A look into the history of the MCU shows that Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, has appeared nine times in the Marvel Universe, putting him on the list of the most common characters in the franchise.
Despite numerous appearances, Thor’s portrayal was tonally inconsistent. Hemsworth acknowledges this and says that this is partly due to the fact that the Norse god is difficult to write.
He goes on to say that the directors made different creative choices when directing the god of thunder, which explains the inconsistency.
“Some had a clear idea of who they thought the character was, and some didn’t,” says the star Brobibel. Even Joss Whedon, who directed The Avengers, said Thor is difficult to write.
But Hemsworth admits that the divisive Thor: Love and Thunder was his and director Taika Waititi’s idea because they were tired of repeating the same superhero template.
‘Yes, I am too. Let’s explore another space.’ I hope this added some unpredictability to the character.”
After this experiment, Hemsworth now says that in The Avengers: Doomsday, Thor will be seen as a mature warrior who is tired of war and defeat.
“In the more recent films since then, I felt like the character had earned his place at the table. Before that, I felt like the new guy.”
“I remember sitting around on Doomsday with all these new characters, people in their first Avengers movie, and thinking, ‘I have a little bit of agency here.’
“I should have a bigger voice or opinion as a character,” he continues. “Because he has a little more ownership of that, he feels like one of the oldest. He’s 2,000 years old or something, so we’ve tried to tap into that more than before.”
Avengers: Doomsday debuts in theaters on December 18.
