Chris Hardwick: Let's bring out the director of Thor Ragnarok,
an amazing genius that I've been fortunate enough to get to know the past few years
Mr. Taika Watiti! [Audience cheering and clapping]
Also, a man by the name of
Chris Hemsworth!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
Tom Hiddleston!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
Mark Ruffalo!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
Cate Blanchett!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
A Jeff Goldblum has arrived, a wild Jeff Goldblum has been spotted.
[Audience cheering and clapping]
Also, Tessa Thompson!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
Karl Urban!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
And Rachel House!
[Audience cheering and clapping]
Excellent.
Your 'Thor: Ragnarok' cast!
[Audience cheering]
Chris Hemsworth: We're here!
Hardwick: Congratulations. Thank you guys for being here. Thank you so much for being here.
Hemsworth: Thanks for having us. Hardwick: Uh, Mr. Hemsworth,
So, Thor does not have his hammer. He does not have Asgard. What --
Hemsworth: Or his hair.
Hardwick: He doesn't have hair, that he normally would have.
Hemsworth: No. Getting old, fell out. [Audience chuckles]
Hardwick: So this looks like a very different Thor, totally, and character wise, with Thor stories.
What's going on? What's going on with him right now?
Hemsworth: Uh, midlife crisis, I think. [Audience chuckles]
Um --
Well, I've played this character five times,
uh, this is Marvel's 167th film or something. [Audience chuckles]
Um, and --
Well, me personally, I got a bit bored of myself and thought 'we gotta try something different.'
Spoke with Taika, spoke with Kevin, and all of us agreed if we're going to make a third 'Thor,'
we have to really push the envelope and experiment, and take it to another level, so,
that was what this film was, you know?
Cut his hair, break his hammer, change his clothes, change the world,
And I think that's what you're going to see and be excited about,
it's something incredibly unique and different for, not only the Thor world, but the Marvel universe.
[Audience cheering] Hardwick: And so --
Because he's so used to being in charge. I mean like, he's --
never really seems like he has to break much of a sweat.
And this -- but from what we've seen so far --
Hemsworth: No, he gets his ass kicked in this film.
Mainly by the bloke a couple of seats away from me.
[Audience clapping and cheering]
They have a good little rumble, yeah.
Hardwick: And Taika, I was so excited when I found out you were doing this movie,
because 'What We Do In The Shadows' is one of the great --
[Audience clapping and cheering]
You and Jemaine together are an incredible combination,
and to hear that you were going --
What is the transition like from going from a film like 'What We Do In The Shadows,'
which is an intimate movie that you worked on for a long time,
to this, you know, mega-tentpole with a character that everyone already knows?
Taika Waititi: Um, yeah, bit of food, for us now, on set.
And, um --
You know, I just -- just like, um --
You know, Chris was bored of what he was up to, I was also bored of what he was up to,
and um -- [Audience laughs]
And when he reached out,
he rea -- I just saw a friend in need, and, uh --
[Audience laughs and 'aww's]
You know. And that's just who I am, that's my nature.
[Mark Ruffalo laughs] Waititi: You know, if you need help,
if you need me to pull you from the dark depths, I'm there, for you.
And if that means me having to take on a tentpole movie like this,
I'll do it, I'll take one for the team.
[Audience cheers] So, it's really that.
I was just trying to help my mate out.
Um --
The [indistinct] of how different it was, moving from a tiny little film to a giant one,
I feel like --
There's a lot more pressure, obviously, but, um,
at the end of the day, you know, I keep saying this,
whatever's inside that rectangle is all that matters.
You know, there might be 500 more people on the crew, but um,
you know, as long as the actors are good, in their lines,
and, um, saying them, convincingly, that's all that matters.
Doesn't matter what the budget is.
And --
Most of these people
did not learn their lines.
[Audience and panel laugh]
Hardwick: Ok, it just got very serious for a second. Let's call people out. Let's make it, uh --
[Laughter] Uh, Tom Hiddleston, ah, who --
[Audience clapping and cheering]
Who -- couple years ago, you came out here in full costume.
There was a full production. [Audience cheering]
It was one of the most memorable and incredible moments of Comic-Con,
and -- you had fun, right? How could you not have fun with that? Was that --
Tom Hiddleston: It was a unique experience, and,
for which I will be eternally grateful to Hall H.
[Audience cheering]
Hardwick: So what what has Loki been up to at this point?
Hiddleston: Well, it's been four years, and, um --
If you saw 'Thor: The Dark World,' you will know that at the end of that film, Loki is on the throne of Asgard,
pretending to be Odin.
So Thor comes home, and, uh, things are a little different in Asgard.
Um --
Loki has directed most of his energies into narcissistic self-glorification.
Um --
Not so much time on good governance.
Um, but Ragnarok is coming and, uh --
Loki's allegiances have always been slightly unpredictable,
and he's still the God of Mischief.
And where -- what his part is in all of that,
You'll just have to wait and see.
Hardwick: Alright. I feel like they will, I feel like they're going to see it.
I feel like this crowd is probably gonna see this movie. I'm gonna take a guess.
[Audience cheering] I feel like they're on board with it.
Feel like they're on board with it.
Uh, Mark! Mark Ruffalo: Uh, yeah.
[Audience clapping and cheering]
I'll go see it. I'm gonna see it. I'll see it.
Hardwick: You're gonna see it? Ruffalo: I'll -- I'm gonna see it.
Hardwick: Can you pick me up? Can you take me -- can you out to see the movie? I want to see the movie.
What -- can we talk about the evolution of the Hulk a little bit?
Ruffalo: What is it? Hardwick: The evolution of the Hulk.
The Hulk is a movie that you -- you're a character in the --
Ruffalo: Oh!
Well, it's a little different Hulk than we've seen. He, um --
Hulk refuses to turn back into Banner.
And he's actually enjoying his time on Sakaar,
because he is a Gladiator Champion of the world of Sakaar.
Which means he kicks a lot of "A".
[Audience chuckles]
Because it says right here, 'please be aware that many members of your audience may be under the age of 18.'
Hardwick: It is very nice of you to honor that.
Literally nobody else has been honoring that.
Ruffalo: He kicks a lot of "A". Hardwick: Nice.
And and he's enjoying his life for once,
and he'll be damned if he's going to go back to Banner.
Hardwick: Again with the harsh language. I don't know why you had to take it so fluffy [?] there.
[Audience laughs]
Ruffalo: Is 'damn' a swear word? Hardwick: I don't know, probably not.
I just think, kids, you can't offend them at all anymore,
because of the internet, it doesn't even matter anymore, everyone knows everything.
[Audience chuckles] Ahh --
So is he sort of -- he is kind of a perma-Hulk at this point?
Ruffalo: He's a little perma-Hulked. Hardwick: Yeah.
Ruffalo: Um -- and,
He's starting to be able --
because he's been the Hulk for two years now, he has a vocabulary of a two-year-old.
[Audience chuckles]
So we have a speaking Hulk.
Can I say that? Waititi: Well, too late.
Ruffalo: Alright, sorry. [Audience laughs]
We may or may not have a speaking Hulk, in 'Thor 3,'
where everyone may or may not die.
[Audience and panel laughter]
Hardwick: Fair enough. That wraps it up.
Ah, Cate. How did you come into the Marvel Universe?
And what was your -- [Audience cheering]
What -- what -- what threw you in --
I mean seriously, yeah, seriously. Seriously, seriously.
Cate Blanchett: A sort of happy accident.
I sort of live in the same continent as Taika, and the flight was cheap,
so he came over and -- [Hardwick laughs]
Waititi: I just saw a friend in need. [Audience laughter]
You know? Someone just reaching out for [indistinct].
A whisper in the dark, just, yeah, needing help.
Blanchett: Yeah, no, I'm grateful. No, I mean -- look, it's -- it's, um --
it's a universe that I've sort of been happily dragged into, because of my kids.
And yeah, so yeah, and to work with Taika, and these guys,
and gal-s [emphasizes the plural], was, yeah, pretty exciting.
Hardwick: Pretty amazing. And then, uh, Jeff Goldblum, who --
[Audience cheering and clapping] The Grandmaster.
If I'm not mistaken, you're the -- yes.
Jeff Goldblum: No, you were gonna say.
Hardwick: You're the Collector's brother, is that not, uh, accurate?
Goldblum: He looks like what? Hardwick: The Coll -- you're --
[Audience chuckles] Blanchett: It's hard to hear.
Hardwick: [increases volume] Oh, it is hard to hear?
[shouting] You are the Collector's brother!
Goldblum: Yes, I'm the Collector's brother.
Benicio Del Toro. Yes, yes. [Audience cheering]
We're very old, we were -- we were elders -- we're elders of the universe.
We came about shortly after the Big Bang.
Ruffalo: So did the rest of us. [Hardwick and audience laugh]
Hardwick: Aww, come on.
It's really funny, you make that joke, but you say "A" instead of ass. That's really funny.
[Audience chuckles]
Goldblum: My character, yeah, we're all the -- we're the oldest living creatures in the universe.
Yeah, oldest living race, they call us in the thing.
We were here shortly after the Big Bang.
Grandmaster, and, um, and my brother Collector. That's right.
Hardwick: Excellent. Goldblum: And now I run -- [chuckles]
And now I rule on this planet Sakaar, and put together games, mostly.
I'm a games -- I love games.
[Audience chuckles]
And fighting, fighting games, and I put together,
I don't want to give anything away, but the great, great match between
Hulk and the new Thor.
[Audience clapping and cheering] I put that together.
For your entertainment and pleasure.
Hardwick: Can you hear me down there, Tessa? Can you hear me here?
Tessa Thompson: Yeah, I can hear you. Hardwick: Oh ok, great. Ah, welcome, welcome.
[Audience clapping and cheering] Thompson: Thanks very much.
Hardwick: So what can you say about Valkyries, or anything you can say about Valkyrie, for people?
Thompson: Uh, you know, I was just another friend in need.
[Hardwick laughs]
Waititi: You're welcome. [Audience chuckles]
Thompson: No, I'm thankful. Uh, she's an elite warrior of Asgard,
who's hanging out on Sakaar for reasons that I can't really elaborate on.
And she has a relationship with the Grandmaster.
It's not romantic.
I mean, maybe it used to be. Who knows?
Um -- [Audience laughs]
He's a friend from work.
[Audience laughs]
And, uh --
I just -- she just picks up little pieces around town
and maybe an interesting one of them happens to be a big...
God-like thing. Um -- yeah, right?
And so she brings him to the Grandmaster, and then,
it takes us off on our story.
Hardwick: Excellent. Karl Urban, who's, uh, Skurge.
[Audience clapping and cheering]
Karl Urban: Comic-Con, how are you? [Audience clapping and cheering]
Are you out of your Vulcan mind? [Audience clapping and cheering]
Hardwick: Ah, yeah. Urban: [indistinct] we?
Hardwick: Cross the streams, man. I love it. Cross the streams.
[Audience laughs]
They -- when did you guys shoot this movie? Because they said you shaved your head,
and you already have -- like, you're that masculine, that your hair immediately just, whoof.
Urban: Yeah, uh, I was in the same boat with everybody else, actually,
I was actually on vacation, and I received a call from Taika, who was in Australia, deep behind enemy lines.
[Hardwick and audience laugh]
Saying, 'mate, uh, I need help.'
And so literally, that is why I joined this cast.
Uh, so it's -- Waititi: Karl's from New Zealand, like me,
and, you know, surrounded by so many Australians,
it's just the accent, it's just -- Urban: Yeah. It's a little bit --
Waititi: -- drilled, I think, drilled into the side of the head, all day long.
[Audience laughs]
Like a glass bottle, full of nails, just shake them in your ears, like all day.
Urban: You know, I almost didn't make it to set,
because when I came into Australia, the customs officer asked me if I had a criminal record,
and I said, 'Oh mate, I didn't know I still needed one to get in!'
[Hardwick and audience laugh]
Chris Hemsworth, your great-granddaddy stole an apple,
[Audience chuckles]
got caught, and was sent on a boat, right?
Hemsworth: Thank God, thank God for that, too.
Hardwick: Breaking news! Australia declares war on New Zealand, tomorrow at 11.
Hemsworth: Yeah, we're just kind of bridging the gap between New Zealand and Australia, for the moment.
As you can see, we're sitting a lot closer to each other, than shooting at --
Waititi: Bringing two cultures together, the warring tribes of Australia and New Zealand.
Hemsworth: It's all over. In the past. Waititi: Long [?] peace.
[Audience laughs]
Hardwick: Make! A! Baby! Make! A! Baby!
[Audience chuckles]
Hemsworth: We will.
We made a movie, instead.
Hardwick: And then Rachel House, who has a -- a history of --
[Audience and panel clapping and cheering]
-- working with Taika, and -- Rachel House: None of you know who I am.
Hardwick: -- people who don't know, can you talk about some of your --
House: It's very nice that you're cheering. Hello.
Hardwick: Hello. House: Hello!
Hardwick: Can you talk about your history a little bit, working with Taika?
House: So I've been in 4 out of 5 of his films that he's made, yeah.
So he just pulled me along for the accent, and for the ride.
Waititi: Yeah, Rachel's like my good-luck charm, I try and put her in everything I do.
'Cause, uh, she's... you just gotta see her, she's awesome.