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Speaking to GQ, Hemsworth opened up about Thor: Love and Thunder’s reception, saying that even his children’s friends criticized the movie to his face. “It’s a bunch of eight-year-olds critiquing my film,” Hemsworth said. “‘We thought this one had too much humor, the action was cool but the VFX weren’t as good.’ I cringe and laugh equally at it. I think we just had too much fun. It just became too silly. It’s always hard being in the center of it and having any real perspective… I love the process, it’s always a ride. But you just don’t know how people are going to respond.”
Thor’s Future In the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Thor: Ragnarok gave the Thor film series a stylistic reboot, but Thor: God of Thunder couldn’t carry that energy with the same level of success. Hemsworth has previously said that he feels another reset may be needed if Marvel wants to keep making Thor movies.
“I mean you look at Thor 1 and 2 they were quite similar. Ragnarok and Love & Thunder: similar. I think it’s just about re-inventing it,” Hemsworth said during an episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy, Sad, Confused podcast in November. “And I’ve had such a unique opportunity even with [Avengers] Infinity War and Endgame to do very drastic things with the character; I enjoy that, I like keeping people on their toes, it keeps me on my toes, keeps me invested. And I’ve said this before: when it becomes too familiar, I think there’s a risk of getting lazy I think, like ‘Ah, I know what I’m doing,’ you know? So I don’t know – again, I don’t even know if I’m invited back. But if I was, I think it’d have to be a drastically different version – tone, everything. Just for my own sanity [laughs].”
Thor: Love and Thunder is streaming now on Disney+ and is available on home media.
