like to push the boundaries. 905 00:46:52,851 --> 00:46:53,852 (LAUGHS) 906 00:46:54,269 --> 00:46:56,396 Somebody's gonna come on down there, but we're not going. 907 00:46:57,564 --> 00:46:59,441 GARDINER: But it has to fit in with the story. 908 00:46:59,525 --> 00:47:01,527 I think it's always, with Taika, 909 00:47:01,610 --> 00:47:03,737 very character-driven and story-driven. 910 00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:05,739 It's not action for the sake of action. 911 00:47:06,365 --> 00:47:10,118 We always try to design things that keeps the story moving forward 912 00:47:10,202 --> 00:47:11,495 and the characters moving forward. 913 00:47:11,578 --> 00:47:12,996 So I think a lot of it was there. 914 00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:14,414 MAN: Go! 915 00:47:17,417 --> 00:47:19,294 GARDINER: The anti-gravity sequence on Moon of Shame 916 00:47:19,378 --> 00:47:22,881 and the lighting rig they used for that sequence is pretty special. 917 00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:25,342 I think the single biggest challenge 918 00:47:25,425 --> 00:47:29,096 from a creative and technical point of view will probably be the lighting. 919 00:47:31,265 --> 00:47:32,766 If you bake the lighting in, 920 00:47:32,850 --> 00:47:35,018 if you make a very strong choice on an actor 921 00:47:35,102 --> 00:47:38,355 and you put the lighting on them from a particular angle, that's all it is. 922 00:47:38,438 --> 00:47:40,774 That drives a lot of the reasons why many 923 00:47:41,567 --> 00:47:42,734 films that you see 924 00:47:43,193 --> 00:47:44,403 will often have... 925 00:47:45,237 --> 00:47:46,405 slightly non-committal lighting. 926 00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:50,158 Because you don't know quite when that shot's gonna be used in the edit. 927 00:47:50,701 --> 00:47:51,952 And that's true, dramatically, 928 00:47:52,035 --> 00:47:55,539 and it's incredibly true when it comes to action sequences. 929 00:47:57,791 --> 00:48:00,711 When Taika told me that he wanted to shoot this Moon of Shame piece... 930 00:48:01,044 --> 00:48:03,589 The Moon of Shame is an embarrassingly small asteroid. 931 00:48:03,672 --> 00:48:05,340 It's kind of... What I would describe it as. 932 00:48:05,424 --> 00:48:08,427 Like you had some popcorn just after eating chewing gum. 933 00:48:08,510 --> 00:48:11,513 It's just like this wad of horrible stuff that's just stuck in space. 934 00:48:11,930 --> 00:48:13,599 But the crazy thing about the Moon of Shame 935 00:48:13,682 --> 00:48:15,559 is that one day is six minutes. 936 00:48:15,809 --> 00:48:18,020 So, from dawn to dawn again, it's six minutes. 937 00:48:18,103 --> 00:48:20,480 So when you stick actors there, the light's gotta move. 938 00:48:22,774 --> 00:48:25,110 You've got this continuing cycle, 939 00:48:25,193 --> 00:48:27,446 so it's spinning and spinning, the backgrounds are wheeling. 940 00:48:27,571 --> 00:48:28,739 There's all sorts of craziness. 941 00:48:28,822 --> 00:48:31,950 So I was trying to work out how we could find a way to 942 00:48:32,034 --> 00:48:35,412 be able to shoot with strong directional, interesting light, 943 00:48:35,495 --> 00:48:39,541 but also maintain the creative freedom that we needed later on 944 00:48:39,625 --> 00:48:41,501 to be able to actually stitch all this together. 945 00:48:41,585 --> 00:48:43,545 'Cause you think the shot goes there in continuity, 946 00:48:43,629 --> 00:48:44,630 it's actually going there. 947 00:48:44,713 --> 00:48:46,506 Films change an awful lot when you get into post. 948 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:49,176 So we roped in our friends from Satellite Labs 949 00:48:49,259 --> 00:48:52,095 and we found an application for this new technology called PlateLight. 950 00:48:53,347 --> 00:48:56,558 This is the largest scale version of PlateLight that we've built. 951 00:48:56,642 --> 00:48:59,519 And it's the first time in cinema history it's been used. 952 00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:00,771 Lighting with one. 953 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:03,440 Keeps playing, that's lighting with two. 954 00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:07,861 PlateLight is a way of filming multiple lighting looks all at the same time 955 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:09,112 on the same camera. 956 00:49:09,404 --> 00:49:10,530 But out of the camera, 957 00:49:10,614 --> 00:49:13,075 we get each lighting look as a separate piece of footage. 958 00:49:14,034 --> 00:49:15,452 WAITITI: At the end of the day, 959 00:49:15,535 --> 00:49:18,121 I can choose the lighting in postproduction that I want. 960 00:49:18,205 --> 00:49:20,332 So I can blend lighting, I can color time it. 961 00:49:20,415 --> 00:49:23,794 I can have all of the lights behind them, or all of that in front of them. 962 00:49:23,877 --> 00:49:25,671 We get to make that decision later on. 963 00:49:25,754 --> 00:49:28,465 So it's pretty new and amazing, 964 00:49:28,548 --> 00:49:30,592 and no one has done it before in a film. 965 00:49:32,260 --> 00:49:34,388 And so I'm excited about it. Okay? 966 00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:40,560 ROBINSON: I think the biggest challenge in writing a script like this, 967 00:49:40,644 --> 00:49:42,270 from writing Love and Thunder specifically, 968 00:49:42,354 --> 00:49:44,648 has just been wanting to balance the tone. 969 00:49:44,731 --> 00:49:47,901 Obviously, there's a serious nature to it because kids have been taken. 970 00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:50,904 (CHILDREN SCREAMING) 971 00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:52,990 But also, it's a Taika Waititi movie. 972 00:49:53,073 --> 00:49:54,533 (GOATS SCREAMING) 973 00:49:55,575 --> 00:49:56,868 And it's really, really fun. 974 00:49:57,202 --> 00:49:59,746 We got to bring back one of my favorite things from Ragnarok, 975 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:01,039 which is the play. 976 00:50:01,123 --> 00:50:03,291 DAMON: We were trying to one-up the thing we did last time. 977 00:50:03,625 --> 00:50:04,626 -Transform! -Transform! 978 00:50:04,918 --> 00:50:07,087 -We had a ball. It was really, really fun. -It was so fun. 979 00:50:07,170 --> 00:50:08,672 -Hopefully, people will dig it. -Yeah. 980 00:50:08,755 --> 00:50:12,134 There's a lot of good energy on the set. 981 00:50:12,217 --> 00:50:14,720 A lot of people having a great time and making a great movie. 982 00:50:15,053 --> 00:50:16,388 It was a lot of fun with Melissa. 983 00:50:16,596 --> 00:50:17,597 Hello! 984 00:50:17,764 --> 00:50:21,018 This feels right. And also, people are always mistaking me for Cate... 985 00:50:21,518 --> 00:50:23,020 Blanchett. So, I was like, 986 00:50:23,603 --> 00:50:25,439 "I don't know if they'll get the joke." 987 00:50:25,522 --> 00:50:26,815 Impossible! 988 00:50:26,898 --> 00:50:28,275 (GRUNTS) 989 00:50:28,483 --> 00:50:30,027 I broke your hammer! 990 00:50:30,610 --> 00:50:33,196 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 991 00:50:34,448 --> 00:50:36,366 I know, Groot, but we can't play the distress signal 992 00:50:36,450 --> 00:50:37,743 'til you find the damn remote. 993 00:50:37,951 --> 00:50:40,412 I didn't think there could be two Thors at the same time. 994 00:50:40,495 --> 00:50:41,621 I thought you must've retired. 995 00:50:41,705 --> 00:50:44,458 It's always really fun working with Taika. He's like... 996 00:50:45,751 --> 00:50:47,627 entertaining on and off camera. 997 00:50:47,711 --> 00:50:50,297 -(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION) -(LAUGHS) 998 00:50:50,964 --> 00:50:52,883 Good energy, and it keeps everything really 999 00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:55,761 loose and silly and fun, and... 1000 00:50:56,344 --> 00:50:58,472 I don't know how he has the energy for it. 1001 00:51:04,644 --> 00:51:08,231 It feels really rewarding, and it's been really exciting to get to come back 1002 00:51:08,315 --> 00:51:12,027 with a completely different lens on the same sort of world. 1003 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:16,823 It's definitely been a really fun, happy set. 1004 00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:19,576 Everyone's been laughing a lot 1005 00:51:19,993 --> 00:51:20,994 and enjoying each other. 1006 00:51:21,078 --> 00:51:23,455 THOMPSON: We're just playing. And as the name would suggest, 1007 00:51:23,538 --> 00:51:26,083 I think it's a movie that centers love, 1008 00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:29,461 in a way that you don't always have room for in films like this. 1009 00:51:30,045 --> 00:51:31,546 You made me worthy. 1010 00:51:33,548 --> 00:51:35,759 So whatever you wanna do, we can do together. 1011 00:51:47,771 --> 00:51:52,400 THOMPSON: I think, to see characters evolve, and change and grow, 1012 00:51:52,734 --> 00:51:53,860 it's beautiful. 1013 00:51:54,236 --> 00:51:56,113 I think, if anything, we just had to make sure 1014 00:51:56,196 --> 00:51:59,199 that we stuck to the story and the intention of the story 1015 00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:01,993 and didn't veer off into no-man's-land of comedy, 1016 00:52:02,077 --> 00:52:04,162 and just made a ridiculous film. 1017 00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:07,582 The lever will shake, but then you gotta keep the shaft... 1018 00:52:08,500 --> 00:52:10,001 We just kind of check ourselves a lot. 1019 00:52:10,085 --> 00:52:12,254 We have to remind ourselves that, yeah, we also want 1020 00:52:12,337 --> 00:52:15,549 the audience to go on a journey and to be able to laugh and also cry. 1021 00:52:19,678 --> 00:52:21,471 HEMSWORTH: It's just a constant exploration. 1022 00:52:21,555 --> 00:52:23,974 I think there was such a pride and sense of accomplishment 1023 00:52:24,057 --> 00:52:26,476 in what we were achieving, and what we were aiming for. 1024 00:52:27,102 --> 00:52:28,770 Three, two, one, bang! 1025 00:52:30,021 --> 00:52:31,439 HEMSWORTH: Shooting each other ideas, 1026 00:52:31,523 --> 00:52:33,441 and you're running on adrenaline a lot of the time, 1027 00:52:33,525 --> 00:52:34,734 but I love it. 1028 00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:40,031 I have loved every single time I've played the character. 1029 00:52:42,075 --> 00:52:44,452 This is ten years for most of us now, 1030 00:52:44,536 --> 00:52:46,204 and maybe the last time I play the character. 1031 00:52:46,288 --> 00:52:47,914 I certainly was aware of that while shooting. 1032 00:52:47,998 --> 00:52:49,749 This has been an incredible shoot. 1033 00:52:49,833 --> 00:52:52,961 If this was the last one, this is incredibly fitting 1034 00:52:53,712 --> 00:52:55,297 to finish here in Australia. 1035 00:52:55,380 --> 00:52:57,841 It really is so, so special to be able to do this at all. 1036 00:52:57,924 --> 00:52:59,509 Please say it's not the last movie. 1037 00:52:59,843 --> 00:53:01,595 (ALL LAUGHING) 1038 00:53:03,597 --> 00:53:05,098 We'll talk to Marvel about that, Son. 1039 00:53:08,768 --> 00:53:10,353 I love you all so much. Thank you, Taika, 1040 00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:12,230 for leading the charge from day one. 1041 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:13,899 These films are never easy. 1042 00:53:13,982 --> 00:53:15,942 They're just exhausting for everybody, 1043 00:53:16,026 --> 00:53:19,487 but everything that everyone puts in is just beyond belief, 1044 00:53:19,571 --> 00:53:21,781 and I'm beyond thankful for the opportunity. 1045 00:53:21,865 --> 00:53:23,491 And thank you all so much. I love you all. 1046 00:53:24,659 --> 00:53:27,078 I think you never feel like you have enough time. 1047 00:53:27,162 --> 00:53:30,457 It's a ticking clock, and it ain't gonna quit, you know. 1048 00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:33,627 Ten years and nothing is quite as it seems. 1049 00:53:33,710 --> 00:53:35,629 But now, it's like, who knows what's gonna happen. 1050 00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,384 -Drop the hammer. I'm out! -(SCREAMING) 1051 00:53:48,642 --> 00:53:50,477 -THOR: What are you doing? -She's taking minutes. 1052 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:51,937 Precious minutes we don't have. 1053 00:54:01,071 --> 00:54:02,072 Jane? 1054 00:54:12,624 --> 00:54:13,625 Couldn't find 'em.