Kenneth Branagh, director of the upcoming Marvel adaptation – THOR, starring Chris Hemsworth, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, and Kat Dennings, took a break from filming in New Mexico to talk to the LA Times about the film, and Marvel Studios‘ Kevin Feige dropped a hint about something in Iron Man 2 connecting to Captain America.
Branagh said that he views the story’s split between Asgard and the modern world as more of an opportunity than a challenge – Branagh explained,
“Inspired by the comic book world both pictorially and compositionally at once, we’ve tried to find a way to make a virtue and a celebration of the distinction between the worlds that exist in the film but absolutely make them live in the same world, It’s about finding the framing style, the color palette, finding the texture and the amount of camera movement that helps celebrate and express the differences and the distinctions in those worlds. If it succeeds, it will mark this film as different…. The combination of the primitive and the sophisticated, the ancient and the modern, I think that potentially is the exciting fusion, the exciting tension in the film.”
As for the production’s status and putting rumors to rest about clashes between Sir Anthony Hopkins and himself on-set, Branagh added,
“It’s going very, very well, We’re in New [Mexico] now where we have a contemporary Earth part of our story. I guess we’re two-thirds of the way through the story and at this stage of the game what’s surprising and delighting me is the way the cast, the ensemble, has fused together. It’s kind of an interesting combination of very young and very experienced people and the double-up of that, it seems to me, is there is a lot of fire in the movie. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, it doesn’t try to be too solemn.”
Sir Anthony Hopkins also issued a statement regarding the rumors, stating
“I am having the time of my life making Thor with Ken [Branagh] and Chris [Hemsworth], They have made every day immensely fun and collaborative, and we’re all puzzled that someone would fabricate a story suggesting otherwise. I’m proud to say that Thor has been one of the great experiences of my career.”
Kevin Feige, Marvel Studio’s president and producer of THOR said that there are some surprises in Iron Man 2 that set up an unexpected bond to the Captain America movie that director Joe Johnston is currently starting production on in England. Feige says,
“Now many of the pieces are in place … with ‘Iron Man 2’ finished and ‘Thor’ more than halfway done, that lattice work is being built.”
THOR is slated to hit theaters on May 6th, 2011.
[Source] LA Times
