Further promoting the DVD & Blu-ray release of Thor, 'Professor Erik Selvig' actor Stellan Skarsgård also chatted with Hollywood further dropping tidbits involving his reprisal in next summer's highly-anticipated flick The Avengers. And this time around discussing how working on Thor with Kenneth Branagh differs from director Joss Whedon, read on below.
Was your character always that through-line? Because we have that tag scene at the end that brings you into the next part. Was that always the idea?
That was not an original idea. Whenever you sign up for Marvel, you sign up for a number of films. But they were not ready with the plot of Avengers when we shot Thor. So, they came to me last fall, I think, and said, 'We’re thinking about bringing [Professor Eric] Selvig into The Avengers as well. Will you do it?' And then I met with Joss [Whedon], and saw some pages, and here I am.
How are these experiences different for you, from working on Thor to going into this movie?
"Well, it’s a much smaller role here, so I didn’t have that much material to do. Also, we are a number of actors trying to share screen time. And we all want to be in the center of attention. No, but it’s very different. Of course, Joss’ temperament is different from Kenneth’s. He comes from a different background. He’s not an actor and he doesn’t come from Shakespeare. He comes from comic books, and that world. But it’s lovely to work with him and I think he’s doing a very good job."
How are Joss' ways of directing different from Kenneth’s?
Well, he gets happier faster than Kenneth did.
He loves it all?
No, not quite. But he doesn’t do many takes. He’s sort of like, 'Yeah, yeah! That’s exactly what I need! I’m happy.'
Is it drastically different from how you were playing Eric in the first film?
I’m under Loki’s spell, which means I can play [him] as weird as I want.
Was that fun?
"I appreciated the liberty.
Also, even though we've got a descent look at Jeremy Renner suited up on-set, I recently stumbled across this foreign promo featuring an old, but full, look at Hawkeye; whose ironically revealed to have scenes with Skarsgard.
Marvel's The Avengers picks up when an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security. And Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. With director Joss Whedon at it's helm, and an ensemble cast including Chris Evans
(Steve Rogers), Robert Downey Jr.
(Tony Stark), Chris Hemsworth
(Thor Odinson), Jeremy Renner
(Clint Barton), Mark Ruffalo
(Bruce Banner), Scarlett Johansson
(Natasha Romanoff), Clark Gregg
(Agt. Phil Coulson), Cobie Smulders
(Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson
(Nick Fury), with Tom Hiddleston
(Loki Laufeyson), and Stellan Skarsgard
(Professor Erik Selvig), the film releases worldwide May 4, 2012!