From brutal Gorr the God Butcher scenes, to Thor dancing to ABBA and the return of the
Grandmaster, there's a stack of deleted scenes and characters in Thor Love and Thunder!
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers, I'm Jan and in this video I'm revealing [and explaining]
every scene and character Marvel cut from the fourth Thor movie.
Spoilers ahead, of course, so take care.
Christian Bale's Gorr is a creepy, menacing new antagonist in the MCU, though his presence
can feel a little lacking in screen time.
And in fact, numerous Gorr scenes were filmed that didn't make the final cut.
For example, Bale described a horrifying scene where Gorr, after taking possession of the
Necrosword, cuts away the tattoos on his head and body that were symbols of his religion.
The deleted scene would have explained the reason for the scars we see on him later in
the movie, but it was removed as it was deemed too extreme for a family-friendly film.
This shot of Gorr picking up the sword on a beach which was in the trailers but not
the final movie could be from that moment.
Bale has also revealed numerous actors he filmed scenes with that didn't make it into
the final film.
I got to work with Peter Dinklage.
Dinklage played Eitri who last appeared in Avengers: Infinity War when Thor came to his
home to ask for a weapon that could kill Thanos.
That was Stormbreaker, and I suspect the reason Gorr went to visit Eitri was because the villain
needed Stormbreaker to open a portal so he could reach Eternity.
In the cut scene, Eitri may have been unwilling or unable to create the weapon again, likely
leading Gorr to kill him.
This would have been quite a sad moment as Eitri was the last of his kind with Thanos
already having massacred the rest of his people.
300 dwarves lived on this ring.
I made what he wanted.
Then he killed everyone anyway.
A scene of Gorr killing Eitri might well have been hard for fans to stomach;
however, it would certainly have helped beef up Gorr's screen time and the reasons for
his nickname, the Butcher.
And it also looks like Gorr encountered the Grandmaster from Thor: Ragnarok in the original
cut of the movie as well.
I got to work with Jeff Goldblum.
He's not in the final film either.
The last time we saw the Grandmaster was in a Ragnarok post-credit scene on Sakaar where
he was attempting to bargain with the rebels who'd risen up against him.
I just gotta say, I'm proud of you all.
This revolution has been a huge success.
Yay us!
I think it might have been curious to see how that revolution had panned out for the
Grandmaster, and whether he'd somehow managed to charm his way out of a very sticky situation.
I suspect Gorr might have decided to kill him - even though he's not a god - for his
tyrannical rule on Sakaar.
Doesn't that sound good?
Again, as with Eitri, showing more of Gorr could have really built up Bale's villain
even further than in the final film.
A scene I think a lot of fans wish had been included was seeing Jane's original transformation
into the Mighty Thor.
Footage from the New Asgard set shows there was a scene filmed with a dummy and puppeteer
where Jane was floating in the air and convulsing right next to the spot where the broken pieces
of Mjolnir were on display.
In the final movie, we do see Jane visiting the spot and the pieces of the hammer activating,
but we never got to see what happened next, which presumably involved the hammer re-forming
itself and Jane becoming Thor for the first time.
Before Russell Crowe became the egotistical and decadent god Zeus, it appears he was originally
going to play Satan in the movie.
A Marvel concept artist has revealed he was commissioned to create a "comedic" look for
Crowe as Satan.
According to the artist, this version of the devil was meant to be "humourously debauched"
similar to Zeus in the final movie who was more concerned with his own pleasures than
helping Thor against Gorr.
The devil almost making his first appearance in the MCU will undoubtedly add fuel to all
the Mephisto theories that have spawned since WandaVision.
Natalie Portman has also revealed there were tons of scenes involving Jane that didn't
make the final cut and said there's a "missing period in the film" where we would have seen
how Jane and Valkyrie got to know each other and became close.
Although Jane dies and goes to Valhalla at the end of the movie, given the rumours of
a potential Mighty Thor spin-off and how Valkyrie said to Jane she missed fighting with her
sisters and that she also hoped to go to Valhalla one day herself, I could see these two teaming
up in the future.
And it looks like Thor originally spent more time with the Guardians of the Galaxy at the
beginning of the movie.
This cut scene plays up the idea that Thor just didn't really want to fight any more
as the Guardians charge into battle while he just turns around and walks away with a
resigned air about him.
And Thor's deleted voiceover from the first teaser trailer confirms that, in the original
movie, he was initially done with trying to be a hero any more.
These hands were once used for battle.
Now they're but humble tools for peace.
I need to figure out exactly who I am.
My superheroing days are over.
A brand new character played by Lena Headey, perhaps best known to many as Cersei from
Game of Thrones, appeared in scenes filmed for Thor Love and Thunder which didn't make
it to the final cut.
Possible parts she could have played were an Olympian God, Gorr's wife, or perhaps Valkyrie's
romantic interest given that at Comic Con, Tessa Thompson said "as new king of Asgard",
Valkyrie's first order of business would be to find her queen.
Whether Valkyrie's Queen was in the original script or it was just Thompson's thoughts
about her character at the time, isn't quite clear at the moment.
Chris Hemsworth revealed in an interview that there was "a full dance scene" of him that
didn't make it into the final movie, and it was set to ABBA's "Waterloo".
It also involved Thor "shooting lightning out of his fingertips" and it could have been
a fun moment, perhaps with shades of Star Lord's dance-off in the first Guardians movie
mixed with Shazam's "Lightning From My Hands" scene.
Christian Bale has revealed his original request for taking the part was that he be allowed
to reference Aphex Twin's "Come To Daddy" music video.
The video has many unsettling elements, and Bale wanted to emulate a character that emerges
from a TV set and performs a horrifying scream.
Bale says they did film that moment, but he understands that it was probably too scary
for a PG-13 movie and said it "might have had people running for the exits".
Gorr was also going to have a dance during his final battle with Thor when he felt like
he was about to win, and the scene would have taken inspiration from Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker"
and was also supposed to mirror Thor's earlier ABBA dance.
By the sounds of it, it was going to be too scary or dark as well because in another interview
Bale also said there was a lot more "creepy as hell stuff, but that was perhaps pushing
it to a realm where maybe it wouldn't have been able to be family friendly".
Marvel are well-known for modifying trailer scenes to remove potential spoilers before
a movie's released.
We saw how Thor's missing eye was restored for the Ragnarok trailers, and there's a subtle
change in the Love and Thunder trailers made to Miek's whiteboard to avoid revealing spoilers.
When Thor gives his rousing speech to the Asgardians…
Times like this, we need to unite, come together.
I'm sorry.
Miek, it's very hard to give a rousing speech with the [screech sound] noise.
…what Miek has written on the whiteboard in the trailer is basically what's just been
happening in that scene.
In the final film, however, it's completely different as the whiteboard has a mass of
drawings that reveal a huge amount of the movie's plot;
from Gorr's opening scene to the Guardians fighting;
then the gift of the screaming goats; Sif losing an arm;
King Valkyrie dreaming of fighting; Shadow Realm monsters;
and even Eternity.
The screaming goats are a running gag in the movie, though fans are divided on whether
they like them or not.
And according to Tessa Thompson – who's previously said that she's obsessed with goats
– she filmed a scene where Valkyrie had a conversation with the screaming creatures,
but it didn't make it into the final cut.
Giant goats!
Oh, look at those!
They are wonderful.
They also scream quite a lot.
There's also some clips in the trailers of deleted Valkyrie scenes, like this one where
she's licking her sword during the battle in Omnipotence City.
And there's another deleted moment of her bored out of her mind as King Valkyrie, although
a slightly different version where she's twiddling one of her daggers did make it in to the final
cut.
Although these were just tiny deleted moments, I do wish there'd been a bit more Valkyrie
in the final film, and less Korg.
In Ragnarok, he was fine as comic relief in a few scenes, but in Love and Thunder, it
felt like he was in too much of the movie and his jokes often didn't land for me, though,
of course, comedy is very subjective.
There were also some more emotional scenes between Jane and Thor removed from the final
cut.
And Portman has also said there were "20 different versions of [one key scene]".
As you see, lots of stuff ends up on the cutting room floor, even though it is brilliant, beautiful
stuff.
Portman also revealed that there are "whole sequences, planets, characters, and worlds
that didn't end up in the movie".
The trailers do have some deleted shots of Valkyrie together with Thor on a planet with
what looks like a lot of trash behind them which might mean they went back to Sakaar
at some point.
Of course, with all of these deleted scenes, a lot of fans will be asking for The Waititi
Cut, which apparently was initially four hours long, versus the final cut of just under two
hours.
Now, this 4-hour cut was never an actual watchable movie, it's what's known as the assembly cut
which is all of the main footage which might make it into the final film before the director
and editor begin trimming it down.
In fact, as much as I wish some things had been in the final movie like Jane's Mighty
Thor transformation, more Valkyrie and more Gorr, it's essential for any movie to trim
the fat and cut out unnecessary subplots.
So, do you think Love and Thunder did a good job of doing that?
Or did it feel "like [they] asked a bunch of 10 year olds what should be in a movie
and just said yes to everything", which is what Taika Waititi said himself it felt like
when they were developing the film?
It's always fascinating to know why things make it into a movie and what gets cut out
for better or worse, and if you'd like to discover the horrific original opening scene
of Scarlet Witch murdering Mordo in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, tap
here for everything that was deleted from that movie.
There's also a link in the video description.
So, how do you rate Thor Love and Thunder?
And do you wish any of these deleted scenes had been in the final movie?
Let me know in the comments below.
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Tap left for my full Marvel deleted scenes playlist including how Black Widow almost
came back from the dead.
Thanks for watching and hope you have a marvellous movie-loving week!
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers!