Thor may have one mighty hammer, but in reality actor Chris Hemsworth had tens on set to toss around.
With “Thor: The Dark World” out in theatres Friday, we’ve gone through the production notes for the film, pulling out a bunch of behind-the-scenes factoids for you to keep in mind while watching the God of Thunder on the big screen.
The sequel to Marvel’s 2011 flick follows Thor as he faces the forces of Malekith and his dark elves — but this time, he won’t be getting help from his Avengers crew.
Instead, he’ll rejoin his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Earth girlfriend Jane (Natalie Portman), and even his devilish brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) to take them down.
What went into the making of the film?
'It's really exciting to see his prison outfit because there are two shapes to it. One is very polished and almost lush, as if he's wearing a very expensive dressing grown, and the other is when you see him at rock bottom and he has torn his clothes and his hair and his face,' says actor Tom Hiddleston. 'It's an incarnation of his own self-hate and his own despair. He's literally ripped at the fabric of his clothes and that was really exciting to do.'
('Thor: The Dark World' production notes')
In fact, his entire outfit is detailed down to the soles of his shoes.
'We went to a great deal of trouble to create his own particular shoes, so when you see it, it doesn't say Adidas or Nike on the bottom!' said costume designer Wendy Partridge.
('Thor: The Dark World' production notes')
He wanted to stay true to the comic character, Fandral.
'I naturally have really dark brown hair and we weren't sure if we could dye it or if it would work and there was discussion about it possibly being a lighter brown and I said, 'no, no, no, no, he's blond, he's blond,'' said Levi. 'The only things I have ever wanted to say regarding input towards the character are to stay true to the characters as they are represented in the comic books.'
('Thor: The Dark World' production notes')
'The designs on almost all of the fabrics we have were developed within this Liten, Celtic style and then abstracted into the prints,' says costume designer Wendy Partridge. 'If you're looking at a dress that Rene Russo has, all those materials have been printed and then ombred and dyed to look like that. It's not something that you can go and buy.'
('Thor: The Dark World' production notes')
'We had a cement mixer on a motion control rig which revolved and counter revolved in a drum,' says special effects supervisor Paul Corbould. 'It was quite a challenging rig to accomplish and to get right.'
('Thor: The Dark World' production notes')
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