Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterSPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Marvel Studios’ “Thor: Love and Thunder,” currently playing in theaters.When Jennifer Kaytin Robinson first got a call from Marvel Studios, it wasn’t about writing the script for “Thor: Love and Thunder” with director Taika Waititi.“I actually pitched to write ‘Captain Marvel 2,'” Robinson tells Variety. “And off of that pitch, they were like, ‘So we’re not giving you this job.

We’re going to pair you with Taika and you’re going to help him on ‘Thor.””At the time, Waititi was in the throes of awards season for 2019’s “Jojo Rabbit,” which won the filmmaker the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, and needed a partner to work through the film’s delicate tightrope walk of a story: Thor (Chris Hemsworth) battles the existential threat of Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) with his ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who’s become the superhero the Mighty Thor through the mystical hammer Mjolnir — which also erases the effects of the stage 4 cancer ravaging her body.

Robinson talked with Variety about the “responsibility” of navigating Jane’s storyline, what it’s like working on a set with Waititi, her trust in Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, and why she suspected Hercules was the big reveal in the movie’s post-credits scene — even if she didn’t know who would play him. (One thing Robinson wouldn’t discuss: Who Lena Headey played in her deleted scenes in the movie: “You’ll never know.

Unless Taika or Kevin tell you.”)When you started working with Taika Waititi on the script, did you have a specific area you were focusing on, or was it more all over?I would say all over.

‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Writer Jennifer Kaytin Robinson Talks Jane’s Big Storyline, Brett Goldstein’s Cameo and Chasing Taika Waititi With a Laptop

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