The folks at Alibi.com talked to director Kenneth Branagh via a phone interview just after
THOR opened recently. Much of what Branagh had to say has been said, and reported dozens of times and we have all heard it. However, he did have some interesting things to say on how the various Marvel directors are connecting Marvels "shared" universe.
Joss Whedon is in Albuquerque now, in your wake, shooting The Avengers. Did you have any advice for him in carrying on the storyline?
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We talked particularly about the way our movie was shaping up, and we had Joss see it pretty early on in post-production. I think that affected both the way he presented Thor in Avengers and also Loki’s involvement in that story as well. He also spoke to me about the whole “Marvel Universe” and the whole atmosphere before he joined, anyway. So it’s actually a pretty nice, collegiate atmosphere between these Marvel directors. I think everybody’s very sympathetic with everyone else. And if you can help out, you try to. I got a very nice card from Jon Favreau [director of the Iron Man films] yesterday wishing me luck for our premiere in Hollywood. That’s been pretty typical of the generosity between the directors.
That’s got to be fun, playing in the same universe as other directors you know.
I certainly found it’s nice to share a few war stories. I would walk out of my 3D shot reviews during post-production for Thor, and I’d run into Joe Johnston [director of the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger], and it was always nice to have a chat with him. And also to know—in ways I can't really reveal the full details of—ways in which our story might potentially have some kind of payoff in Captain America and, indeed, in The Avengers. That was fun, because that’s part of what, as a viewer, I very much enjoy about this unique Marvel film universe. And I think the other boys do as well.
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