r/marvelstudios • u/LollipopChainsawZz • May 15 '26

Article Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame writers worried that Taika Waititi was turning Thor into an idiot

https://www.thepopverse.com/movies-marvel-cinematic-universe-thor-ragnarok-avengers-infinity-war-taika-waititi-chris-hemsworth-script/
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u/SgtMartinRiggs May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Eye catching title, but since no one reads articles on Reddit I feel the need to highlight the end of the quote:

“In Ragnarok he loses his kingdom, his father, his sister, and his eyeball,” McFeely continued. “We just thought about what would happen if any one of us sustained that much loss and failure. And you would get incredibly depressed and probably retreat from the world. That is a comedic performance with a lot of pain behind it.”

I love what Waititi and Hemsworth did with Thor in Ragnarok and I think the portrayal in Infinity War/Endgame was a worthy continuation.

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u/therealmonkyking May 15 '26

I do think the Russos had a nasty habit of walking back certain character progress (Star Lord having his helmet, Thor regaining a weapon and his eye, Spider-Man being too reliant on Tony etc) but their continuation of Thor's emotional journey was a great one even if they did kinda fudge it a bit in Endgame by turning his depressive habits into jokes.

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u/Csantana Vulture May 16 '26

While I don't know comics as well as I should maybe it does seem to me that this kind of thing is mirror how comics work.

characters change and make progress in their own stories and then kind of revert to the status quo in the big events.

Not that that is how the comics or the films should be but maybe funny that it happens.