Thor: Taika Waititi says he only accepted film offer because he was poor

“This was not my plan for a career as a writer,” Waititi said.

Franchise Thor In the MCU, she has become one of the most talked about, and her latest films have divided public opinion. This time it’s time Taika Waititi – Director Thor: Ragnarok – tell us about your joining MCU and his intentions for this universe, even stating that I was not interested in participating in this project until he made his first film, “God of Thunder.”

During podcast from Insane, director Taika Waititi admitted that not only was he not interested MKU, how he agreed to write Thor films for Marvel just because he was poor. According to him, since he needed to feed his children, he accepted this offer, although this was not part of his plans.

“You know what? I had no interest in making one of those movies.”He said. “This was not my plan for a career as a writer. But I was poor, I had just had my second child, and I thought, “You know what, this would be a great opportunity to feed these kids.”

He further added that Thor was probably the least popular superhero franchise in the world. MCU and that he himself usually does not read these comics:

“I never read Thor comics growing up. It was a comic that I would pick up and say, “Wow.” And so I researched it a little bit, I read the Thor comic or 18 pages or whatever it was. »

Taika Waititi

Regarding the possibility of new films coming out, he said:

“I know I won’t participate. I will focus on the other films I have signed up for.”” he said, referencing the Clara and the Sun adaptation and his next Star Wars installment.. “It will only take six or seven years. I think another Thor should be out long before then. But I love Marvel, I love working with them. And I love Chris.”

Waititi added that Marvel came to him because it was lost with the franchise, not knowing where it should go with the direction of the story. He said the call was a sign that the franchise had hit rock bottom. What about you, what do you think of the Thor franchise and the films? And about Taika Waititi’s direction.