Branagh Lets Go Some Thor Casting News

Branagh Lets Go Some Thor Casting News

We get confirmation on one of the latest casting rumor's from Thor director Kenneth Branagh.

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By jman1977 - Apr 30, 2009 02:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Thor
Source: ign.com

When asked how Branagh will be juggling his currant film schedule regarding his upcoming project's The Wallanders and Thor, Branagh had this to say:

"Well, I'm working currently on Thor for Marvel and we're planning that one. We're having a great time at the moment. We're in intense pre-production," Branagh states. "I shoot Thor in January of next year and because the time of release has been moved, it's allowed me to have a moment in the summer where I can shoot the Wallanders."

Branagh goes on to say:

"And, strangely, there's a weird, pleasing connection between the Swedish Wallander and the Nordic Thor. And as I've played a lot of Danish Hamlets, I feel as though my Scandinavian trilogy is forming."

Branagh also confirmed the casting rumor of his award winning co-star. Tom Hiddleston is being considered for a role in Thor. No word yet on what that role will be. Branagh states: "Tom Hiddleston is a great actor and he, amongst a number of others, has been part of the group we've spoken to and all that's still a work in progress."



Thor is scheduled for a release date of May 20, 2011.

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Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 4/30/2009, 2:23 PM
I saw Wallander, and Hiddleston was completely forgettable... maybe he could play Viking in the background #2, although they're probably looking at him for the role of Loki.
CrookedJaw
CrookedJaw - 4/30/2009, 2:28 PM
he looks like he could be a good Loki, but depending on his acting chops of course...I still like the idea of Hartnett as Loki though, I think he could do a great job with it
Demonwolf
Demonwolf - 4/30/2009, 2:33 PM
Marvel has made 2 good comic book movies...time for them to make a sucky movie too. Just like Fox and Sony
cman555
cman555 - 4/30/2009, 2:38 PM
wicked
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/30/2009, 3:25 PM
EPIC in the making!!!!! Oh and they ain't gonna tell us, till they've said like a hundred actors up for the part or something lol, just dangling that food at the end of the hook!!! : D Still, can't wait!!! NO FRAGGING ULTIMATE LAME A$$ VERSION THOR!!!! Though BRANAGH, i doubt would want Green peace stupid hammer no helmet sad one!!! The Helmet & Hammer is THOR!!!! Heh heh, yeah i hate ULTIMATES lol! Well in the damn movies!!! Though FOX ain't doing much better with GAMBIT and DEADPOOL lmao! Well i ain't really.
Odinson1
Odinson1 - 4/30/2009, 3:35 PM
He could pull off a decent Fandral, if he bulked up a bit.
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 4/30/2009, 4:37 PM
I had a feeling Branaugh would choose someone WE didnt', and it looks like it'll work
OptionFour
OptionFour - 4/30/2009, 4:41 PM
Wouldn't mind seeing him play Loki, or a supporting character, but Thor? Naw.
alten2345
alten2345 - 4/30/2009, 4:50 PM
I don't know if we'll see Blake at least not until the end of the movie. From what I understand they are going with an epic Norse story rather than having him on Earth at all. That was the last I heard. Anybody else know anything pertaining to the story?
adamant877
adamant877 - 4/30/2009, 5:02 PM
He does look a lot like Fandral from the Warriors Three?!.. Good call Odisnson1!
JamesH
JamesH - 4/30/2009, 6:44 PM
Thor? nope... but Fandral, Loki or even Blake would be possible roles for the guy.
Betty
Betty - 4/30/2009, 8:46 PM
They should just cast megan fox as thor and get it over with. IM ok with those kind of liberties. Well, i have been drinking. And i pronounced that with a beaann.
Oddfellow
Oddfellow - 5/1/2009, 3:24 AM
Not sure if he has the look I'm thinking of for Thor, but definitely one of the Warriors Three.

Am I the only one who's scared, btw, that Volstagg is going to be played by one of the "fat comedians" (Jack Black, for example) and going to be the retarded fat guy comic relief?

I'm also hoping they get a guy for Thor that's not bulgy muscles, but someone who is defined and fills out the suit nicely. This has worked for characters like Superman before.

What we don't see is Branagh has been pumping and he's going to announce himself in the title role. :3
ManThing
ManThing - 5/1/2009, 6:54 AM
You guys already know my opinion.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/1/2009, 7:47 AM
He looks LOKI!!!! An @ ALTEN2345 @ Dunno dude, but that's how THOR should play out an with the coming to EARTH and Blake at the end or the last ten minutes!!! ; ) Though we could have him in a little bit of the Past on EARTH through the movie maybe!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/1/2009, 8:35 AM
i just hope this isnt going to be a marvel lord of the rings and will instead be Thor in the real world with just the beginning being a brief set up in Asgard
Bandrews1
Bandrews1 - 5/1/2009, 8:36 AM
Man you would think that they would have cast somebody by now.
WallyWest
WallyWest - 5/1/2009, 9:39 AM
Please, just make this movie already.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/1/2009, 10:29 AM
@ JOSHW24 @ R U MAD???? We don't want THOR mainly on EARTH in are time, this movies gotta be EPIC man!!!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/1/2009, 11:02 AM
LEEE777-Im sorry man, but i have to diagree, lol! I would be happy for the first part to be a young Thor but then the main movie being Donald Blake becoming Thor and how Thor copes with being banished to Earth by Odin as I think he was in the original comic books. Still I will be happy with a 50/50 split-then everyones happy i guess!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/1/2009, 12:10 PM
50/50 I SAY YEE!!!! Heh heh! Well JOSH to be truthful id love either way!!! The only way to F THOR up is if they go with Lame A$$ Ultimate Greenpeace THOR!!! As long as its proper THOR im gonna be happy!!! Was THOR ever young then??? He looks the same in Viking days, hint hint, id love to see even for 5 minutes with or battling Old day Vikings! Also i hope they don't mess up LOKI and do a GHOST RIDER on us!!!
Shaman
Shaman - 5/1/2009, 12:31 PM
Other than a fart, Branagh didn't "let go" of anything here. So he'll play Blake's ant's nephew on her husband's side or somethin... wow... now that's news...
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/1/2009, 12:53 PM
LEEE777-yeah, 50/50 is good for me too! i think having iron man and the rest of the avengers maybe doubt that he is a god to begin with like in the ultimates MIGHT work but otherwise i would hate to see that thor as well! I never used to be a huge Thor fan (until the recent JMS run) but I think there was a series of comic books by Stan Lee with some storis about a young Thor. I'll be happy as long as I see him in the most recent Thor costume, not some modern looking piece of crap again like in the ultimate version!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/1/2009, 1:55 PM
Here here JOSH :thumbs
OptionFour
OptionFour - 5/1/2009, 2:19 PM
Oddfellow,
I'd hate to see someone like Jack Black or anyone simliar, really, in this movie. And I don't think its likely, either. Branagh has demonstrated himself in past projects to be a fairly classy guy, who has a firm understanding that humour can be subtle, and is context sensitive. I honestly can't even imagine him being a fan of that kind of way too over the top 'humour'.
ManThing
ManThing - 5/1/2009, 2:31 PM
You know what I would do if I were in Branaugh's shoes?

Since Don Blake and Thor really look nothing alike, why not take a two pronged approach and hire two different guys? One to play Donald Blake and one to play Thor. Get any good actor, make their hair blonde and bam you have your Don Blake. But on the Thor side what i would do would be to find a body builder with long hair and have them work day and night for a month or two with the best acting and speech coaches in the business. Mold them to fit the role so to speak. Thor isn't exactly a blabber mouth anyway. It COULD work.

That would satisfy everyone, myself included.
adamant877
adamant877 - 5/1/2009, 2:54 PM
Juggs: I agree completely, and I hope that's what they've been planning to do all along! It's funny, I just ASSUMED that's what they were going to do, but then it struck me... Noone has said that they are casting Donald Blake and Thor as two seperate roles?
CRAP!!! lol
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/1/2009, 3:34 PM
Your not alone,,, i sorta assumed that too lol! : D
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 5/1/2009, 8:13 PM
Be patient, Branagh is anal about getting the smallest detail right, he will do everything in his power to make you think you are in the comics, even if he has to tell Thor's story in a 4 hour move, his Hamlet was a great and successful movie and it ended up being over 4 hours, but it is the most accurate film version to date.

Branagh will deliver the Thor movie we have been waiting for. He is probably one of the few directors in hollywood that could even hope to tie Thor into the Avengers.

HAWK out
ManThing
ManThing - 5/1/2009, 10:14 PM
@ LEEE777 & Adamant877: here's what I want to know... If we can think of this, why can't Branaugh? And why on earth did u guys assume that? I just got thru watching a movie in which Cyclop's optic blasts can heat adamantium to red hot, and so it wouldn't surprise me at all that Branaugh would make Blake and Thor look the same.

These directors and writers take a good thing and do something stupid with it.

And Hawk, I wish I had your optimism, but thus far there is no reason to have any of that at all!
THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 5/2/2009, 9:06 AM
I am going by the level of his previous movies, all of which respected the source material. As I said Branagh is anal about getting things right, and knowing him it will be the length of Lord of the Rings, all of em.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 5/2/2009, 9:49 AM
god, i hope it will be two seperate actors for Thor and Donald Blake...now i have images of Blake tearing open his shirt superman style to reveal the thor costume underneath. please dont screw this film up Brannagh!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/2/2009, 2:07 PM
JUGGS @ I dunno man, infact im easy either way, what i wont be easy with is if they turn THOR into that LAME A$$ed ULTIMATE THOR!!! YES i hate the ULTIMATE morons! Why dont we have Zombie CAP in the CAPTAIN AMERICA flick lol! Well!!! Yeah your right @ HAWK @ ive said stuff like that too, we can only hope its as EPIC as that! Yeah BRANAGH anal, which is great!!! : D
4ngantyr
4ngantyr - 5/3/2009, 10:22 AM
Hopefully he'll star Dolph Lundgren as Odin.
10THTIGER
10THTIGER - 5/3/2009, 5:16 PM
DONALD BLAKE? ABSOLUTELY!!!!! THE MIGHTY THOR? HEEEELLL NOOO
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