Chris Hemsworth in Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World'.
What do we really know about "Thor: The Dark World"?
For Asgard-thirsty Marvel fans, the answer is likely: not enough! And while Marvel's super-secretive ways will likely insure that answer remains the same till opening day (on November 8), we can now reveal to you the full transcript from our roundtable interview with Chris Hemsworth, conducted during a set visit in London, late last year.
Obviously, Marvel's head honcho Kevin Feige knows how keep his superheroes properly mum, as Hemsworth had to sheepishly avoid some of our more specific questions, but the interview does leave us knowing some more about the epic scale of "The Dark World," even if it's just enough to make us even more thirstier for November.
Here's what we found out:
On where we find Thor when the film begins…
Chris Hemsworth: Basically, Avengers is kind of a side-step amongst everything for all the journeys. This is certainly a continuation of it but at the same time, Thor’s journey picks up from where we left the first one. He's about to take on the throne, earning the right to be king, and now coming to the realization of what responsibility comes with that. Also, Alan [new director Alan Taylor] keeps talking about the dark side of that responsibility, and the secrets with being king, and becoming very political about what people need to know, and what they want to know.
Obviously, Tom [Hiddleston] is on set, so that's continuing. It's great to have some meatier stuff with Tom. Certainly in "Avengers," the stuff I got to sink my teeth into were those scenes. Following up our relationship and the ongoing question from Thor about what it is that Loki wants, and why, and how did we come to this? I think we get to possibly attack some of those questions properly.
On whether it will be as funny as "The Avengers"…
CH: Probably not, because Downey’s not in it, so that takes cares of that for us. Yeah, Natalie [Portman] and Kat Dennings certainly have some great humor. There's a few nice fish out of water moments with Thor, but not quite as naïve obviously as in the first one. I think the earthbound stuff really grounds this story in both films and keeps a lightness to it that trickles through Asgard as well.
Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in Marvel's 'Thor: The Dark World'.
On the balance of time between Asgard and Earth…
CH: It’s certainly set in both worlds, pretty substantially, like last time – pretty similar. We certainly see more of Asgard and more of the Nine Realms in this film than we did in Thor. "Thor" was just on Asgard, this time, there’s a bigger universe out there which we get to explore.
On working with director Alan Taylor vs. Kenneth Branagh…
CH: Obviously, two different people and you get two completely different styles, but also you get two very different stories: origin story vs. part of this ongoing… it’s moving now… especially since "Avengers."
So you know, they certainly didn’t come in with this angle or attitude on how Thor should be. We all sort of knew where it was headed, but I think we had the same want to elevate it and take it to that next level. Alan, you can even see with the set design, wanted to ground it in a more organic tone. "Game of Thrones" obviously is set in a reality-based world but there’s fantasy elements that are quite prominent, which is similar to what we have going on here.
On Thor’s relationship with Odin [Anthony Hopkins] and the Lady Sif [Jaimie Alexander]…
CH: In the comic books there’s obviously an attraction with Thor and Sif and what have you. There was a little peppering of that, I think, in the first one – little hints at it. There may be more indications in this one… [I’m being] a politician.
The stuff with Odin is interesting because you've gotta have the right amount of conflict in order for this to be interesting. The conflict between Thor and Odin was so great in the first one and you didn’t want to repeat that, so certainly they disagree as they always will at times. But there’s a far greater respect from each other, so it becomes a more mature conversation, but there’s more at stake this time too. It’s not just their individual egos, the whole universe is at stake.
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