Taika Waititi says he directed ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ because he was “poor” and wanted to feed his kids
nme.comTaika Waititi has shared new information on why he began working with Marvel to direct two Thor films for the superhero franchise.Speaking to the Smartless podcast with Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, Waititi spoke about being approached by Marvel for the first time, admitting that he had “no interest” in directing a film for the company.“You know what?
I had no interest in doing one of those films,” Waititi said on Smartless. “It wasn’t on my plan for my career as an auteur.
But I was poor and I’d just had a second child, and I thought, ‘You know what, this would be a great opportunity to feed these children.’”He continued: “And Thor, let’s face it — it was probably the least popular franchise.
I never read Thor comics as a kid. That was the comic I’d pick up and be like ‘Ugh.’ And then I did some research on it, and I read one Thor comic or 18 pages, or however long they are.
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