In a recent interview, Kat Dennings - who plays Darcy in the forthcoming Marvel flick
Thor - says that there is a strong female presence in the film, so girls can enjoy it as much as guys. She also discussed her working with director Kenneth Branagh for the first time, and talks about her preparing for the role.
On the female presence in the film...
“There is a pretty great female presence in the film with Jane Foster and Darcy and Sif also, and Frigga, Thor’s mother.”
On her relationship with Jane Foster, and looking up to her in the movie...
"I really like, not to be biased, but I really like our relationship in the movie."
“Darcy makes food for Jane, and mixes her Kashi in the morning and basically she’s a new invention. She’s not in the comics. She just sort of hopes to be like Jane one day.”
On comparing the comics to the script, and that she doesn't have a comic character to embody...
“I’ve read a lot of the comic books just growing up, and I sort of felt, for me anyway, that I should sort of view the script as its own thing and not try to compare and contrast the previous stuff, and just treat it like its own little universe. And Darcy wasn’t in the comics, so I didn’t have to worry about continuity or anything like that.”
On working with Kenneth Branagh...
“He’s someone I always idolized for acting. I’ve seen
Much Ado About Nothing at least 800,000 times. He’s just so gifted in that there isn’t one moment that wasn’t explained thoroughly. There wasn’t a second, for me at least, that I didn’t completely understand what was going on, because he tells you everything, and he makes sure you’re not feeling lost. I can’t say enough.”
Thor hits U.S. theaters May 6th, later this week!