CHRISTIAN BALE: Marvel went no.
That's not ending up in the final cut.
NATALIE PORTMAN: It was really magical to wield Mjolnir.
I know it's like an extremely privileged position to be in,
and not many characters in the MCU
are capable of even picking Mjolnir up.
So I felt very lucky throughout.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH: My favorite scene
to shoot in the movie, I mean, reuniting with Natalie Portman
as the Mighty Thor was incredible.
But what was really cool was the parts of when Thor teamed up
with the guardians, you know?
That was-- I think a lot of the fans
had been wondering what happened between Endgame and this film,
and it's just such a joy to work with that crew.
TESSA THOMPSON: Oh, that's so hard because there's
so many scenes that I love.
But I also really, really loved all my scenes with Natalie.
And there's one in particular that I think
you really get to see Valkyrie find a sister again,
and that is exciting.
And also Natalie and I are good friends,
and have been for years.
So to get to bring our actual dynamic
as friends and as humans to the screen was really fun.
CHRISTIAN BALE: My biggest inspiration for Gorr
is a music video, and Taika and I
did the scream that is in that video,
but did not see the light of day in the film.
So my favorite bit was doing that,
as I just kind of screamed for sort of 30 seconds straight.
Marvel went no.
That's not ending up in the final cut.
But I enjoyed it immensely.
TAIKA WAITITI: It just felt like a great way
to open the film was with Thor and the guardians
still on the road together, and have a little recap
to see what had happened over the years
that we hadn't seen Thor.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH: I'd say take a break, mate.
I'll say, take a holiday, you know?
Let one of the other Avengers handle the universe's problems.
NATALIE PORTMAN: I think I would tell her not to doubt herself.
That she has all of the powers that she needs
to do what she needs to do.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH: My favorite new location would be New Asgard.
And the last time we saw Thor in New Asgard,
it was basically a hillside fishing village.
And now it's evolved into a thriving tourist destination.
TESSA THOMPSON: Just the craft of all of the technicians.
Everyone that made these spaces, you wanted to live there.
You wanted to vacation there.
I love New Asgard so much.
CHRISTIAN BALE: It was going to have Taika's take on it.
I loved Ragnarok.
You know, his sense of humor, but his ability
to really move you as well.
It's the easiest job on Earth.
Everybody loves staring at villains,
so you get everyone's attention immediately.
People go, oh, you had a really tough job of it playing Gorr.
It's like, it's not tough at all.
It's the easiest job.
Like playing Thor, that's the tough job, right?
The out and out good guy.
Chris had the tougher job out of the two of us.
And my kids told me I had to do it, yeah.
TAIKA WAITITI: Because it's a really powerful story.
And what Jane goes through and the dilemma she has
and the choice that she has to make.
When you pose those questions to an audience,
I think that's really--
it's great because it makes people think.
NATALIE PORTMAN: Taika's probably
the least like his character, because he's actually
masterminding everything.
And I think his character is kind of like, sometimes
he's the last to catch on.
TESSA THOMPSON: Most like their character
is probably Chris and Thor.
Least like his character would be Christian.
He has great dental hygiene, and also very, very nice.
And lovely.
TAIKA WAITITI: So the Loki tattoo.
I tried to put a Loki tattoo in Ragnarok, when Thor
and Loki are on the street.
But we ended up just, for some reason or other,
like getting rid of that.
And I think possibly it was because the plan
was set in motion there might be a better use for that idea.
And now to see it as a full backup tattoo is just--
Kevin was like, it should be huge.
NATALIE PORTMAN: It was really fun
to get to see her be kind of like silly
and ridiculous and embarrassing, and also to see her, of course,
be so capable of fighting and standing up for herself
and making her own decisions.
I really enjoyed that.
TESSA THOMPSON: I just love the idea of being king.
It was the job that Thor would have done that he gave
to me because he felt like it-- it was
a job that I could do better.
So I love that element of it.
And also just seeing Valkyrie in a real position of power,
and also come into her own, I think, in terms of being
a leader is really exciting.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH: Oh god, I don't know.
I've taken two stormbreakers from set.
One of them being the traditional one, which
was from the last film, and then I
have a slightly different version that
was in Thor Love and Thunder.
NATALIE PORTMAN: Love.
TESSA THOMPSON: Love.
TAIKA WAITITI: Love eclipses anything.
Love is more powerful than ten suns.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH: Love, yeah.
It's what we all need, and there's always thunder,
sometimes within love as well.
Within life.
But love is what brings us home.
Human handshake.
The Asgardian shake into the snake, which you cannot trust.
CHRISTIAN BALE: Really dragging this out.
CHRIS HEMSWORTH: And finish the classic Asgardian high one.