Several weeks ago, it became well known that they were reshooting parts of November’s upcoming Phase 2 Marvel Studios epic, Thor: The Dark World. Now, director Alan Taylor confirmed to Collider that it was in relation to putting more Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in the Thor sequel. Sir Anthony Hopkins as Odin too.
“We’re doing full scenes, scenes that were not in the movie before,” Taylor told Collider. “We’re adding scenes, creating scenes, writing scenes for the first time…We realized how well Loki was working in the movie and we wanted to do more with him. So, it was that kind of thing. It was like, ‘Oh, we could do this, we could jam this in here, because he’s such a wonderful guy to watch do his stuff.”
The former Game of Thrones director said this is part of a smooth process, comparing it to Kevin Feige’s post-production improvements of Iron Man 3.
This is honestly not too surprising, as the latest trailer was so much about Loki that Thor seemed to be a supporting character in his own movie. Really, at this point Hiddleston’s Loki is the most popular Marvel Studios character after Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.
Hopefully, we’ll have plenty to enjoy from the Norse trickster when the film has its U.S. release on November 8.