Marvel's Thor has been slow on official news, with Captain America getting the most attention. To up the meter of the film, here is some interesting news tidbits to check out, including small cast additions and their characters.
First, Stan Lee revealed a couple of days ago on Twitter that his cameo would be filmed on Thursday, which was yesterday, and you may have or may haven't seen his feedback of tweets.
"Wotta disappointment! I just finished doing my cameo for the great, upcoming Thor movie only to learn my name’s not above the title about 23 hours ago
"But a leader of men always knows how to strike back! When our new nation is formed, we won’t recognize Asgard! That’ll show ‘em! about 23 hours ago
"Worst of all, I didn’t get to meet Anthony Hopkins. That means he’ll play Odin without my advice. Marvel sure does things the hard way! about 23 hours ago
"Thor’s great Director, Kenneth Branagh only had time for me to tell him how to shoot a few scenes. Otherwise, the poor guy was on his own about 23 hours ago
"But, to be serious for a second, (not easy for me!) the movie looks GREAT—despite my cameo! You’re gonna LOVE it! Excelsior! about 23 hours ago
Am I the only one getting a negative vibe from those upper tweets. It seems o'l Stan the man didn't have a great time on set. At least we know they're focused on the film more, and not Stan Lee's cameo.
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Next, Stunt guy James Ryen, and a guy named Ken Brady tweets something you & me both may be tired of hearing, but just adds to the suspense of actually seeing the costumes.
"Another costume fitting for Thor - beautiful, beautiful designs! 10:01 PM Mar 3rd
"Wow! Costume for Thor = AMAZING! 8:32 PM Feb 24th
And from Ken Brady,
"Hanging out at Ironhead Studios while friends work on the costumes for Thor. 6:40 PM Mar 4th
And speaking of Ironhead Studios,
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After seeing Ironhead Studios, I took a scroll over to their website, and found that they were apart of the costumes for X-Men, Watchmen, Daredevel, and the older Bat-man films. But I also found that they've included Thor in their current projects, and with Thor, they included poster that most likely isn't official, but I'll let you decide.
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And last set of news, we have four new cast additions thanks to IMDB.
First is...
Courtney Jones, whose listed as "Asgardian Woman". Not to much to say about her character, except it's good to see another woman from Asgard on Thor's IMDB profile.
She hasn't posted anything Thor related, but here is her Twitter account & official site, just in case you may want to follow her.
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Next is...
Matt Battaglia, whose playing "Pete" in the film.
I imagine his role would be on earth, and not up in Asgard, though I may be wrong, since the guy is 6'2. But Matt himself, recently produced
Brothers, which starred
Thor's Natalie Portman.
No twitter account, but heres his official site.
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Next is...
Cassity Atkins whose playing a "SHIELD Guard". I imagine his role is on earth as well, possibly being apart of Clark Gregg's character, "Phil Coulson, agent of SHIELD, entourage, like in
Iron Man.
Cassity Atkins and who I reported a couple of "roundups" ago,
John Bailey, are both listed as "SHIELD Guards", Plus Cassity will also appear in
Iron Man 2 being listed as a "Expo Patron". SO the SHIELD entourage thing could be so in Marvel's Thor as well..
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Last, and most interesting...
Darren Kendrick playing "Jotun Sentry". The reason I say this is most interesting, because there is more possible background on his character.
Character Background:
If you don't know, "Jotun" in Norse Mythology, is a member of a race of nature spirits with superhuman strength, described as sometimes standing in opposition to the races of the tribes, basically are Giants & enemies to Thor and Asgard.
And a "Sentry" is basically a guard. So it seems Darren Kendrick's character will be with Heimdall, portrayed by
Idris Elba, protecting the gates of Asgard from the giants.
But whats even more interesting is from Darren's
Official Site Darren is very excited to be working on the current production of Marvel Comics "Thor". Can't really say to much about it right now, (or his role) but it is going to be a great addition to the build up for the Avengers. Now I may be overlooking things greatly, but if his character is nothing but a guard for Asgard, what could that have to do with the "build up for the Avengers". Quoting that, they could just mean the Thor film in general building up for the Avengers, but again possibly overlooking things, this makes me think of the actually Marvel character, "
Sentry".
I'll let you speculate, but that's all folks
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