Religion is always a tricky subject to discuss. Many films have seen backlash for a negative portrayal of a certain religion. But who would have thought that Marvel had the same idea for Thor: Love and Thunder before breaking it for good?
Director Taika Waititi had seen a lot of negative feedback for his work leading the project. The film felt like several ideas had been thrown together in a jar and served up to the audience. But the near appearance of Jesus takes the cake.
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Jesus Almost Made An Appearance In The MCU
Jesus has been portrayed in many films, often preaching and spreading the words of the gospels. The deity Thor, Loki and Odin are also deities in Norse mythology among the Norse peoples who are currently extinct or converted to Christianity around the year 1100 AD. Along with all these Norse gods, there was a scene involving the appearance of Jesus in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) before being cut from the film.
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In an interview, former Valkyrie actress Tessa Thompson seemingly confirmed that Jesus was indeed set to make an appearance in the film, but the scene was scrapped for the better of the MCU.
“There was supposed to be a cut for you-know-who. Big J.”
The “Big J” refers to Jesus Christ and the scene involving him is imagined along with Zeus, Hercules and the pantheon of Greek gods shown in the film.
The idea was later scrapped for the sake of the MCU since director Taika Waititi and Marvel Studios would have faced a lot of backlash for their remarks about Christianity.
Taika Waititi created a level of Bat-Sh*t madness
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In an interview with Empirethe director of the film has revealed that the original cut of Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) was one of the most bat-sh*t things he had created in his life.
“Well, just between me, you, and the readers, I’ve done some crazy bullshit in my life. I’ve lived, like, ten lives. But this is the craziest movie I’ve ever done. If you wrote all the elements of this movie, it shouldn’t make sense. It’s almost like it shouldn’t be done. If you walk into a room and say, “I want this and this and that. Who’s in it? These people. What are you going to call it? Love And Thunder. I mean, you’d never work again. Maybe I won’t after this.
Among other bat-sh*t stuff, Christian Bale who portrayed the character of Gorr the Butcher God in love and thunder also said of the hours of editing they had to put in to make it a Marvel family movie. Director Taika Waititi also served time for the amount of craziness shown in the film due to the extremely low ratings the film received.
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) is available to stream on Disney+ at the moment.
Source: Movie Web
